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springfield, mo. -- Although the Frisco Railroad Museum has run out of steam and is closed after a 16-year run, its collection of historic items will stay in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — “Sharing Stories of the Crossroads ... videos and much more from the St. Louis – San Francisco (Frisco) Railroad and other railroads.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One could argue that Springfield wouldn’t be the city it is today without the influence of the Frisco. The railroad’s impact is felt in many aspects of the Queen City’s ...
“We’re going to do everything we can to promote this project,” said Alan Schmitt, founder and president of the Frisco Railroad Museum, Springfield, Mo. “It will be a unique experience for ...
In the late 1800s, a man named Francis Mansfield bought a bunch of undeveloped land along the soon-to-be completed Frisco ...
A particular run of the Kansas City-Florida Special may have changed the course of steam locomotive assignments on the Frisco ... the station headed for Springfield, Mo., the 4300 accelerated ...
Significance of the Big 'Frisco Railroad Merger; What the Consolidation Will Mean to the Southwest -- Rise From a Modest Clerkship of B.F. Yoakum, the Central Figure in the Situation.
"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 ... purchased by the railroad before ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Mercy hosted its “first hammer swing” ceremony to celebrate the start of an important renovation. Mercy is renovating the historic Frisco building into a medical facility.
The Frisco Highline Trail is a 35-mile trail running from Springfield to Bolivar, cutting through Willard, Walnut Grove and other communities throughout southwest Missouri. Formerly a railroad ...