Frisco 1630 prepares to depart out of the IRM depot with the heavyweight coach train.

Frisco 1630 puts on a smoke show as it does a photo run-by along the IRM mainline.

1630's back! It gets ready to back away from the Steam shop for its first service to the public since September of 2004.

1630's back! Frisco 1630 steams under its own power for the first time since Showcase Weekend in 2004.

In a gathering for Trains Magazine’s 50th anniversary, three steam locomotives simmer at the former Frisco Chouteau Yard at St. Louis, Missouri, on June 13, 1990. This view highlights an unusual... (more)

Although all Frisco mainline freights were usually identified as Extra's according to the lead engine number, this particular train, to the operating personnel, was called #37. Only a few miles i... (more)

Frisco #39 (F7A-F7B-GP7-GP7-F7A) Photo taken from my slide collection. No photographer listed on slide.

A favorite unit in a favorite paint scheme in what is now the land of the Arkansas & Missouri.

Waves of nostalgia.

Has it been thjrty three years since this fine looking unit set in the sun on a pleasant spring day? I have been fond of Frisco for a long time. I like it that even though they knew the odds th... (more)

Frisco was bright and audacious. Their new yard just southeast of Memphis was a showplace for the scrappy Midwest carrier and the SD45s were still on top of the horsepower totem pole. Gosh I mis... (more)

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection: A freshly shopped and shiny 4-8-2 Mountain, Frisco 1527 shines in the daylight. Location is not for sure, added contributor input is always appreciated.

A Frisco Consolidation with a freight extra passes under the viaduct which carries the cars of the Texas Electric Railway over the many tracks entering Dallas Union Station. No. 1312 was... (more)

SLSF 433 leads four more GP38s and a northbound train past one of Mobile's paper mills. That Frisco paint will last several more weeks, but a new BN number will be stenciled below the cab window ... (more)

The sun is setting at the Collierville Heritage Railroad Display near Memphis. This former Frisco locomotive was built in 1912 by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York. It's in ... (more)