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Nostalgia & History > The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita!Date: 04/08/26 06:14 The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita! Author: santafe199 The merger with the BN has arrived, but coonskins were still plentiful…
1. BN 11509 still in Frisco paint in Wichita, KS on March 6, 1981. Original Kodachrome slide by the late William A. Gibson Jr. Thanks for looking back! Lance Garrels (santafe199) Jim Wilson (jtwlunch)  Date: 04/08/26 06:24 Re: The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita! Author: Hou74-76 HA! I never heard of the Frisco logo referred to as a Coonskin. Learn something new seemingly every day.
Date: 04/08/26 06:28 Re: The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita! Author: santafe199 I'm pretty sure I picked that nickname up from the Gibsons, so it probably goes way back...
Lance Date: 04/08/26 06:33 Re: The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita! Author: ts1457 Hou74-76 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > HA! I never heard of the Frisco logo referred to > as a Coonskin. Learn something new seemingly > every day. Supposedly, the railroad's president saw a coonskin that an employee had tacked on to a depot side for drying. The president bought the coonskin on the spot. If I botched the story, someone who knows it better, please correct me. Date: 04/08/26 07:39 Re: The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita! Author: swaool BN 11509 would have been ex-SLSF 1141, nee-ATSF 1515.
mike woodruff anacortes wa Date: 04/08/26 07:41 Re: The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita! Author: refarkas First-class roster photo.
Bob Date: 04/08/26 09:25 Re: The End (pt 172): Coonskin in Wichita! Author: Gonut1 Its been called a coonskin as long as I can remember and I'm dang old!
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