#SLSF

[20th-century-railroading]

Burlington Northern - Memphis, TN

Still wearing their Frisco paint scheme, but with new BN numbers, SD45 No. 6672 (former SLSF No. 922) and GP35 No. 2569 (former SLSF No. 719) lead an eastbound train across the ICG, on April 14, 1981.

[maulish]

A Secret Light, A Sacred Fired: Chapter 10

Yes, yes, yes. It's been 84 years, but chapter 10 is finally up, in case anyone is still following it. It will be the second to last chapter in this fic, but as the title of the chapter 'Change of Plans' implies, should I have the time and motivation to keep going, this will be the first in a series of related works. I have big plans, but we'll see.

[rodpower78]

Cotton Belt 4-8-4 #819, N&W 2-6-6-4 #1218, UnionPacific 4-8-4 #844 and SLSF 4-8-2 #1522 at the 1990 NHRS Convention at St. Louis Union Station in June 1990.

[collinthenychudson]

Hurtling across the rolling plains of Texas, a pair of M-K-T ALCO PAs lead the Northbound Texas Special towards St. Louis, Missouri and other stops along the way. Since 1959, Kansas City would remain as the northern terminus of the train until July 1st, 1965 when the service was discontinued. Despite this, passenger train service from St. Louis to San Antonio still continues on as part of a portion of the modern-day Texas Eagle that's owned and operated by Amtrak.

Models and Route by: Trainz-Forge, Auran, and Download Station

[aryburn-kc]

SLSF413sKC8-73 by Joseph Blackwell Via Flickr: Frisco 413 was leading a train southbound out of Rosedale yard in Kansas City, KS.

[novemberthorne]

the something lost something found series has to be one of the hottest and sweetest stories in the fandom. thanks so much for it! your stories are excellent!!!

oh my god anon..... thank you so much 🥺 how kind of you to drop by and say that, that's so sweet of you!! Seriously, thank you 🥺❤️💕❤️

[pyro-hairedguy]

The Sunset Valley had a visitor. Shenanigans ensued.

SLSF 12 now has a sound decoder on order, and will get extra weight when that gets installed. A few more tweaks and she'll be a great little worker.

The shenanigans got SP 5103 some exercise, with emphasis on blowing the cobwebs out. She's now on the list to get a rework and updates so she can finally do the work she was meant to do.

Everyone needs a tonner. They're too much fun.

[guerrerense]

Frisco SLSF 814 (EMD F9A) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma por Terry Redeker

[doglok]

まじでやばい猫ちゃん？ cat #保護猫 #猫 子猫ちゃんのお腹を 「こちょこちょ」してみたら.. . https://youtu.be/jrK0Vjdcabg?si=I5hh6ttrH7kv-_ir 階段でやん ... via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9OZ11jJgD0

[anumberofhobbies]

Frisco 1630 fireman Joey Ferrito scoops coal into the locomotive's firebox while keeping the locomotive hot during the 2023 Steam Into Fall Night Photo Session at the Illinois Railway Museum.

[geneajournals]

Tradesman: Thomas Jefferson Guice (1893-1988), Blacksmith

Thomas Jefferson Guice, son of Chapel E. and Laura Ann (Harris) Guice, was born on 1 April 1893 in Mount Andrew, Barbour County, Alabama.  He was the fourth son of eleven children. [1]

During the 1900 U. S. Census Tom was seven years old. As of June he had attended school for three months. His parents were farming on a rental property. Tom had several siblings: Davie, age nine, R. B. age five, Lelia, age two, and Aaron, age one. [2]

In 1910, Tom Guice, his parents and five siblings were classified as “Mulatto”. Tom was seventeen years old. All of the Guice children were attending school and the entire family was literate. Tom’s father, Chapel, continued to farm on his own account. Tom and older brother Davie were working as farm laborers on the house farm. [3]

After completing high school Tom Guice left home to attend college in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama. The campus was about 50 miles north of his home in Barbour County. Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute offered academic and industrial training to African Americans. There were twenty-five industrial departments at Tuskegee, including the blacksmith department. Students were taught the theory of their particular trade and how to apply the skills in practice. [4]

Frances Benjamin Johnson, The Blacksmith Shop, c. 1904, retrieved from PICRYL, used under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication").

Tom Guice completed his education at Tuskegee in 1915 with a major in Blacksmithing. While at Tuskegee Tom shod the horse ridden by Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee. [5]

Thomas “Tom” Guice married Minnie Elizabeth Waters on 2 September 1915 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama.

Known children from this marriage are: Tommie Gwendolyn (1916-1993), Reginald Delmere (1917-2007), LaVerne Thelena (1919-2019), Neva Geraldine (1920-2005), Jarvis Edsell (1922-1978) and Gaynell Clarita (1928-2020).

In 1917 Tom was co-owner/operator of Guice & Jones Blacksmiths. The shop was located at 200 South 24th Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. [6]

1917 Birmingham City Directory, XXXII: 737, entries for "Guice Thos L (Guice & Jones)".

1917 Birmingham City Directory, XXXII: 1491, entry for Blacksmiths: Guice & Jones.

Thomas Jefferson Guice registered for the World War I Draft on 5 June 1917. He had a wife and a child. Thomas was employed by “Crause-Crawford Mfg. Co.” as a blacksmith. He claimed an exemption on the grounds of “Doing Government work”. [7]

"World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918," Thomas Jefferson Guice No. 202, Draft Board 6, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

By 1924 Thomas J. Guice was employed as a blacksmith with the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (also known as SLSF or Frisco Lines) in Birmingham. [8]

The 1930 U.S. Census shows Thomas J. Guice living on 14th Court with his wife Minnie and their six children.  Thomas is employed as a blacksmith for a railroad shop. Minnie is a teacher in a county school.  The Guices own their home, valued at $3,000 and a radio. [9]

In 1940 Thomas J. Guice and his family are living in the same house. Thomas, a blacksmith for “steam Frisco RR” worked 48 hours the week prior to the census. In 1939 his income was $1,800. Minnie, a school teacher, had an income of $454 in 1939. Tommie Guice, the oldest daughter, is also a school teacher. Her 1939 income was $454. Son, Jarvis, has completed four years of high school. The youngest child, Gaynell, has completed sixth grade. [10]

Thomas J. and Minnie Guice are empty nesters in 1950. They are fifty-seven and fifty-four years old respectively. Thomas is still working as a blacksmith for a steam railroad. Minnie continues with her career as an elementary school teacher. [11]

Thomas Jefferson Guice retired after thirty-seven years as a Blacksmith with the Frisco Railroad. [12]

In May 1988, Thomas lost Minnie, his wife of seventy-three years. Thomas died on 27 June 1988 in Birmingham. [13]

Thomas Jefferson Guice and Minnie (Waters) Guice are buried in Shadow Lawn Memorial Park, Birmingham, Alabama. [14]

Sources

Thomas Jefferson Guice, funeral program, Byers Family Collection; privately owned. Distributed at the funeral of Thomas Jefferson Guice, 2 July 1988, Birmingham, Alabama. Inherited from Valencia Guice Byers.

1900 U.S. census, Barbour, Alabama, population schedule, Mount Andrew, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 5B, dwelling 97, family 97, Chapel Guice household; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCR3-1J9 : accessed 29 January 2012) 4119965 > image 768 of 900; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1.

1910 U.S. census, Barbour, Alabama, population schedule, Mount Andrew, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 7B, dwelling 128, family 132, household of Chapel E Guice; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVD-9ZXX : accessed 28 December 2014) 4970174 > image 14 of 24; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1.

Booker T. Washington, “The Awakening of The Negro,” The Atlantic, September 1896, pages 322-328; The Atlantic Ideas Tour (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideastour/civil-rights/washington-full.html : accessed 5 September 2023).

Thomas Jefferson Guice funeral program.

R. L. Polk & Co.'s Birmingham City Directory 1917, XXXII:, 737, entries for "Guice Thos L (Guice & Jones)" and “Blacksmiths Guice & Jones””; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2023) > Alabama > Birmingham > 1917 > Birmingham, Alabama, City Directory, 1917 > images 368 and 745 of 814.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YRR-QK : 25 December 2021), Thomas Jefferson Guice No. 202, Draft Board 6, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 

Polk's Birmingham City Directory, 1924, XXXVIII (Birmingham: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), 763, entry for "Guice Thos J"; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 May 2020) > Alabama >Birmingham > 1924 > Birmingham, Alabama, City Directory, 1924 > image 381 of 825.  

1930 U.S. census, Jefferson, Alabama, population schedule, Birmingham, enumeration district (ED) 37-61, sheet 20A, p. 120 (printed), dwelling 376, family 447, Thomas J Guice; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 27.

1940 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Alabama, population schedule, Birmingham, enumeration district (ED) 68-1, sheet 5B, household 79, Thomas J. Guice; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 91.

1950 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Alabama, Birmingham, enumeration district (ED) 68-1, sheet 72, household 99, Thomas J. Guice household; digital images, Official 1950 Census Website (https://1950census.archives.gov/ : accessed 3 April 2022); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 742.

Thomas Jefferson Guice funeral program.

Ibid.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186361092/thomas-j-guice: accessed 05 September 2023), memorial page for Thomas J Guice (1893–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186361092, citing Shadow Lawn Memorial Park, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Beverly Hickman Atkins (contributor 48239166).

[20th-century-railroading]

BN 2056, St. Joseph, MO

I think this is the end of double track, CP French, on the St. Joe Sub.

2-1-1981

[aryburn-trains]

E8A 2010 (Count Fleet) with a troop train at Van Buren, Arkansas on August 16, 1963 (Mike Condren).

[trainmaniac]

Mammoth Spring, Arkansas by R Serf Via Flickr: SLSF 1176 Caboose at Mammoth Spring State Park.

[frogs-robots-and-wizardry]

Sounds like Sci-Fi Bose-Einstein Condensate

[aryburn-kc]

MKT 105 South, with two GP-7's and two re-engined Alco FA's, gets a roll on southbound freight 17 miles out of Kansas City, Mo. on Feb. 5, 1967. Those aren't MKT CTC signals between Lenexa and Olathe as the train is on SLSF trackage rights for its first 43 miles to home rails at Paola, KS.