The Conductor and Engineer carry on a conversation in the cab of Frisco 1630 on September 16th, 2023, during the Illinois Railway Museums 70th Anniversary Weekend at Union, Illinois, as they wait for their next passenger run from the depot.
According to their website: St. Louis – San Francisco Railroad (“Frisco”) 1630 is the museum’s most famous steam engine. A “Russian Decapod,” it was built in 1918 for export to Russia but was embargoed when the Bolshevik Revolution took place. Instead, the newly completed engine was sold to the Frisco, which used it in both freight and passenger service into the 1950s. The Frisco later sold it to Eagle-Picher Mining, where it saw use hauling freight and aggregate trains until the mid-1960s.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/1250, ISO 5000.