Meteor (train) - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
N 36° 06.494 W 096° 00.968
14S E 768598 N 4000077
The Frisco 4500 Meteor is a landmark steam locomotive that once moved passengers and freight overnight between Oklahoma City and St. Louis via Tulsa. Now on permanent display at Red Fork, Tulsa, Route 66 Historic Village, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WMMWXJ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2014
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Route 66 Historical Village, is growing into a major Mother Road attraction, showing all the types of transportation that helped Tulsa become the Oil Capitol of the World. The Village started with North Americas tallest Oil Derrick, located on the site of the first oil strike in Oklahoma. The Frisco 4500 Meteor a landmark steam engine that once moved passengers and freight through Tulsa, Tulsa Pullman Coach, rolling stock including a Caboose, and a large Route 66 Shield.
The Meteor was a named passenger train operated by the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (a.k.a. SLSF or "the Frisco" Northern class Baldwin 4-8-4s
"Frisco 4500 Steam Engine.
Our Frisco 4500 was a landmark steam engine that once moved passengers and freight through Tulsa. In 2003, the City of Tulsa published in the Tulsa World an article requesting bids on a used piece of equipment. Members of the Townwest Sertoma Club took on the project to restore the engine to exhibit condition. Six years later the Frisco 4500 was returned to West Tulsa. Its final destination is the Route 66 Village."
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From the Visit Oklahoma Web site:
"Located along historic Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, the Route 66 Historical Village is an open air museum with fully restored remnants from the city's early days. Visitors driving along Route 66 or I-244 can't miss this fun attraction, which seeks to educate and inspire others to learn the history of Tulsa's oil, refining and transportation industries. Grab your camera and make a pit stop at the Route 66 Historical Village to see a restored Frisco 4500 Steam Engine, passenger car, caboose and oil derrick. The oil derrick stands 194 feet high and is the historic site of the first oil strike on June 25, 1901 that make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World." Text Source: (
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Route 66 (Southwest Boulevard) Tulsa, Oklahoma.