Nostalgia & History > TRRA Switching St. Louis Union Station, 1963

Roger Puta arrived at St. Louis Union Station in the cab of FRISCO E8A 2021 leading (actually backing into the depot) Train 808, The Sunnyland, on April 16, 1963.

1. Out the window TRRA 506 was switching baggage cars. 506, and 503 in the background, were SW1s.

2. Roger also captured TRRA Baldwin VO-1000 591 built July 18, 1941 and traded to EMD in 1964. Sitting on the front porch of an idling diesel switcher between switching moves, like the switchman in the red shirt is doing, was just perfect.


Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/21/17 18:04 by MartyBernard.

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The JC Penney warehouse in pic #1 is now a hotel that I've stayed at twice. Perfect walking distance to watch Cards games at Busch or Blues hockey at Scottrade. The new multimodal station (Amtrak, Greyhound) is a stones throw SW of here.

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near 400 S 14th St, St. Louis, MO 63103
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Thanks for sharing these.
My favorite is image two with the TRRA Baldwin.
Bob

Pic 1... nice... and you get the bonus REA trucks in the back...