Nostalgia & History > interesting Frisco facility

Back in summer 1972, ATSF100WEST and I, took a sizable trip across the country. This neat little Frisco facility was located in Oklahoma City [I think?].
JB

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Yes, your picture was taken from the Byers street Overpass at the west end of the yard. Taken many a picture from this location myself.

Notice the FM switcher at the enginehouse. The Frisco kept 2 of them stationed at Okla City.

I had just started working for the Rock Island in Okla City at this time. Did you shoot any pix at the Rock Island's Harter Yard? It was about a 1/2 to 3/4's of a mile north of the Frisco.

Yardclerk

Definitely OKC. I lived there from 1985 - 1989.

FDFrisch

It's hard to imagine that sort of scene was once "ordinary".
Thanks for the image.

It appears there is a F unit painted in the orange scheme. Never knew any of they got that scheme.

Look in 1992 BN Motive Power Annual, by R.C. Del Grosso (and my photo on the cover). On page 33 is a great Ed Kanak photo of a matched A-B-B-A-A set of mandarin-and-white various F's with at least one being an F-3, at Teed, MO on 3-18-72. I wasn't aware this was that commonplace until I saw this photo, either. I'd like a couple of F's painted this way in HO! -- -- -- -- -- -- JLH