Plains & Texas Archives - Page 48 of 48 - Trains

The Frisco in photographs

In the “Fallen Flags Remembered” section of the Spring 2001 CLASSIC TRAINS magazine, author Mike Condren reminisces about the St. Louis-San Francisco. Here we present a selection of Frisco photos. Alex L. H. Darragh Seen from an eastbound train stopped in a siding, Mountain type 1505 and another engine doublehead a westbound passenger train at […]

That’s Railroading

In the winter of 1943, I was assigned to the firemen’s extra board at Des Moines Iowa, on the Rock Island’s Iowa Division. Because of a shortage of firemen I was called for a trip west to Council Bluffs with engineer Earl Beach. We had a good trip west to Council Bluffs. On the return […]