St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

United States   Migration    Railroads    St. Louis - San Francisco Railway 

Affectionately called the Frisco, this rail line began in 1876 and was sold to Burlington in 1980. Early ambitions were not realized and this line never went west of Texas, but served the Midwest and southern United States. Today most of its lines are still in service with the BNSF or various short lines.

Rolling stock and a depot, and memorabilia been preserved at various museums, but Burlington disposed of most of the records in 1980. A few were saved by former employees. The principal museums remembering the Frisco line are these: Frisco Depot Museum 307 North B Street P.O. Box 577 Hugo, OK 74743 1-580-326-6630 friscodepot@live.com They have displays of Frisco memorabilia and numerous artifacts of railroad construction and maintenance with many photos of trains, crews, wrecks, etc. They have also preserved a Harvey House Restaurant and Harvey Girl quarters.

www.friscodepot.org is the official preservation website.

Museum of American Railroads 6455 Paige Street Frisco, Texas 75034 1-214-428-0101



Route map for the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway