Last month's article left off with the Frisco Railroad purchasing the Oklahoma and Arkansas Railroad. With the purchase of the railroad, the Frisco added nine additional train depots, not including ...
The Museum of the American Railroad's depot is on the move. The museum is moving from Fair Park in Dallas to a 12-arce site in Frisco. The Houston & Texas Central railroad building, which was in ...
Frisco Railroad introduced diesel passenger service in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 25, 1950, marking the beginning of a transition from steam to diesel locomotives on the division’s passenger routes.
"Old 4524," the last of the Frisco railroad's steam locomotives, on the track before its final journey to Grant Beach Park. Published in the Springfield Leader & Press on Nov. 2, 1953. "Old 4524" is ...
AMORY - For Ruby Holman, childhood memories of her father, Roosevelt "Doc" Willingham, often include his long days working with the Frisco Railroad. "My earliest memory is of him coming home from work ...
On the evening of Jan. 28, 1974, a propane tank car and hopper car were derailed from the Frisco Railway's Ozark Branch in Galloway, near the 4200 block of South Lone Pine. While no injuries occurred ...