PLEASE READ THIS THREAD REGARDING SITE FUNDING AND SERVER CHANGES. Finally, a branch from Monett, Missouri - Paris, Texas, completed in 1887, opened an interchange with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, a Santa Fe subsidiary. Preston George Decapod 1620 hauls a 24-car freight westward near Indiahoma, Okla., on May 4, 1946. Sea Biscuit, Citation, and Big Red. was included in the file. General Admission Prices: Children (3-15) $8, Adults (16-59). This article briefly highlights where you can take a train in Indiana to view the fall colors each autumn. It is difficult to truly articulate just how much material can be found at this website. And now it's undergoing a massive makeover that, with luck, will turn the Frisco 1352 into the only engine of its type still in operation. It looked like there was a wooden handicap accessible ramp at the back. NOTE: THE SPRINGFIELD/GREENE COUNTY LIBRARY IS NOW ON LINE WITH A WEB PAGE OF of the Frisco Lines. Find 46 listings related to Frisco Railroad Train Museum in Springfield on YP.com. The property was subsequently reacquired by the state in June of 1867 whereupon it became the South Pacific Railroad in May of 1868. The Frisco, officially known as the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., was incorporated on September 6, 1876, and throughout its 104 year history (it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980) the line played a dominant role in the economic growth and development of Springfield and Southwest Missouri. They were located a couple of miles west of the steam locomotive service facility of the North Shops. One of the B&O's original streamliners, the Abraham Lincoln, operated during its brief ownership of the Alton Railroad in the Midwest. The transcontinental concept was an aspiring but daunting one given that no railroad had yet accomplished such a feat (and ultimately would not for another two decades). Alas, in 2013 the site closed. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. What a neat trip into the history of Crocker's railroad line and the area history.. And today, at nearly 86 years old, hes still one of the leading members of Springfields railroad community. One day, after an obviously successful evening of hunting, the private car of Vice-President G.H. Images courtesy of These institutions do not hold any personnel records. It completed an east-west branch between Ardmore, Oklahoma and Hope, Arkansas in 1903 (built as the St. Louis, San Francisco & New Orleans). http://www.lib.uconn.edu/DoddCenter/ASC/BLC/Railroadlinks.htm#Genealogy