Frisco, Louisville and Nashville, Seaboard Coast Line 3-Engine Exhibit Andy Fletcher

Frisco was known for its slogan "Ship It On The Frisco!"  The Frisco, formally known as St. Louis-San Francisco, played played a key role in linking railroads from the Southeast and the Southwest.  Here we see a Frisco GP35 connecting to the Louisville and Nashville.  Louisville and Nashville would then deliver carloads to the Seaboard Coast Line, taking those carloads to Virginia, Carolinas and Florida.

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Frisco Locomotives #1 Railroad Narrative by Andy Fletcher

Frisco SD45 #947 heads from St. Louis to Kansas City in my Frisco Locomotives #1 Railroad Narrative.  Frisco FP7 #5049 also heads from St. Louis to Memphis.  In my Frisco Locomotives #1 Railroad Narrative, we see Frisco Locomotives featured in my Railroads of St Louis, Kansas City and Memphis posters.

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Frisco Locomotives Move Trains at Memphis

This Frisco locomotives move freight at Memphis.  The SD45 leads a train of carloads to Tulsa.  A big section of this train has been transferred from the Illinois Central Gulf.

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Frisco SD45 947 by Andy Fletcher

Frisco SD45 #947 was a drawing I did after that first Houston train show that I mentioned earlier.  To prepare for that show, I had done a couple of Frisco drawings that were  popular.  Shortly thereafter, there was a Great American Train Show in Tulsa, which was a Frisco town, so, I thought it would be a great idea to draw several more Frisco locomotives including SD45 #947.

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Frisco Locomotives Move Trains at Memphis

These Frisco locomotives move trains at Memphis.  The SD45 leads a train to Fort Worth.  Listen to my train "Memphis Yard" on my andyfletchermusic YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/vZePPGK1x7A

 

Chicago Great Western Train Heads to Kansas City

This Chicago Great Western train carries carloads from Minneapolis to Kansas City.  Today's train has carloads from Great Northern and interchange traffic for Frisco.

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A Frisco Freight Train Heads From Memphis to Tulsa

This Frisco freight train heads from Memphis to Tulsa. It carries carloads for interchange with the Santa Fe. Frisco's slogan was "Ship 'it' on the Frisco."  

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A Frisco Freight Train Heads From Tulsa to Memphis

This Frisco freight train makes its way from Tulsa to Memphis.  Frisco served as a key connecting railroad between railroads of the Southeast and the Southwest.  Frisco's freight cars advertised the railroad's proud slogan, "Ship It on the Frisco!"

See my Frisco artwork at http://www.customtrains.org/frisco.html

Ship It on the Frisco!

Frisco was known as a key connection between the Southeast and the Southwest and for its slogan "Ship It on the Frisco."  Frisco is part of today's BNSF.

To see my Frisco artwork, visit my website http://www.customtrains.org/frisco.html

A Santa Fe Train Heads From Los Angeles to Kansas City

A Santa Fe Train heads from Los Angeles to Kansas City.  Today's train has carloads for interchange with the Frisco at Avard, Oklahoma.  Santa Fe and Frisco's teamwork linked the Southwest to Memphis.  Santa Fe and Frisco are part of today's +BNSF Railway 

A Frisco Train Heads For Tulsa, Oklahoma

We see an eastbound Frisco train at Avard, Oklahoma with carloads from the Santa Fe interchange.  Today's train heads for Tulsa, where its Louisville and Nashville bound traffic will be classified to head for Memphis. Frisco played a key role in connecting the railroads of the Southeast and the Southwest. Frisco is a part of today's +BNSF Railway 

Frisco 4-8-2 #1522 on Display at National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis

The Frisco 4-8-2 #1522 was one of America's beloved excursion steam locomotives throughout the late 1980s and into the 1990s.  Across much of the Midwest and the South, many of us saw the Frisco #1522 steam back to life.
As a young railroad artist, I was truly lucky to be one of the faithful at trackside when the 1522 double-headed with the Norfolk and Western 611 on its way to the National Railway Historical Society convention in Atlanta in 1994.  That was truly a once in a lifetime experience.

See the Frisco #1522 on display at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis.

To see my Frisco #1522 11"x17" signed, matted print, visit my website customtrains.org and/or my eBay store

A Louisville & Nashville Train Heads to Cincinnati From Memphis

This Louisville and Nashville train heads from Memphis to Cincinnati.  Today's train has interchange traffic from Missouri Pacific and Frisco.  Louisville and Nashville is part of today's +CSX 

To see my Louisville and Nashville 11"x17" poster, visit my website customtrains.org and/or my eBay store

A Chicago Great Western Freight Train at Oelwein, Iowa

A Chicago Great Western train departs Oelwein, Iowa with Great Northern carloads from the Twin Cities and Texas-bound cars headed for Frisco interchange at Kansas City.  Chicago Great Western is part of today's +Union Pacific 

To see my Chicago Great Western 11"x17" poster, visit my website customtrains.org and/or my eBay store

Frisco Locomotives Await Their Assignment at Birmingham

These Frisco locomotives await their assignments at Birmingham, Alabama.  At Birmingham, Frisco interchanges with Seaboard Coast Line and Southern.  Frisco is part of today's BNSF.

To see my Frisco 11"x17" signed poster, visit my website customtrains.org and/or my eBay store

The Milwaukee Road and Its Pacific Extension-A Fulfilled Prophecy

I have always had a fascination with the Milwaukee Road and its extension to the Pacific Northwest.  Although this westward extension across Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington never became the robust source of traffic that headquarters had hoped, to me, the extension westward was a fulfilled prophecy of reaching the Pacific.
Many railroads in that day had expansive names of cities and regions of America that they never quite reached.  Very successful railroads such as the St. Louis and San Francisco did not venture past the lower Midwest.  Even the Missouri Pacific and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific only made it as far as west as Denver.
Thus, I admire the Milwaukee Road for its extension to the Pacific.  In the words of William Clark, "Ocean in view, O the Joy."