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Frisco Passenger Train Consists
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Contributed by Ken McElreath
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I have copies of 14 pages from the Memphis Stationmaster's record book from 1957. Each page shows the Frisco passenger train and car assignments for a single day. For some reason, each page shows the complete rolling stock consist of #106, the northbound "Kansas City-Florida Special," but it only shows setouts and pickups and total consist car counts for all of the other trains.
As time permits, I will submit information from these pages. However, the information is so extensive that I will need to break it up into pieces. I think I will start with the consists of #106 for each day.
One thing that is fascinating is to see the car rotation cycles on the train. Since it ran from Kansas City to Miami, different cars had different rotation cycles, depending on how many cars it took to cover their portion of the run.
For example, the full RPO car ran between Memphis and Birmingham, so it only took two cars to protect the schedule, and each car appeared in the consist every other day. Some RPO's on other trains didn't run on Sundays, as on #807 and 808, the Sunnyland. Express and baggage cars would reappear every three or four days, depending on their assigned run and whether they needed an overnight stay in a terminal to be loaded. The dining cars and some coaches were on a three day turn, because they ran from KC to Birmingham. The sleepers ran a four day turn, because they went through to Florida.
I realize that one would have to access a Frisco passenger car roster or ORER to see the type for each car, but I will leave that exercise to the reader, since the trainmaster's book only showed the numbers or names. Enjoy!
For your information, the Memphis Frisco Stationmaster's name was W. B. McCaffrey. |
Friday, August 23, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 15 cars:
SLSF 463
REX 4017 set out, take to Ga. Street yard when unloaded
IC 805 set out, deliver to IC when unloaded
SLSF 2045 set out, return on #105 to Birmingham
SLSF 439 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 373
SLSF 428
SLSF 1094
SLSF "Okmulgee" set out, return on #107 to Birmingham
SLSF 1073
SOU 1021
SLSF 1258
SLSF "Memphis" (diner-lounge)
"Trinity College"
"Cimarron River"
Saturday, August 24, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, 1 hour 30 minutes late with 17 cars:
SLSF 466
REX 1668 set out, take to Ga. St. yard when unloaded
IC 824 set out, deliver to IC when unloaded
SLSF 455
SLSF 458 set out, hold in station for loading tomorrow
SLSF 2049 set out, return on #105 to Birmingham
SLSF 348 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 372
SOU 520
SLSF 1092
SLSF "Okmulgee" set out, return on #107 to Birmingham
SOU 1026
SOU 1017
SOU 806
SLSF "Birmingham"
"Smith College"
"Niangua River"
Sunday, August 25, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 15 cars:
REX 6671
SLSF 492 set out, take to Ga. St. yard when empty
IC 646 set out, deliver to IC when empty
SLSF 2045 set out, return on #105 to Birmingham
SLSF 344 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 353
CofG 419
SLSF 1093
SLSF "Okmulgee" set out, take to Ga. St. when empty
SOU 1046
SLSF 1207
SLSF 1255
SLSF "Kansas City"
"Amherst College"
"Neosho River"
Tuesday, August 27, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 13 cars:
SLSF 452
SLSF 468 set out express, take to Ga. St. when empty
SLSF 2045 set out, return on #105 to Birmingham
SLSF 366 place on head end of #806 to St. Louis
SLSF 373
SLSF 342
SLSF 1092
SLSF 1073
SOU 1021
SLSF 1258
SLSF "Birmingham"
"Trinity College"
"Cimarron River"
Wednesday, August 28, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 14 cars:
SLSF 463
REX 4071 set out express, take to Ga. St. when empty
IC 716 set out express, deliver to IC when empty
SLSF 2049 set out, return on #105 to Birmingham
SLSF 439 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 372
ACL 1652
SLSF 1093
SOU 1026
SOU 1017
SOU 806
SLSF "Kansas City"
"Smith College"
"Niangua River"
Friday, August 30, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 16 cars:
REX 7132
REX 7323 set out, take to Ga. St. yard when empty
SLSF 492 set out, in station for loading tomorrow
SAL 704 set out, in station for mail loading tomorrow
SLSF 2049 set out, return on #105 to Birmingham
SLSF 344 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 370
CofG 419
SLSF 1092
SLSF "Okmulgee"
SLSF 1053
SLSF 1208
SLSF 1250
SLSF "Birmingham"
"Drury College"
"Gasconade River"
Sunday, September 8, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 15 cars:
REX 6765 set out, follow mail and express people's instructions
SLSF 469 set out, follow mail and express people's instructions
SLSF 462 set out, follow mail and express people's instructions
SLSF 2045
SLSF 348 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 370
SOU 578
SLSF 1092
SLSF 1074 set out, take to Ga. St. yard when released
SLSF 1073
SOU 1021
SLSF 1258
SLSF "Birmingham"
"Trinity College"
"Cimarron River"
In my post of the consist of #106 for September 8,1957, it should have been noted that RPO car SLSF 2045 was to be set out and returned to Birmingham on #105 the next morning.
Monday, September 9, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 10 cars:
SLSF 2049 set out, return on #105 to Birmingham
SLSF 439 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 353
CofG 419
SLSF 1093
SOU 1017
SOU 806
SLSF "Kansas City"
"Smith College"
"Niangua River"
Tuesday, September 17, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 12 cars:
SLSF 469
IC 800 set out, deliver to IC when empty
SLSF 2049 set out, return to Birmingham on #105
SLSF 443 set out, take to Ga. St. yard when empty
SLSF 373
ACL 588
SLSF 1092
SOU 1017
SOU 806
SLSF "Birmingham"
"Smith College"
"Niangua River"
Wednesday, September 18,1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 13 cars:
SLSF 460
REX 1370 set out, take to Ga. St. when empty
SLSF 463 set out, hold in station for loading tomorrow
SLSF 2045 set out, return to Birmingham on #105
SLSF 349 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 353
SOU 578
SLSF 1093
SLSF 1207
SLSF 1255
SLSF "Kansas City"
"Amherst College"
"Neosho River"
Saturday, September 21, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 15 cars:
SLSF 463
REX 4036 set out, take to Ga. St. yard when empty
SAL 716 set out, hold in station for mail loading tomorrow
IC 821 set out, deliver to IC when empty
SLSF 2049 set out, return to Birmingham on #105
SLSF 412 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 373
SLSF 342
SLSF 1093
SLSF "Wichita"
SOU 1017
SOU 806
SLSF "Kansas City"
"Smith College"
"Niangua River"
Sunday, September 29, 1957
Consist of #106 arriving Memphis, on time with 16 cars:
SOU 3276 handle as instructed by the mail & express people
PA 3032 handle as instructed by the mail & express people
SLSF 469 handle as instructed by the mail & express people
SLSF 2050 set out, return to Birmingham on #105
SLSF 344 place on head end of #806 for St. Louis
SLSF 429
CofG 419
SLSF 1092
SLSF "Wichita" set out, return to Birmingham on #107
SOU 1017
SOU 806
SLSF "Birmingham"
"Smith College"
"Niangua River"
"Thomas Cook" place on extreme rear of #806, behind SLSF diner 1503, for St. Louis
"Dorchester" place on extreme rear of #806, behind SLSF diner 1503, for St. Louis
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