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Frisco No. 3749 is a Frisco 3700 Series 0-6-0 "Switcher" type steam locomotive built in 1913 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad (Frisco).

No. 3749 was the last Frisco steam locomotive still on the active roster to run in regular service until it was retired in 1952. It was then leased to the Alabama State Prison in Atmore, Alabama in 1954 and worked there until the fall of 1956. In 1956 it was used as a prop in the MGM movie, "The Wings of Eagles", starring John Wayne. In 1963, it was sold for scrap to Pensacola Scrap Processors. After later sitting idle for a number of years in the scrapyard, the engine was donated to the Historic Pensacola Preservation Board in 1976 and later sold to Bob Snow. It was repainted to represent Seaboard Air Line No. 223 and moved to Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida as a static display piece to draw in tourism.

In 2012 No. 3749 was acquired by the Florida Railroad Museum where it currently resides on static display.

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