Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren

54 Years of Railroad Photography 1960-2014

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April 25, 2014

On my way to a family gathering in Jefferson City, MO, I wnet through Holister, MO. This is the former MP station in Holister, MO, now used by the Chamber of Commerce.

This former MP caboose is decorated with images of the area.

I then headed to the station of the Branson Scenic Railway in downtown Branson.

This side door Frisco caboose was parked just north of the station.

After some family business between Branson and Springfield, I headed to the former CTC office, later Frisco Museum in Springfield.

This plaque is at the former Frisco Museum.

This ES-44-C4 was stopped on the main line in East Yard. This engine is one of the GE that has 6 axles but the middle axle can lift off the rails using the extra air cylinder on the side of the trucks.

The second unit of the consist was the NS SD70Ace is the Erie Heritage unit.

This once was the freight house for the Frisco Railroad and the Frisco Transportation Truck line across the tracks from where the Frisco North Shops were once located.

This is the former Missouri Pacific station in Jefferson City, MO. It is now used as the headquarters of the Union Pacific Railroad.

This old building is now used by Amtrak as its Jefferson City station.

This damaged unit was in the area near where the MP roundhouse once stood in Jeff City. This unit hit something to cause the damage to the steps on the front of the engine.

I then headed to the location for the first bridge over the Missouri River in Jeff City.

This view of the MO State Capital was taken fromt the Boliver Street Bridge Park.

The first train was a switcher with a few cars which then worked the west end of the yard.

One problem with this location is that an eastbound can sneak up on you like this one did.

I went back to the Amtrack station in time to catch this east bound freight.

The switcher followed me to the station and then to the east end of the yard.

Back at the west end of the yard, this eastbound freight shows up.

The two units which passed earlier came back and switched the 2 tank cars and a box car.

The next train was an east bound stack train.

The next train was the westbound Amtrak.

On my way to supper at the Jeff City SnS, I found the switcher on the industrial track off the back of the wye in the bottoms.

April 26. 2014

This KCS GE leads a string of units at the west end of the yard in Jefferson City.

A westbound stack train is seen in the bottoms at Jeff City.

I was lazy so I shot the DPU from the drivers seat. However, the reflection in the mirror makes for an interesting image.

This tele shot shows a UP consist on the back side of the train with the KCS GE.

I then got this broadside shot of the KCS GE.

All of a sudden one of the units in the string of UP engines behind the KCS led string began smoking heavily. This continued for several minutes and then stopped. STRANGE!

A UP unit coal train snuck up on me while the unit was still smoking.

This loaded unit coal train is seen entering the west end of the yard at Jeff City.

This bare table train snuck up on me.

The next train was an empty unit coal train.

April 27, 2014

On Sunday morning I drove to Rolla to visit my old haunts. First was Frisco 1501.

I took many photos from this overpass while at student at UMR.

I had a room in this house at 16 Southbrooke during my first year of grad school.

When I got to Springfield, I headed to the last headquarters of the Frisco.

This was the 1910 Frisco headquarters near the square downtown.

I then headed to the SnS at St Louis and National where I did curb service and took my Frisco Melt trackside where I caught this eastbound unit coal train.

I then headed to the engine service area where I found the following.

I then headed to the west end of the yard where I got this DPU set on the rear of a unit tank train.

Then raced to Nickols to get a westbound stack and vehicle train.

These are the passenger platforms of the Monett, MO station, now long gone.

This view is of the KCS/Frisco crossing north and east of Neosho, MO. The first photo is my photo. The second photo was taken by John Barriger from the rear of Louis Menk's business car.

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