Frisco #1630, a Russian Decapod makes a glorious return to service this Memorial Day Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum after an extensive rebuild.
St Louis-San Francisco Railway 2-10-0 No 1630 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1918. She has 52 inch drivers, 24 x 28 inch cylinders, operates at 160 lbs of boiler pressure, and can pr... (more)
Frisco GP7 #558 working at Mobile, AL || August 1972
SL-SF hostlers are handling 5204 FA-1 and three F3's at Frisco's roundhouse area at Kansas City, Mo. on April 17, 1965.
The Frisco ready track at Kansas City next to the turntable pit had a variety of goodies -- 5204 Alco FA, a GE U25B and an E8 behind them.
After idling most of the night, two Frisco E8s emit blue smoke as they throttle Train 101 Sunnyland out of Kansas City en route Memphis. SLSF named their E8s after famous race horses, and the la... (more)
Having traveled 65 miles from Memphis, a St. Louis-San Francisco "westbound" freight passes through Jonesboro, Arkansas on its run to Springfield, Mo. on June 2, 1961. Two Alco FA-1's have three ... (more)
A steam locomotive that once ran at the Union Railroad Museum. It would be nice to someday see it run again.
a Frisco unit sitting at facility at Lindenwood yard
Frisco SW7 #302 working at Birmingham || May 1972
A pair of Frisco SD45s lead a westbound at Amory, MS || May 1972