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Ark River
Title:  Ark River
Description:  MKT northbound
Photo Date:  6/1/1900  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 2:09:38 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Daryl McGee
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MKT 180(GP40)
Views:  1307   Comments: 2
SLSF 2-8-0 #1205 - St Louis- San Francisco
Title:  SLSF 2-8-0 #1205 - St Louis- San Francisco
Description:  Here is an early photo of the Frisco oil burning 2-8-0 #1205 as it sat in the Tulso, OK yard. Buiilt by Burnham, Wms & Co (early Baldwin) in March of 1907, it first worked the subsidiaries CSNO&P and the NOTM. It was last listed on the Frisco diagram book in 3/1/1947. Specs - oil burner, 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x30" cylinders, engine weight of 198,000 lb, tractive effort of 43,300 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  4/23/1939  Upload Date: 2/4/2023 5:29:08 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 1205(2-8-0)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
SLSF 2-8-0 #1229 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 2-8-0 #1229 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Good looking Burnham, Wms & Co (Baldwin) Consolidation type locomotive built in 1907. This class 1226 loco had small 57" drivers and developed a boiler pressure of 200 psi for its 22"x30" cylinders. The engine tipped the scales at a modest 207,000 lb and could apply a tractive effort 43,305 lb. In 1922, it was superheated by Frisco shops in 1922.
Photo Date:  10/28/1939  Upload Date: 1/31/2014 1:17:45 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 1229(2-8-0)
Views:  900   Comments: 1
SLSF 4-8-2 #1525 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-8-2 #1525 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Built by Baldwin in May of 1926, the loco was a powerful and fast addition to the Frisco roster. In 1948, it was coverted from oil to coal burning. Sometime after that, it landed in a dead line and presumedly scrapped. Original Specs - serial #59199, class T-54, 69" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x28" cylinders, engine weight of 355,000 lb, tractive effort of 54,085 lb. No date, location, or photographer was listed.
Photo Date:  3/27/1944  Upload Date: 7/28/2025 8:55:22 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 1525(4-8-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Santa Fe 0-8-0 843
Title:  Santa Fe 0-8-0 843
Description:  Taken at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/10/2023 9:49:15 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  C. C. Grayson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 843(0-8-0)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
Santa Fe 2-8-2 4103
Title:  Santa Fe 2-8-2 4103
Description:  Taken at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/11/2023 10:04:20 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  C. C. Grayson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 4103(2-8-2)
Views:  590   Comments: 1
Santa Fe 2-8-2 4003
Title:  Santa Fe 2-8-2 4003
Description:  Taken at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/11/2023 9:59:50 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  C. C. Grayson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 4003(2-8-2)
Views:  562   Comments: 0
Santa Fe 2-6-2 1878
Title:  Santa Fe 2-6-2 1878
Description:  Taken at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/10/2023 10:30:15 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  C. C. Grayson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 1878(2-6-2)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
Santa Fe 4-6-2 3424
Title:  Santa Fe 4-6-2 3424
Description:  Taken at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/10/2023 11:08:50 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  C. C. Grayson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 3424(4-6-2)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
MKT 2-8-2 #702 - Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Title:  MKT 2-8-2 #702 - Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Description:  Nice example of a 2-8-2 Mikado built by Alco-Schenectady in April of 1913 (sn 52905). , In March of 1923, the boiler was replaced by Schenectady from MKT #756. After nearly 38 years of service, the loco was scrapped in August of 1951. Original specs - class L-1-a, 61" drivers, 195 psi boiler pressure, 26.5x30" cylinders, engine wt of 287,500 lb and tractive effort of 57,250 lb. No date was given for this photo so an approximate one was used. The photo is by C. C. Grayson.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 7/22/2024 12:54:18 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MKT 702(2-8-2)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
Santa Fe 0-6-0 9053
Title:  Santa Fe 0-6-0 9053
Description:  Taken at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1946  Upload Date: 10/11/2023 10:07:20 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  C. C. Grayson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 9053(0-6-0)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
SLSF 4-6-2 #1036 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-6-2 #1036 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  A note on the back of this photo states "Blue (?) sideboard" as a comment on the minimal streamlining that the Frisco did on this loco by just adding the side boards. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  5/18/1946  Upload Date: 3/25/2020 8:57:46 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 1036(4-6-2)
Views:  607   Comments: 1
SLSF 4-6-2 #1018 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-6-2 #1018 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Baldwin built the St Louis-San Francisco 4-6-2 Pacific type loco #1018 in January of 1910 (serial #34157). It was stremlined to pull the premier "Firefly" route between Kansas City, MO and Tulsa, OK. The modified streamlining done in 1939 during an rebuild consisted of a cone nose and side valances. The psi boiler pressure was increase to 200, the drivers were increased to 73", the weight increased to 243,500 lb but the tractive force went down to 37,600 lb. The loco was eventually scrapped in May of 1950. Original specs - 69" drivers, 175 psi boiler pressure, 26x28" cylinders, engine wt of 225,500 lb and tractive force of 40,800 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo and no exact day in 1947 was given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1947  Upload Date: 8/13/2025 7:48:37 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 1018(4-6-2)
Views:  354   Comments: 1
SLSF 4-6-0 #711 - St Louis-San Francisco
Title:  SLSF 4-6-0 #711 - St Louis-San Francisco
Description:  This Frisco 4-6-0 ten wheeler #711 served the line faithfully for nearly 44 years before dropping off the roster in 1950. Built by Alco-Brooks in June of 1906, the loco was superheated by the Frisco shops in Springfield, MO, in 1917. Specs - serial #39933, 63", 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" cylinders, engine weight of 197,900 lb, tractive force of 33,300 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  6/15/1947  Upload Date: 6/5/2022 4:50:25 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 711(4-6-0)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
SLSF 2-8-0 #981 - St Louis-San Francisco
Title:  SLSF 2-8-0 #981 - St Louis-San Francisco
Description:  Built by Baldwin in December of 1906 (serial #29732), it now sits in the scrap line at the Tulsa yard awaiting the scrapper's torch in November of 1948 after nearly 42 years of service. Specs - 55" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" cylinders, engine weight of 181,500 lb, tractive effort of 38,160 lb. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  9/24/1948  Upload Date: 12/24/2022 5:18:22 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 981(2-8-0)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
Santa Fe 4-1-Lou.-Obs. "Vista Canyon"
Title:  Santa Fe 4-1-Lou.-Obs. "Vista Canyon"
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  11/6/1949  Upload Date: 4/26/2025 7:44:24 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  322   Comments: 0
The Tulsan or Oil Flyer circa 1962
Title:  The Tulsan or Oil Flyer circa 1962
Description:  This is an an outstanding photograph. However, I did not take this photograph. I saved it from the internet. I do think it it was one of the best railroad pictures evr taken in the Tulsa area and deserves to be displayed in as many venue's as possible
Photo Date:  1/29/1962  Upload Date: 2/8/2012 8:14:03 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Howard Biby
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  ATSF 11L(E3A)
Views:  3637   Comments: 3
SLSF 284
Title:  SLSF 284
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/1962  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:33 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 284(H-12-44) SLSF 285(H-12-44)
Views:  2155   Comments: 0
SLSF 275
Title:  SLSF 275
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/1963  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:32 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 275(H10-44)
Views:  2322   Comments: 0
Frisco 274
Title:  Frisco 274
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/1966  Upload Date: 12/8/2006 9:00:59 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 274(H10-44)
Views:  1932   Comments: 2
Sand Springs Ry SW900 #100
Title:  Sand Springs Ry SW900 #100
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/1967  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 11:52:46 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SS 100(SW900)
Views:  1282   Comments: 0
SLSF 285
Title:  SLSF 285
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/10/1968  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:33 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 285(H-12-44)
Views:  1406   Comments: 0
SLSF 43
Title:  SLSF 43
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/10/1970  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:31 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 43(FP7A)
Views:  1898   Comments: 1
SLSF 541
Title:  SLSF 541
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/10/1970  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:38 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 541(GP7)
Views:  1504   Comments: 1
SLSF 270
Title:  SLSF 270
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/1970  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:32 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 270(H10-44)
Views:  1631   Comments: 0
SLSF 815 moving a drag freight
Title:  SLSF 815 moving a drag freight
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  2/26/1971  Upload Date: 11/8/2020 11:05:31 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 815(U25B) SLSF 456(GP38-2)
Views:  1045   Comments: 2
SLSF 913
Title:  SLSF 913
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/1972  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:45 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 913(SD45)
Views:  1390   Comments: 0
SLSF 2011
Title:  SLSF 2011
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/1972  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:47 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 2011(E8A)
Views:  1544   Comments: 1
St. Louis San Francisco H10-44 278
Title:  St. Louis San Francisco H10-44 278
Description:  Frisco H10-44 278 at Tulsa OK July 1972. James Claflin Photo.
Photo Date:  7/20/1972  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 3:08:31 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  James Claflin
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SLSF 278(H10-44)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
St. Louis San Francisco H12-44 284
Title:  St. Louis San Francisco H12-44 284
Description:  Frisco H12-44 284 works at Tulsa OK July 1972. James Claflin Photo.
Photo Date:  7/22/1972  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 3:13:09 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  James Claflin
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SLSF 284(H-12-44)
Views:  560   Comments: 0
SLSF 662 at Tulsa
Title:  SLSF 662 at Tulsa
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  8/12/1972  Upload Date: 12/15/2025 4:27:08 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 662(GP38AC) SLSF 635(GP38)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
ATSF 5642
Title:  ATSF 5642
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1972  Upload Date: 11/29/2004 8:49:49 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  BILL GILLFILLAN
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 5642(SD45-2)
Views:  2705   Comments: 2
SLSF 701
Title:  SLSF 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/1973  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:42 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 701(GP35)
Views:  1576   Comments: 0
Tulsa Dusk
Title:  Tulsa Dusk
Description:  Three Frisco units prepare to depart Tulsa's Cherokee Yard at dusk in the summer of 1974. GP38-2 407 is followed by sister 421 and U30B 836.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 2/27/2009 3:52:52 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 407(GP38-2) SLSF 421(GP38-2) SLSF 836(U30B)
Views:  1758   Comments: 0
TP GP9M 109
Title:  TP GP9M 109
Description:  TP 109 is the former Midland Valley 153. Built as a GP7 in 1953, it was involved in a collision at Bokoshe OK and rebuilt by EMD as a GP9M while retaining its original number (MV 153) and a new builders number. It eventually become TP 109 within the Missouri Pacific system. Not long after this picture was taken it was renumbered 1696 and survived until 1979. It's shown here on what used to be home rails, the former MV yard in Tulsa OK.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 2/27/2009 3:53:13 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 109(GP9)
Views:  2216   Comments: 2
Frisco GP38-2s
Title:  Frisco GP38-2s
Description:  A pair of Frisco GP38-2s head for their train in the Tulsa Yard
Photo Date:  8/19/1974  Upload Date: 1/25/2008 8:21:55 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SLSF 408(GP38-2)
Views:  1150   Comments: 0
MKT  67-C
Title:  MKT 67-C
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1974  Upload Date: 9/16/2004 9:53:22 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  DICK BRUNDAGE
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MKT 67C(F3A)
Views:  2671   Comments: 0
SLSF 441
Title:  SLSF 441
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/1975  Upload Date: 4/13/2005 3:33:35 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 441(GP38-2) SLSF 690(GP38-2)
Views:  1407   Comments: 2
TSU
Title:  TSU
Description:  Tulsa Sapulpa Union 101, the ex Wabash 105, sits in Tulsa.
Photo Date:  12/17/1975  Upload Date: 1/24/2008 8:15:23 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TSU 101(SW1)
Views:  1418   Comments: 1
SLSF 901
Title:  SLSF 901
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1976  Upload Date: 5/3/2009 8:37:28 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SLSF 901(SD45)
Views:  1328   Comments: 1
Red GP40
Title:  Red GP40
Description:  Tulsa branch
Photo Date:  6/1/1977  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 2:12:22 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Daryl McGee
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MKT 199(GP40)
Views:  1237   Comments: 2
Tulsa switcher
Title:  Tulsa switcher
Description:  MKT 50
Photo Date:  6/1/1977  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 2:13:26 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Daryl McGee
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MHT 50(SW1500)
Views:  1235   Comments: 0
SLSF 685
Title:  SLSF 685
Description:  Frisco's GP38-2's 685, and 428 head east over I-75 with the "Claremore Local". Not sure on correct date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1978  Upload Date: 3/12/2014 9:29:37 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Bill Gillfillan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 685(GP38-2) SLSF 428(GP38-2)
Views:  1006   Comments: 0
SLSF 862
Title:  SLSF 862
Description:  TULSA OK March 25 1978 -- Frisco U30B 862 is being serviced at Cherokee Yard. GE built the unit in March 1975. When Frisco was merged into the BN 862 became BN 5799. It was retired in February 1991. (Roster information from trainpix.com)
Photo Date:  3/25/1978  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 8:44:14 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SLSF 862(U30B)
Views:  1381   Comments: 1
SS 100
Title:  SS 100
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/1978  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 12:23:47 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SS 100(SW900)
Views:  973   Comments: 0
SLSF 302 at Tulsa
Title:  SLSF 302 at Tulsa
Description:  Michael A Tedesco photo
Photo Date:  9/7/1978  Upload Date: 3/23/2024 9:12:29 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Michael A Tedesco
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SLSF 302(SW7)
Views:  501   Comments: 1
SLSF 951
Title:  SLSF 951
Description:  No info on slide. No Location. NO Author
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/27/2014 6:27:11 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 951(SD40-2)
Views:  1489   Comments: 0
BN 3044
Title:  BN 3044
Description:  No info on slide. No Location. NO Author
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/27/2014 6:27:13 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3044(GP40-2)
Views:  874   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  No info on slide. No Location. NO Author
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 4/27/2014 6:27:14 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  539   Comments: 0
Almost to the yard
Title:  Almost to the yard
Description:  A westbound Frisco train crosses the Arkansas River as it prepares to arrive at the Frisco's large Cherokee Yard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo from Steve Grabman slide collection.
Photo Date:  7/14/1979  Upload Date: 8/5/2014 1:02:25 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 953(SD40-2)
Views:  1566   Comments: 3


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