SF Jct.
| SF Junction is where the Frisco, Missouri Pacific, and Kansas City Southern crossed. The Ft. Smith and Western used KCS trackage rights until its abandonment in 1939 to reach its own track off the KCS mainline at Coal Creek, OK after passing through Spiro, OK. The Midland Valley used Frisco trackage rights to reach its own track at Rock Island, OK. Frisco passenger trains using Union Station left Frisco trackage here to return to their own track at GA Jct. |
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John Fink Photo, University of Oklahoma |
SF Jct. CA 1939. Frisco is straight
ahead. The first crossing is KCS & FS&W. The second crossing
is the MP. |
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John Barriger Photo, University of Missouri-St Louis Mercantile Library |
| SF Jct from the rear of a KCS passenger train prior to the 1943 flood of the Poteau River which washed out the track in Baden Bottoms. |
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Contributed by John Dill |
Contributed by H.E.Huber |
Maps of SF-Jct. |
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Photo by H.E.Huber |
This shot of KCS #478 was taken Nov. 17,
1946 as the train crosses the MP on its way to the Frisco trackage rights. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
Midland Valley GP-7 #151 is southbound on the Frisco
crossing the Missouri Pacific at SF Jct. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
| MP 203 leads the AC local at SF Jct. on 9/8/64. The head brakeman is preparing to open the gate that is normally against the Missouri Pacific. |
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