NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1993

Northeast OklahomaRailroad Company

VOLUME 8 November-December, 1993 NUMBER 6

DOWN AT THE DEPOT 3Wittenberg, MO, on the St. Louis Sub-Division, River Division, isthe featured station in this issue.

Beaumont Tower on National Register 4The 108 year old Beaumont, KS, water tank, the only surviving oneof its kind from the Frisco, has been placed on the National Registerof Historic Places.

This is the third in our series featuring the automobile handlingfacilities that were in service on the Frisco in the early 1960's. In thisissue we visit Irving, TX.

Golden City, MO, circa. 1911, Section Gang No. 27, and its CLASSICFRISCO!

Modeling A Frisco Street Watchman's House 8

Frisco Folk Michael Holt provides detailed instructions torecreate a common way-side structure on the Frisco. AlthoughMichael built his watchman's house in HO Scale, N, HO, & 0-Scale templates are provided on pp. 10-11.

Frisco Roster Tales 12In this installment of Roster Tales Frisco Folk Ken Wulfertcontinues his discussion of Frisco Yard Power, Part 6, ALCOFavorites.

Frisco's Executive Fleet 14This is the fifth in our series of articles profiling the history ofFrisco Business Cars. This installment features the Missouricar.

MAIL CAR 16Our MAIL CAR feature in this issue is the first in a two-part seriesthat provides a comprehensive look at the various paint & letteringschemes used on the Frisco's fleet of E7 & E8 diesel passengerlocomotives.

An assortment of Frisco equipment in the 1990's is capturedfor us in this photo feature by the cameras of Frisco Folks LarryCrowe, Wayne Porter, and Chris Bowles.

ABOUT THE COVER Our cover photo was taken at Miami, OK, in the Spring of 1950, featuringthe Northeast Oklahoma Railroad's fleet of ALCO S-2 diesel locomotivesthat became Frisco 295-296-297 in 1964. See Roster Tales feature, pp.19-13

Alan SchmittCharles E. Mahaffey

Saundra SchmittWarren Hall

Richard NapperLouis GriesemerGuy S. Pollard

Arthur LindemanJohn Sanders

DOWN AT THE DEPOT

WITTENBERG, MOStation T103

St. Louis Sub-DivisionRiver Division

The St. Louis, Memphis, &Southeastern Railroad Co. wasincorporated on January 8, 1902.Corporate control of the companywas assumed by the Frisco onNovember 1, 1902, and by 1904,the company had constructed 124miles of main line track betweenSoutheastern Junction and CapeGirardeau, forty-six miles from Nashto Lilburn, and sixteen milesbetween Hayti and Grassy Bayou,all in Missouri.

In the Spring of 1904, a 60'x 20' frame combination stationwas constructed 103 miles south ofSt. Louis, Station No. T-103, atWittenberg, MO, on the old St. LouisDivision between Afton and CapeGirardeau. (Later became the St.Louis Sub-Division, River Division)According to our records, the firstagent assigned to Wittenberg wasC.E. Hubbell, who reported to workon May 27, 1904.

The wood depot was built onan elevated pile head foundationwith 2" x 6" walls and a 1/3 pitchgable roof that was first coveredwith composition shingles and laterwith rolled roofing. The interior wasdivided into a Freight/Baggage

Wittenberg, MO, September 19, 1969.

room on the north, Office in themiddle, and a passenger Waitingroom on the south end. The ceilingswere 12' high, the floor was 3 3/4"x 3/4" yellow pine, and the wallswere covered with 3 3/4" x 3/ 4"beed board. The exterior finish wasa combination of boards & battenand 1" x 6" drop siding. The stationname was painted directly on thesiding and the last paint schemewas Frisco standard gray with whitetrim. The platform was gravel andcinders with no curb.

In addition to the depot, theWittenberg facility included asection house, signal departmentsupply house, and a pump house.

Howard Killam photo

When first opened,Wittenberg was served by three dailytrains: 801-803-805 southboundand 802-804-806 northbound. In1920, service was reduced to 801-805 south and 802-806 north. In1930, while three daily trains stillpassed through the station,including the Memphian andSunnyland, only 801-802 made astop.

In 1940, Wittenberg servicewas limited to the Sunnyland, 807-808. On October 25, 1958, theMemphian was discontinuedbetween St. Louis and Memphis.On September 17, 1965, the lastpassenger train on the Sunnylanddeparted the Wittenberg depot.

Although the great floods of 1993 put much of the River Division under water, it was nothing new to thefolks along the Mississippi River, as witnessed by the rare photo above, showing the Wittenberg depotduring an April, 1922, flood. Photo from the collection of Frisco Folk Kevin Johnson.

Beaumont Tower OnNational Register

According to the September 23, 1993, edition ofTHE WICHITA EAGLE, the 108 year old Frisco water tankat Beaumont, KS, has been placed on the National Register ofHistoric Places. According to the article, "MargaretRodriguez, one of several Beaumont residents who haveworked to preserve the historic tower, said the designationwas 'wonderful'. The tower has fallen into disrepair becauseit is no longer used. Bob Burgess, director of the ButlerCounty Historical Society Museum in El Dorado, said thedistinction would increase the likelihood of obtaining moneythat could be used to preserve the tower.

We're real excited about it and really anxious to getstarted on it, said Marce Brewer, chairman of the Friends ofthe Beaumont Water Tower. Brewer's group has worked formore than a year to help preserve the 50,000 gallon tower,which provided water for steam locomotives and for theBeaumont Hotel in the unincorporated Flint Hills town.

The tower stopped being used when a rural waterdistrict was completed in 1983. The railroad used it until theconversion to diesel fuel in the 1950's.

The tower was the subject of an article late lastsummer in the Kansas Historic Preservation OfficeNewsletter."

The Frisco Railroad Museum's Research Serviceprovided information and materials to the Beaumont groupand the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office for use inthe Register nomination.

Thanks and a tip of the Frisco hat to Frisco FolkLarry Parrish for providing the Beaumont Tower news! Frisco Beaumont, KS, Water Tower, May 16, 1963.

Lee Clerico photo

LOOKING BACKWARD is a regularfeature of the ALL ABOARD thattakes a look back through our filesat the people, equipment, facilities,operations, and events that were apart of the Frisco 25, 50, and 75years ago.

75 YEARS - 1918In 1918, Engineer F.M. Galloway and Fireman H.E. Hinton arrived

at Beaumont Junction, KS, on extra 1272 east and found there was no coalon chute. This was in extremely cold weather and one of the coal chute menwas sick. Consequently, Galloway and Hinton shoveled five tons of coal,thus avoiding a serious delay. L.L. Cleric photo

50 YEARS - 1943

In 1943, the Friscocombination station was enlargedat Camp Maxey, TX, Station 576 onthe Arthur Sub-Division, CentralDivision.

Frisco photo

25 YEARS - 1968

In 1968, the Frisco tookdelivery of the first shipment of itsnew fleet of SW1500 dieselswitchers, series 315-365. Nos.315-330 arrived on companyproperty in October, 1968.

Frisco photo

IN 1962, the Frisco had in service five automobile handling facilities located at St. Louis,MO, Tulsa, OK, Irving, TX, Birmingham, AL, and Floydada, TX. This is the third in a series offeatures profiling the automobile facilities with layout diagrams and photos.

Frisco's Irving, TX automobile ramp showing Buck Unloader. Frisco photo

Frisco's Irving, TX, facility showing automobile storage area with marked and numbered bays for trailer load make-up. Concrete trailer loading dock in center left. Frisco photo

The above photo shows Section Foreman Edward Lock (on platform with pipe inhis mouth) and Section Gang No. 27 raising the Northern Division main line atGolden City, MO. circa 1911. Frisco photo

HO ScaleModeling A Frisco Street Watchman's House

By Michael Holt

This article is for Friscomodelers who think scratch-building is for somebody else. Theproject is a watchman's shanty usedon the Frisco railroad around 1906- before signals were installed. Aman would sit inside waiting for atrain. When it came, he would stepoutside and signal to prevent anaccident involving pedestrians.

If your layout reflects themodern era, the shanty would addcharm as an old tool shed, a smallpassenger stop, or an old desertedshack. The building has a smallnumber of parts and no compli-cated fixtures, making it an excel-lent project for the first time scratchbuilder. The project also providespractice in innovation and detailrefinement.

For plans, I used an originalFrisco Lines - Street Watchman'sHouse Plans, Elevations and

Sections - November, 10, 1906,provided by the museum's ResearchService. (See pp. 10-11). Unlessotherwise noted, all part numbersare for HO, Evergreen stock styrene.

First, cut a piece of scribedstyrene (#4040) scaled to 5'4" x 6'for the floor. For the floor joist, cutfive pieces of 2"x4" strip (8204) . Themeasurement is 5'4" long, and gluethe pieces an equal distance aparton the nonscribed side of thestyrene. This gives practice inmaking details.

For the front and rear walls,cut two pieces of scribed styrene 10'x 5'4". Experience suggests makingthese pieces wider about twothicknesses of .040 styrene. Thisaids in making better corners.

When completed, chooseone of the pieces to be the front.Most Grandt Line doors for buildingswould not look nice on this

structure. For a lesson ininnovation, use a Grandt Linecaboose door (#5063). Now, cut anopening for the door.

For the sides, cut two piecesof scribed styrene 8' x 6'. Cut anopening in the middle for a Campbellwindow (#901). Repeat the processfor the second piece.

Use Floquil Primer #11009to prime all sides of the walls, floor,door, and windows. When theprimer is dry, paint the floor a RoofBrown (Polly S 410070), the windowsReefer White (Polly S 41001), whilepainting outside walls red. I usedSconony Red, a discontinued Floquilcolor. The primer is excellent forthe interior. After the paint hasdried, install windows and door.

Now assemble the walls tothe floor. To cover the corners onthe exterior, cut strips of 1"x4"(Evergreen #8104). For the interior

The above Street Watchman's House was located at the Mill St. crossing, Springfield, MO, justeast of the passenger depot. circa. 1910.

detail, assemble a Grandt Line#5008 stove. Now cut two pieces ofstyrene just bigger than the stovebody and paint black (Polly S EngineBlack #410010). When the painthas dried, glue one piece to the floorin the middle against the back wall.Glue the second piece of blackstyrene on the back wall against thefirst black piece. This is for fireprotection.

For the roof assembly, cuttwo pieces of styrene 4' x 8'. Formore practice in detailing, cut eightstrips of 2"x4" (Evergreen #8204) forrafters. Glue both sets of rafters tothe roof and the roof pieces together.Try to fit the roof to the building andtrim to proper fit.

For a realistic look, cut twopieces of sandpaper, 220 grit orbetter, and paint Engine Black.When dry, glue to the roof. Cut athird piece of the same sandpaperbig enough to cover the peak. Paintblack and glue to the peak.

The building will sit on fourconcrete pillars. To construct, cuteight pieces of styrene into one footsquares. Glue two pieces on top ofeach other and paint concrete (PollyS #410082). Glue each piece to acorner of the building.

Evergreen Scribed StyreneEvergreen Strip Styrene 2"x4"Evergreen Strip Styrene 1"x4"Evergreen Stock Styrene .040Polly S Concrete PaintPolly S Engine Black PaintPolly S Roof Brown PaintPolly S Reefer White PaintFloquil Primer PaintFloquil Sconony Red PaintGrandt Line DoorGrandt Line StoveCampbell Windows

For the final touches, cutstrips of 1"x4" Evergreen #8104 tocover and trim along the roof. Thefinal step is placing the roof on thebuilding. Now it is ready for yourlayout!

FRISCO STREET WATCHMAN'S HOUSEPARTS LIST

Frisco Crossing Watchman James Hill,on duty at Sapulpa, OK, circa. 1915.

Frisco photo One of the first crossing flagwomenemployed on the Frisco, Mrs. Johnson,shown on duty at Rosedale, KS, circa.1917. Frisco photo

Frisco Crossing Watchman AlbertHarmon, on duty at the Mill St. crossing,Springfield, MO, standing outsideWatchman's House shown on p. 8.circa. 1911. Frisco photo

Frisco Crossing Watchman William The Watchman's crossing "STOP" sign, shown hanging by the door of the Spring-Elliott, on duty at Pittsburg, KS, circa. field Watchman's House in the photo on p. 8, is currently on display in our1915. Frisco photo museum. Note upper riaht hand corner of above photo.

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YARD POWERPART SIX

ALCO Favorites

Frisco S-2 #290, Springfield, MO, December 24, 1961. A. Johnson photo

Around 1939-1940, asdiesel switchers were just startingto become popular and appear inmass production, the AmericanLocomotive Company (ALCO)introduced a line of diesel switcherlocomotives which proved to be animmense success. These were theALCO S-1, S-2, S-3, and S-4 series:four-axle 660 HP and 1000 HPlocomotives available with eitherAAR Type-A or Blunt trucks. Theline-up ALCO offered was as follows:

ALCO S-1 660 HP Blunt TrucksALCO S-2 1000 HP Blunt TrucksALSO S-3 660 HP AAR TrucksALCO S-4 1000 HP AAR Trucks

These ALCO's were end-cabswitchers with a classic body stylethat is one of my personal favorites.All four types were of very similarappearance, with the 1000 HP S-2'sand S-4's having larger side radiatorshutters that the 660 HP S-1's andS-3's. They were powered by ALCO'svery sturdy and reliable Model 539engine. ALCO sold in excess of2500 units and enjoyed a longproduction run from 1940 to 1961,making these the most populardiesel switcher built. Many are stilloperating faithfully today, includingan S-2 and S-4 at St. Louis UnionStation, both still in ManufacturersRailroad red and green colors.

True to form, the Frisco, whotried most of the different types ofswitchers that were introduced inthe early diesel days, purchasedfive ALCO S-2's in 1948-1949, SLSF290-294. They were used at Frisco'syards at Springfield, Memphis, andlater, St. Louis. They worked

faithfully until the late 1960's, andwere well liked. The success ofthese ALCO locomotives was aninteresting paradox on the Frisco,as ALCO suffered quite the oppositereputation with three other types ofdiesels they supplied to the SLSF -the ALCO FA's, FB's, and RS-2's,which we have not yet discussed inRoster Tales. These roadlocomotives were powered byALCO's 244B engine, and the Friscohad no end of trouble with them.The S-2's, however, were quitereliable.

One S-2, SLSF 292, hadquite an unusual life on the Frisco.It suffered massive cab damage inan accident at Springfield and wasrebuilt into a cabless "B-unit" in1958, after which it served as ahump booster at Tennessee Yard inMemphis until retired. (See RosterTales, "The Headless Humpster",All Aboard, June, 1988, p. 2,)

In 1964, the Frisco acquiredthe North East Oklahoma Railroadand merged it into the SLSF system.Along with the NEO came four more

ALCO's: Three S-2's, (NEO 703-705)which became SLSF 295-297, andone S-4, (NEO 706) which becameSLSF 298. These newer examplesalso enjoyed success, and were notretired until 1971. An interestingfeature of the NEO units is that theywere never repainted into the Friscoblack and yellow paint scheme liketheir original Frisco S-2 cousins,but instead stayed in the NEO colorsof maroon and light gray for theirentire service life on the Frisco. Theonly Frisco markings were the SLSFroad numbers painted on the cabsides and nose of the locomotives,plus the initials SL-SF placed,unusually, above the road numberon the cab sides. In their last yearson the Frisco, the NEO ALCO's wereassigned to the Lindenwood Yard inSt. Louis, which is the only place Iever saw one of them in person.

To my knowledge, theoriginal S-2's, SLSF 290-294, servedtheir entire career in the black andyellow paint colors. I have neverseen a photo of one of them in thelater orange & white colors, thoughthey certainly served long enough

to have been repainted in the new It is easy to model any of the by the excellent examples of bothscheme. If any All Aboard reader Frisco ALCO S-2's, or the lone S-4, types offered in plastic by Atlas.knows if any of the original Frisco in HO Scale, as these popular AHM has an HO S-2 that has beenS-2's made it into the orange & locomotives have been available available for several years. white colors, please advise! many times in brass and, recently,

Frisco ALCO S-2 #292, Springfield, MO, January 27, Frisco ALCO S-2 #292, Springfield, MO, April 2, 19611950. A. Johnson photo A. Johnson photo

NEO ALCO S-2 #703, location & date unknown. Frisco ALCO S-2 #295, location & date unknown.

FRISCO'S EXECUTIVE FLEET

Frisco Soldier Diner #644, December 7, 1942, Spring-field, MO Frisco photo

Interior, Frisco Soldier Diner #644, December 7, 1942,Springfield, MO Frisco photo

Frisco photo

In June, 1954, thenumercial designation of No. 3 wasreplaced with the name Missouri. InJanuary, 1963, following the firethat destroyed the San FranciscoBusiness Car, the Missouri wasremodeled and re-numbered No. 1,for use by then company PresidentL.W. Menk.

In 1965, the car was re-painted in the new Frisco mandarinorange and white color scheme andserved, along with car No. 2, as theprimary executive fleet for thecompany until 1980.

In February, 1981, followingthe Frisco /BN merger, the car wasre-numbered BNA-8, re-painted BNgreen, and renamed the CanadianRiver.

Frisco Business Car #3, Springfield, MO, February 9, 1950.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth in Business Car No. 3. The newour series on the Frisco's Execu- executive coach was 82 ft. long,tine Fleet of Business Cars. weighed 214,880 lbs., and was

equipped with a full service kitchenMissouri and crew quarters, a dining room,two large state rooms with individual

The Missouri Business Car baths, a secretary's quarters, andwas originally built in March, 1912, the standard observation room onby the American Car & Foundry Co. the platform or A end of the car. Theas a 79 ft. all steel coach, No. 1082, interior finish was mahoganyone of a series of fifteen such units, paneling with ivory colored steelNos. 1074-1088, built under lot accessories. The exterior finish was#6335. In December, 1942, No. a standard Pullman Green with1082 was rebuilt in the Springfield, black roof, and gold lettering &MO West Coach Shops as Dining details.Car No. 644, the first in a series of When completed, car No. 3five (644-648) Zephyr Blue & White was assigned to the office of Vice-Soldier Diners. (See All Aboard, President of Traffic. In that capacity,April-May, 1992, pp. 18-20) it served J.E. Payne, T.H. Banister,

In 1949, No. 644 once again and J.E. Gilliland, the last executiveentered the West Coach Shops and to use it in that office.emerged in January, 1940, as

Observation Room looking toward A end of car, Spring- Observation Room looking toward B end of car, Spring-field Coach Shops, February 9, 1950. Frisco photo field Coach Shops, February 9, 1950. Frisco photo

Dining Room looking toward A end of car, Springfield Interior of bedroom, Springfield coach Shops,Febru- Coach Shops. Februaru 9. 1950. Frisco photo ary 9, 1950. Frisco photo

Frisco Business Car #1, Ft. Smith, AR, April 22, 1965. Frisco Business Car #1, Springfield, MO, May 30. 1975Mike Condren photo Mike Condren photo

The MAIL CAR is afeature of the ALLABOARD in which weattempt to answersome of the manyquestions that aresubmitted to ourFRISCO RESEARCHSERVICE.

If you have a question aboutthe equipment, facilities, or opera-tion of the Frisco, please send themto the RESEARCH SERVICE. Allrequest are answered individuallyand selected questions will appearin the MAIL CAR feature.

QUESTION: Can you give me someidea of how the Frisco painted andlettered their diesel passengerlocomotives?

ANSWER: Yes, if you're ready for along answer to a short question!

The Frisco's initial order ofdiesel passenger locomotivesconsisted of six EA7 2,000 h.p.units, series 2000-2005, deliveredbetween March 25 & 30, 1947. Nos.2000 and 2003 were designated forservice on the joint Frisco-KatyTexas Special, trains 1 & 2, andNos. 2001-2002-2004-2005 wereassigned to the Meteor, trains 9 &10. All six were generally paintedand lettered the same, with somenotable variations.

It is interesting to note thata number of early design proposalsfor the new locomotives appeared inthe mid 1940's, including thosesubmitted by the locomotive com-pany, others proposed by the carcompany, and a few that appearedin various company publicationssuch as annual reports, Frisco Firstmagazines, and public timetables.While they all represented an in-teresting assortment of possibili-ties, it wasn't until after World WarII that a final design was adopted.

Following the end of WorldWar II, the Frisco made the decisionto proceed with plans for dieselizing

and streamlining the Meteor andTexas Special trains. As wascommon during the late 1940's,when new passenger trains werebeing designed, a representativefrom the car manufacturer wasselected to coordinate the styling ofthe locomotive along with personnelfrom the locomotive manufacturerand railroad company. Becausethe new streamlined Texas Specialwas to continue as a joint operationbetween the Frisco & Katy, RalphHaman, Engineer of Color & Designfor Pullman-Standard worked withJohn Markenstein of EMD, E.G.Baker of the Frisco, and E.A.Bowmeyer of the Katy, to ensurethat all parties followed the samestandards. By September, 1946,the color scheme for the newlocomotives and cars had beenfinalized.

Frisco locomotives 2000 and2003 were painted identical to Katyunits 101A and 101C, for use on theTexas Special. The same scheme,with some variation, was to be usedon the remaining four EA7locomotives assigned to the Meteor.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The followingpaint schemes (our numbers) arebased on examination of companydocuments, review of photographicevidence, and the combinedresearch efforts of Bruce Meyer &Robert L. Hundman of MainlineModeler Magazine, Mike Condren,and the staff of our Frisco ResearchService.

E7PS-1: Original Texas SpecialCardnial Red (MC2460

DK860) was used as the base colorfor the entire car body including the

rear end. The fuel tank skirts andpilot were painted Light Maroon(Dupont Duco MC51823 DK960).Three 4-inch yellow (Dupont DucoMC242 DK310) stripes were placedsix inches apart on the pilot withthe bottom stripe 9 3/4" from thebottom of the pilot. The same yellowwas used for the pattern on top ofthe nose. Aluminum (Dupont Dulux166-220) paint was used on theanti-climber and all equipmentunder the locomotive including thetrucks, underframe, fuel & watertanks, and steps. The TexasSpecial script lettering located onboth sides of the nose was alsopainted aluminum and was placed16 3/8" above the anti-climber. TheTexas Special on the sides wasaluminum and was centered on thetop front panels between the battenstrips, with the small letters

Frisco Texas Special EA7 #2000, ready for delivery from EMD, circa 1947. EMD photo

Frisco Texas Special EA7 #2000, in E7PS-1A paint scheme with dark rednose star. Photo first printed in company Annual Report, 1947.

Frisco Texas Special EA7 #2003, in E7PS-1A paint scheme with originaldesign nose star. Springfield, MO, June 18, 1947. A. Johnson photo

centered vertically. The 3-inch "F"on the units was aluminum, located1/2" above and 2" in front of the endof the anticlimber. The 23 1/8"wide by 22 1/16" inch high stainlesssteel star on the nose door waspainted aluminum with a 5/ 8" redborder, somewhat darker than thebody color.

Fluted stainless steel, 31 1/4" high, was used along with a 3 1/2" stainless lower batten strip onthe side of the units. Fluted stainlesswas also used between both doorframes and from the back rear doorframe to the rear of the unit. Thestainless lower batten strip ran fromthe anticlimber to the rear of theunit. Stainless was also used forkickplates at the rear doors, sidesteps, and grabirons.

The large stainless plate atthe front side of the engines stoodthe same height as the flutedstainless side panels and wastrimmed to fit from the anticlimberto the batten strip at the rear of thefront door.

E7PS-1A: Texas Special VariationThis E7 paint scheme was

identical to E7PS - 1, with twovariations:

1. The only way to tell which TexasSpecial locomotive belonged towhich company was by theirnumbers. Simple for operation buta definite no-no for public relations!Consequently, this oversight wassoon corrected with the placementof heralds for each company on thestainless steel plate located at thefront sides of the units, with therespective owners logo appearing infront. The Frisco medallion was the1938-1947 era Frisco Linescoonskin with a bar below displayingST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RY.The heralds were stainless steel,painted dark blue (Dupont DucoMC23192 DK2030) with whiteletters and bands. These weretrimmed with narrow stripes ofunpainted natural stainless steel.

2. Two photos of No. 2000 show thestar on the nose of the engine to bea dark color (possibly red) outlined

in aluminum, the reverse of theoriginal EMD factory design.

One of the photos appearedin the 1947 Frisco Annual Reportand the other is a May 18, 1947,J.L. Hoffman shot that appears inthe book Frisco Power, p. 67. Thismodification was apparently appliedonly to No. 2000 because a June 18,1947, Authur Johnson photo of2003 shows the factory design starstill in place.

E7PS-2: Original MeteorThis scheme was applied to

Nos. 2001-2002-2004-2005 forservice on the Meteor, and wasidentical to E7PS-1 with threevariations:

1. The Texas Special lettering onthe nose corners and side top panelswas omitted. According to BruceMeyer, early EMD drawings for thefour Meteor E7's show the trainname - The Meteor Flash - in thefour front and side locations.However, during February, 1947,the railroad requested that the trainname be removed. Because theMeteor had been the flag ship ofFrisco's passenger fleet since 1902,under that name, the companyapparently felt that its lineageshould be perpetuated.2. In place of the nose door star wasa stainless steel Frisco Linescoonskin medallion painted darkblue with white letters and bands.

These were trimmed in the bluebackground with narrow stripes ofunpainted natural stainless steel.3. Only the Frisco Lines herald wasdisplayed on the stainless steel

plates on the front sides of theengines.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mail Carfeature in the next issue of the All

Aboard will examine the ninedifferent paint schemes that wereused on the Frisco's fleet of E8Adiesel locomotives.

Frisco EA7 #2001, March 26, 1947,Springfield, MO. A. Johnson photo

Frisco EA7 #2002, circa. 1947.Frisco photo

Frisco EA7 #2004, March 27, 1947,Springfield, MO. A. Johnson photo

Frisco EA7 #2005, circa. 1947. Frisco photo

Frisco in the 90's is a photo feature of the All Aboard in which we showcase photos ofsurviving 1990's Frisco equipment & facilities as photographed by members of our Frisco Folks.

Have you seen a piece of "real" Frisco equipment or facility lately? Did you get a pictureof it? If so, please let us know and, if possible, send us a copy for publication.

Frisco Folk Larry Crowe caught SL-SF 600003 in service at Vienna, GA,on October 3, 1993. The 6000000-600164 series of 52', 70 ton box carswere built for the Frisco by the PacificCar & Foundry Co. in 1971.

Frisco company service tankcars, series 191000-191129,were built by American Car &Foundry in July 1949. Theywere 36' units with a capacityof 10,000 gals. and were usedfor transporting diesel fuel.Frisco Folk Wayne Porterfound 191089 & 191006 stillin service at Lincoln, NE,November 19, 1993.

Frisco Folk Christopher Bowles photographed SL-SF 44165 on asiding at Charlotte, NC, March, 1993. The 44000-44299 AmericanCar & Foundry built 50', 70 ton box cars were placed in service in1974.