SL-SF
The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, better known as the Frisco, was a 4600 mile system with it's major lines shaped like an X reaching from Penasacola, FL to Kansas City and from St. Louis to Dallas-Ft. Worth and beyond. Hub of the system was Springfield, MO at the center of the X, and still a busy point on the BNSF. The Burlington Northern acquired control of the road in 1980.
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GP7 #520 and a caboose are switching their train at Kansas City, KS on May 26, 1977. Frisco sold may of their GP7's to the C&NW who rebuilt them for further years of service. |
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GP35 #720 is at Lindenwood Yard in St. Louis, MO on May 27, 1977. |
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GP38-2 #686 leads two U25B's westbound out of St. Louis, MO on May 27, 1977. |
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A trio of SW1500's #320, 332 and 331 are at Lindenwood Yard in St. Louis, MO on May 27, 1977. |
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Like several other railroads, the Frisco re-engined some of their Baldwin switchers with EMD engines. In the Frisco's case this meant replacing the hood as well. Here is VO-1000m #205 at Kansas City, KS on May 26, 1977. |
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U25B #805 is an ex GE demo unit and features a high nose and different steps than production U25B's. After Frisco traded it into GE on an order of B30-7's, GE in turn leased it to then power short Conrail, where it is seen in Niagara Falls, NY on July 10, 1978. |