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Frisco 4500, a 4-8-4 oil-fired Northern-type built in 1942, [52] on static display in Tulsa, Oklahoma, being a locomotive which pulled the Frisco's crack Meteor passenger train. [53] Frisco 4501, an oil-fired 4-8-4 [52] on static display at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas, [43] also a former Meteor locomotive.
Frisco purchased the EMD E7 locomotives and Pullman cars for the Meteor at the same time as they purchased ones for the Texas Special, so the two trains shared a distinctive look; bright red with corrugated stainless-steel side panels. Frisco bought sets of named cars for each train. The last day of Meteor service was September 17, 1965. [1]
The Frisco started out as the Southwest Branch (heading west-southwesterly from St. Louis) of the Pacific (later Missouri Pacific) Railroad, and was split out in 1866.. That same year, Congress incorporated the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which would end up extending the line through Springfield and Tulsa to Sap
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, also commonly known as the “Frisco,” was a standard-gauge railroad which operated in the general area. It supplied construction materials such as rails and ties when this line was being built in 1962. Perhaps for these reasons, the trains sport the Frisco name and logo.
"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.
It was the first 4-8-4 Northern that Frisco ordered. Along with similar locomotives 4501 and 4502, it was painted in the zephyr blue, white and gray paint scheme with "Meteor" spelled out on the side of the tender in bold, red letters. [1] It was used for pulling Frisco's crack Meteor train service. [1]
The first three (Nos 4500–4502) were built as oil-burning steam locomotives in 1942 for Frisco passenger service. [1] They were painted in the zephyr blue, white and gray paint scheme with "Meteor" spelled out on the side of the tender in bold, red letters. [1] They were used for pulling Frisco's crack Meteor train service. [1]
The Firefly was a streamlined passenger train operated by the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway (the "Frisco"). At various times, it served St Louis, Missouri, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kansas City, Missouri, and Fort Scott, Kansas. It made its maiden run on March 29, 1940, and ended May 22, 1960. [1]