1951 St. Louis Trains

Pictures of passenger trains leaving the St. Louis station during April, 1951. And a couple of pictures of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.  All of the pictures were taken by Douglas Weitzman.

Gulf Mobile & Ohio 881A leaving the Union Station with "The Prairie States Express."

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Illinois Central's Green Diamond.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

New York Central (Big Four) Hudson 5396 leaving with the "Southwestern Limited." The engine threw a tire near Mattoon, IL, and it was replaced.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Missouri Pacific 2104 pulling Train #25.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Baltimore & Ohio 96 with Train #1, "The National Limited" into St. Louis. It will back into the station.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Union Pacific 991 backing the "City of St. Louis" into Union Station. It's a UP-Wabash train.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Nickel Plate 188, an ALCO PA1, leaving with Train #10, "The Blue Dart," to Cleveland, Ohio.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Frisco 2004 on Train #5 for Springfield, MO. The engine is an EMD E7A built in March, 1947.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Burlington 9937A (EMD E7) leads a train for Savanna, IL. Scott Watson commented that #47 will travel via Galesburg and Rock Island. Chuck Zeiler posted 9937A was built March 1949 (c/n 8919). One of this 9937B postings explains "This is the Burlington's first E8, built December 1949 (c/n 9674), numbered just one suffix letter above the last E7, 9937A, built nine months earlier." So below is a picture of the last E7 that was delivered to Burlington. Mel Wilson's commented that the vertical set of louvers behind the cab doors indicates that it is an E7 instead of an E8. And a historical roster is like the Diesel Shop for old locomotives. Nick Dey commented that it was built 3/49 and later it was renumbered as BN 9924. It was the CB&Q 9937B (E8) that became BN 9937. His E unit roster is currently a work in progress.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Pennsylvania 5815 pulls Train #66, "The American."

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Pennsylvania 5817 leads Train #3, "The Penn Texas" into Relay Station, East St. Louis, IL.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis with ALCO 1601 doing the switching duties. The engine was built in 1950, and it is a Class D-8 with 1600hp.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman

A March 29, 1991, view of the TRRA engine service facility.

Photo by Douglas Weitzman