"Old 4524" is pictured waiting patiently before its final run, as documented in the Springfield Leader & Press on Nov. 2, 1953. The last of the Frisco’s steam locomotives started one of its most ...

Frisco Railroad introduced diesel passenger service in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 25, 1950, marking the beginning of a transition from steam to diesel locomotives on the division’s passenger routes.

Flickinger, 1918: The Frisco train had wrecked between the tiny communities of Flickinger and Many Islands, nine miles south of Mammoth Spring. Four people were killed upon impact, while the engineer ...

DALLAS After months of delays, a mammoth steam locomotive is finally (but slowly) headed to its new retirement home in Collin County. The million pound Big Boy was pushed out of the siding at Dallas ...

"Old 4524," the last of the Frisco railroad's steam locomotives, on the track before its final journey to Grant Beach Park. Published in the Springfield Leader & Press on Nov. 2, 1953. 25,219 people ...