Nostalgia & History > St. Louis in early 70s-2

Yesterday I pictured MKT, CB&Q, N&W. Today I begin with Frisco, whose principal yard was Lindenwood on the southwest side of St. Louis; one line led southeast to Memphis; the other line southwest to Springfield, MO.
1) A Frisco transfer operation to the Chrysler auto plants in Fenton in May, 1971.
2) A 2nd transfer run at Valley Park in June, 1973
3) a 3rd transfer run eastbound at Tower Grove west of downtown St. Louis about two miles in August 1973. Crossing of MP passenger line thru south St. Louis to Broadway Jct.



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4) Grinding up the Kirkwood hill towards Lindwood Yard in Oct. 1973
5) 2nd train with F unit between big power
6) MoPac at 23rd st. westbound in St. Louis on 12-31-72. Besides 23rd St., MP had big yard across the river in Dupo, IL, as well as half ownership in the A&S. Also Lesperance St. Yd. on southside of St. Louis



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7) The engine facility at 23rd St. Yard in 1969
8) A transfer run passes Grand Avenue west of downtown in 1969
9) A transfer run descends MacArthur Bridge with pic taken from Gratiot St. Tower in 1970. #954 is a re-engined RS-11



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10) a pair of RS3s descend MacArthur Bridge in 1970 at Gratiot St. MP re-engined these units with EMD power.
11) transfer run leaves the A&S Gateway Yard past SP roundhouse thru Valley Jct. to Dupo
12) another transfer to Dupo thru Valley Jct. with RS3s



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13) In May 1971 a transfer passes thru Valley Jct.
14) U30Cs lead a northbound coal train thru Valley Jct. in May 1971
15) A northbound train for the C&EI (MP) comes thru Lenox Tower at Mitchell, IL off the A&S mainline

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16) Northbound coal train climbs the Mac Arthur Bridge approach with U30C power in August 1973



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Awesome bunch! Love the Frisco switcher and blade, great framing.
JB

just love your stuff there Mr Koch ... do by any chance have any photos of the junction at East Alton where the CB&Q and the NYC old line connected ?

#9 is cool, is the transfer right in the middle of that diamond?

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More Great scenes! I like the MOP engines with the PC Caboose. The 4 MOP U30C's on the coal train is also WAY cool, I bet they sounded Great heading up to the bridge.

Great photo set. the trackwork is phenomenal, the double diamonds with a crossover looks like something from the Atlas Layout track planner.
t4p.

Wow...

Great series! Thanks for sharing.

Most likely my Brother in Law was the engineer on the Chrysler turns.

Marvelous series. Brings back a lot of memories, especially those MP U30C's, probably my favorite power at the time (although I know they were not beloved among the crews or in the shop). Thanks for posting them!

MC
Columbia, Missouri

Those stacks on the RS3's are pretty interesting. I have never seen 3 on an EMD, they usually have 2 or 4.

"My Compliments to the Chef!"

Lots of memories for me in those views, too. The volume of traffic and switching activity to the south of the Union Station wyes in those days was mind-boggling.

That was GREAT thanks MOP and Frisco WOW