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Owner: Saint Louis-San Francisco
Model:BLW 4-8-4Built As:SLSF 4501 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:64450Order No:
Frame Number:28X31 cylinders, 74" driversBuilt:11/1942
Notes:BLW 11/1942, donated in 1964
Other locos with this serial:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
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SLSF 4-8-4 #4501 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-8-4 #4501 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Although the b&w photo doesn't show it, this beautiful 4-8-4 Northern built by Baldwin in August of 1942 had a blue & white color scheme with red lettering for the crack Meteor passenger service. Specs - serial #64438, class 4500, oil burner, 74" drivers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 28x31" cylinders, engine weight of 474,040 lb, tractive effort of 71,188 lb. The entire 4500 class was "dismissed from service" in October of 1956. Allen R. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 10:14:11 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  440   Comments: 1
SLSF 4-8-4 #4501 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-8-4 #4501 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  One of 25 4-8-4's built by Baldwin in 1943. The first 3 (4500-02) like this one were fitted with oil burners and painted blue and white with red letters proclaiming the duty as pulling the Meteor. The entire class was "dismissed from service" in October, 1956 but this one survives at the Age of Steam Railroad Museum in Dallas, TX. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  12/7/1946  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 6:37:44 AM
Location:  Springfield, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
SLSF Crane #99044 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF Crane #99044 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Interesting photo by Don Morice of the Frisco crane #99044 alongside SLSF 4-8-4 $4501 & 4515 in the St Louis yard. Note that 4501 is an oil burner while 4515 from the same batch is a coal burner.
Photo Date:  6/1/1961  Upload Date: 12/13/2018 6:35:43 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) SLSF 4515(4-8-4)
Views:  558   Comments: 1
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/27/1998  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 10:25:17 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
SLSF 2/ UP 1
Title:  SLSF 2/ UP 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/27/1998  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 10:25:21 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  G Gerard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 1625(2-10-0) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  1384   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description:  could use some paint
Photo Date:  6/1/2006  Upload Date: 6/17/2006 11:03:17 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  1274   Comments: 1
St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco" 4501, steam locomotive
Title:  St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco" 4501, steam locomotive
Description:  Build Date:1942 Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works
Photo Date:  5/16/2009  Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:48:19 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  2334   Comments: 0
PRR 4903 UP 4018 SLSF 4501
Title:  PRR 4903 UP 4018 SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 8:05:38 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  J d
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 4903(GG1) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  1693   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501 At the Dallas Fairgrounds
Title:  SLSF 4501 At the Dallas Fairgrounds
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2013  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 10:39:27 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501 + UP 4018
Title:  SLSF 4501 + UP 4018
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2013  Upload Date: 3/10/2024 9:36:18 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
UP 4018 + SLSF 4501
Title:  UP 4018 + SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2013  Upload Date: 2/12/2024 11:10:27 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
Posing with the flowers
Title:  Posing with the flowers
Description:  Museum of the American Railroad's special train to move the Frisco 4501 steam locomotive to Frisco passes a patch of wildflowers next to the UP Dallas Sub main near MOP Junction in east Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:30:29 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Old meets new at Gribble
Title:  Old meets new at Gribble
Description:  Train D-IRBIRB1-26M moving the Frisco 4501 steam locomotive meets a fairly new BNSF ES44C4 on the point of train U-CAKGRB0-97T at Gribble Siding in Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:32:06 PM
Location:  Gribble, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4) BNSF 6876(ES44C4)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
DART'ing by the special
Title:  DART'ing by the special
Description:  A DART Red Line Light Rail train sprints past the slow moving special moving the Frisco 4501 near the Hospital District on the west side of Dallas, Texas as it moves towards the steam locomotive's new home in Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:31:26 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
Heading across the lake
Title:  Heading across the lake
Description:  BNSF crews are now on the special train symbolled as the D-IRBIRB1-26M crossing the lake at the L.B Houston Nature Park in Irving, Texas as the train continues towards the Museum of the American Railroad's new home at Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:31:47 PM
Location:  Irving, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
Arriving at Gribble
Title:  Arriving at Gribble
Description:  BNSF special D-IRBIRB1-26M arrives at Gribble siding in Irving, Texas enroute to Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:57:18 PM
Location:  Gribble, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Pulling out of the fair
Title:  Pulling out of the fair
Description:  BNSF 2732 leads a special train shuttling the Frisco 4501 steam locomotive out of it's home for several decades at the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas, Texas. Crew will hand off the train at Irving to a BNSF crew for movement to the engines new home at Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:30:04 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Easing out of town
Title:  Easing out of town
Description:  BNSF 2732 with a DGNO crew pulls a special train with the Frisco 4501 out of the Texas State Fairgrounds near downtown Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:29:40 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Preparing for departure
Title:  Preparing for departure
Description:  Worker with DGNO and the Museum of the American Railroad make some last minute checks on the special train that will move Frisco steam locomotive number 4501 from the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas, Texas to it's new home in Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:29:09 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
Moving down the road
Title:  Moving down the road
Description:  Museum of the American Railroad's special with the Frisco 4501 continues west on UP's Dallas Sub approaching the interlocking at Forest Avenue near downtown Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:30:49 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Evening Meteor
Title:  Evening Meteor
Description:  Frisco 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive 4501 painted for the Meteor passenger train passes through Carrollton, Texas enroute to the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:36:09 PM
Location:  Carrollton, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501 gleaming in the sun
Title:  Frisco 4501 gleaming in the sun
Description:  Museum of the American Railroad's Frisco 4-8-4 4501 with a fresh paint job gleams in the late spring Texas sun as it crosses the lake at the L.B. Houston Nature Park in Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:36:37 PM
Location:  Irving, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
Rolling over the bridge
Title:  Rolling over the bridge
Description:  Frisco 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive 4501 passes over the George Bush Turnpike at Carrollton, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:33:13 PM
Location:  Carrollton, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Pulling by the siding
Title:  Pulling by the siding
Description:  Frisco Steam Locomotive 4501 pulls by Gribble Siding in Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:33:42 PM
Location:  Gribble, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  416   Comments: 1
Marveling at the Mighty Machine
Title:  Marveling at the Mighty Machine
Description:  Frisco 4501 is sitting in position to start the trip from the Texas State Fairgrounds at Dallas, Texas to it's new home at Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:34:10 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
Taking a look
Title:  Taking a look
Description:  Workers from the Museum of the American Railroad and the Dallas Garland and Northeastern Railroad are performing a routine inspection of the 4501's bearings at Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:34:35 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Meeting another southbound at Gribble
Title:  Meeting another southbound at Gribble
Description:  Frisco Steam Locomotive 4501 meets train H-TULDYT1-26A at Gribble Siding in Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:35:00 PM
Location:  Gribble, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) BNSF 7095(ES44C4)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description:  Tender of Frisco steam locomotive 4501 at Dallas, Texas before it starts the trip to the engines new home.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:37:03 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Northern basking in the sun
Title:  Northern basking in the sun
Description:  Frisco Steam Locomotive 4501 slowing to a stop for a routine bearing check as the warm Texas sun lights up the scene in Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:35:22 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
Getting the shot
Title:  Getting the shot
Description:  Fellow Metroplex railroad photographer Ken F. gets a going away shot of the Frisco 4501 as it passes through Carrollton, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:35:46 PM
Location:  Carrollton, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description:  Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1942, the "Meteor" was an overnight passenger train between St. Louis, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. #4501 powered a portion of President Harry S. Truman's whistle stop campaign through Missouri in 1948. She was donated to the museum by Frisco in 1964.
Photo Date:  5/2/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 7:41:12 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  539   Comments: 1
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 7:41:51 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  1217   Comments: 2
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/2015  Upload Date: 7/15/2023 8:49:54 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2017  Upload Date: 5/16/2018 1:49:55 AM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Dom Blevins
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) ATSF 97(FP45) UP 6913(DDA40X)
Views:  307   Comments: 1
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  Beautiful Frisco passenger engine
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:50:55 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  231   Comments: 1
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:50:02 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  472   Comments: 1
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  A Meteor passenger engine!
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:07:12 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) ATSF 97(FP45)
Views:  333   Comments: 1
Steam Engines coming up!
Title:  Steam Engines coming up!
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:00:41 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 608(H-12-44) ATSF 2260(DS44-1000) ATSF 2404(NW2) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4) ATSF 97(FP45)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  Used for passenger service, this locomotive presented a different job to the fireman. The tender contained oil, not coal!
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:57:48 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  One of the tour guides tells visitors about Frisco 4501.
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:52:40 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501 Tender
Title:  Frisco 4501 Tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:51:45 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:14:33 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description:  zephyr blue!!!
Photo Date:  11/17/2021  Upload Date: 12/23/2021 12:39:22 AM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Rohan G
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Museum of the American Railroad
Title:  Museum of the American Railroad
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/17/2021  Upload Date: 12/22/2021 11:53:11 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Rohan G
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SWPX 115(H-12-44) UP 6913(DDA40X) ATSF 97(FP45) SLSF 4501(4-8-4) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) ATSF 2428(CF7)
Views:  302   Comments: 0


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