It was also named after a train the 1522 used to pull. The 'Bluebonnet' was a business car and brought up the rear of the train. It now is stored / owned by Illinois Transit Assembly in Madison, Illinois, sidelined by side sill rust. Louis Steam Train Association (SLSTA), but by a private individual who was a member of the club. The diner-lounge 'Chouteau Club' wasn't owned by the St. The car has been sold to be used with Milwaukee Road 261. It has been used with Milwaukee Road 261. The car is now repainted and named 'Golden Valley'. The other half (usually closest to the engine) had the souvenir shop with shelves and tables for fundraising merchandise selling. One half of this baggage car (named 'Black Gold' after a train the 1522 used to pull) housed tools, spare parts, lubricants and a fire hose or getting water for the loco, among many other things.
The cab walls on both model and real engine have the name of the railroad (Frisco) on it's side, while the number of the loco (1522) is on the tender sides. (I don't remember much of the trip, but I do remember the sense of awe and respect for the power of steam after seeing the loco pull past us on it's journey back to the museum and into what looks to be permanent retirement.) This may not be the best interpretation of the Frisco 1522, but it seems to be the one of the few I've seen built out of Lego. The model you see here has been my dream ever since I was 5 or six years old and rode behind the steamer on one of it's last public trips. After re-retirement of the 1522, most of the cars were eventually sold to Milwaukee Road 261 organization and were renamed and repainted into a different paint scheme more suited to that group.
They carried parts, tools, merchandise to sell, and crew members not on duty. When the engine was running in it's second career, the SLSTA had four train cars in it's excursion support role. It's new lease on life lasted until 2002 when rising insurance costs made the engine enter it's second retirement, which will be probably be forever. Louis Steam Train Association (SLSTA) for it's excursion career. Louis, Missouri) in 1959, and restored to working order in 1988 by the St. The Frisco 1522 loco is a 1926 oil burning 4-8-2 "Mountain" type, (4 leading, 8 drivers, 2 trailing) that was made surplus in 1951, donated to the Museum of Transportation (in St.
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