I was chasing a geocache with a couple of friends just north of downtown Tulsa when we stumbled upon this old steam locomotive sitting unattended in the middle of nowhere. Talk about serendipity! What a find.
A little research showed that it is the Frisco 4500 being restored by the Townwest Sertoma Club. The locomotive was built in 1942 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. It worked first pulling Passenger Trains and then Freight until 1950.
In 1954 it was put on display at Tulsa Mohawk Park and stayed there until 2000. Since then it has been undergoing a slow restoration. Hopefully, it will be moved to another park for public viewing again.
Read all the details on the Sertoma Club Website.
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Yogi: That was a neat capture of the engine. That baby is only one year older than me so we have both been around for a long time.
That was serendipity, Yogi. What a neat experience to discover a classic train unexpectedly.
That’s actually very cool.
I’m glad they are restoring it.
Isn’t it always the case in life that one adventure leads to another … leads to another … leads to another. Now if we could only get our trains to the stations we set out for … but that wouldn’t be any fun.
Great find is right, I love that pic. Great shot.
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
That was an interesting accidental find. Cool looking locomotive and a nice bit of history.
I am glad it is being restored. It looks like it wants to tell us many stories.
You are right. What a find! I letterbox, and my favorite thing about it is the things that I’ve seen that I never would have without going on the hunt.
Wow that’s a real beauty and to just stumble across it too!
Check out the Silverton-Durango train sometimes. It still runs through beautiful country.
That is a great find, did you climb in? I wonder how they keep vandals from making a mess of it.
Love those old trains. Thanks so much for the stop over
Very cool
How cool! That was a great find. Thanks for the visit and comment!
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Nice photo! What a find! My Mom loves trains.
what a treasure!!!
What a great find! You need to tell me where it is. My boys would go crazy over it. I hope they decide to display it somewhere also.
How lovely to make a find like that! Steam engines are so magnificent.
What cool and unusual thing to find in the middle of nowhere. Sure hope it makes its way back for public viewing.
I love trains so I really enjoyed your post.
Awesome find!!! thanks for sharing
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