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Steam locomotives[]

Photograph Locomotive Status
Victoria-RR-train-ar Frisco 73 A 2-6-0 "Mogul" built by Baldwin in 1916. It has 19-inch cylinders and 49.5-inch driving wheels. Numbered as 34 when Frisco acquired its owner, the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad in 1925, the locomotive was renumbered to 73 and kept by the Frisco until sold on September 19, 1945, to the Delta Valley and Southern Railway, a short line operator in northeast Arkansas. It is preserved on the Lee Wesson Plantation in Victoria, Arkansas under the Delta Valley & Southern Locomotive No. 73 name with no visible numbers on the cab or tender, but with the original Frisco raccoon-skin-shaped number board and "73" on its nose.
412CE279-595B-4BC9-AD9D-540727CD93F2 Frisco 76 2-8-0 Consolidation-type engine built as Number 40 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in December, 1920 for the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad. When that line became part of the Frisco, the locomotive was re-numbered as 76. After performing freight service for years, it was sold in 1947 to the Mississippian Railway where it retained the Frisco number. Following several further changes in ownership, #76 is now owned by the Oakland B&O Museum in Oakland, Maryland where it has been renumbered and relettered as the Baltimore & Ohio 476.
Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions 3409 Frisco 77 2-8-0 Consolidation-type engine built as Number 41 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in December, 1920 for the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad. When that line became part of the Frisco, the locomotive was re-numbered as 77. After performing freight service for years, it was sold in 1947 to the Mississippian Railway where it retained the Frisco number. Following several further changes in ownership, #77 is now with Alberta Prairie Railway in Stettler, Alberta where it pulls excursion trains and has been renumbered back to 41.
Frisco 1351 Frisco 1351 Built in 1912 as a 2-8-0 Consolidation (Frisco 1313), and converted by Frisco to a 2-8-2 Mikado in November 1943. Now on static display in Collierville, Tennessee.
Frisco 1352 2nd Frisco 1352 Built by ALCO in 1912 as a 2-8-0 Consolidation (Frisco 1321), and converted by Frisco in June 1944 to a 2-8-2 Mikado. Disassembled in Taylorville, Illinois; awaiting restoration to operating condition.
Frisco 1355 Frisco 1355 Built by ALCO in 1912 as a 2-8-0 Consolidation (Frisco 1318), and converted in October 1945 to a 2-8-2 Mikado in Frisco's main shops in Springfield. Given that the 1350-1356 series were both the last steam locomotives rebuilt by Frisco and the last Mikados built anywhere in the United States, No. 1355 is the last surviving. Following refurbishment by Frisco, it was donated to the City of Pensacola and moved to a location on Garden Street in that city in March 1957, near the site of the SLSF passenger depot demolished in 1967. Additional refurbishment was done by the Naval Brig Staff of the Pensacola Naval Air Station in late 1991 and early 1992.
Screenshot 20200803-203614 Gallery Frisco 1501 One of thirty 4-8-2 Mountain-type locomotives purchased from Baldwin for freight and passenger service. The 1500 series, all oil-burners, arrived in three batches, being Nos. 1500-1514 in the spring of 1923, Nos. 1515-1519 in 1925, and Nos. 1520-1529 in the summer of 1926. No. 1501 has been on static display in Schuman Park, Rolla, MO since 1955. Several parts from Frisco 1501 were donated to Frisco 1522 to make/keep 1522 operational.
Frisco1519 Frisco 1519 A Baldwin 4-8-2 Mountain-type delivered in 1925, now at the Railroad Museum of Oklahoma in Enid, Oklahoma.
4205959156604529752670208an Frisco 1522 A Baldwin 4-8-2 Mountain-type delivered in 1926. It was at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri until 1988, when it began pulling excursions. In 2002, it was returned to the Museum of Transportation.
Slsf1526 Frisco 1526 A Baldwin 4-8-2 Mountain-type delivered in 1926, located at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Frisco1527 Frisco 1527 A Baldwin 4-8-2 Mountain-type delivered in 1926. On static display in Langan Park in Mobile, Alabama since 1964.
Slsf 1529 02 Frisco 1529 A Baldwin 4-8-2 Mountain-type, delivered in 1926. The locomotive pulled a train carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934, and was eventually the last steam engine to make a passenger run for Frisco. Now on static display in Frisco Park in Amory, Mississippi.
Slsf1615-wessel2 Frisco 1615 One in Frisco-series 1600 that were 2-10-0 Russian locomotive class Ye (Russian Decapods) with a 5' gauge built for the Tsarist government in Russia. When that government was overthrown before delivery, the units were rebuilt as standard-gauge locomotives (by fitting extra-wide tires on the wheels) and sold through the United States Railroad Administration to American railways. Frisco acquired 20 of the units (17 directly from the government, 3 from other companies), which became Nos. 1613 to 1632. Of these, Nos. 1615, 1621, 1625, 1630 and 1632, all coal-burning, were later sold in the 1951 timeframe to Eagle-Picher and used to haul lead and zinc from the Picher Field to the E-P mill in Miami, Oklahoma. All these units were placed in storage by 1957 when that operation was closed. By 1964, homes were being sought for all of these engines. Frisco 1615, built in 1917 as part of Frisco's first batch of engines (Nos. 1613-1623) which were constructed by ALCO's Richmond Locomotive Works in the fall of 1917 and spring of 1918, was acquired by the City of Altus, Oklahoma on October 22, 1967, and remains on static display there.
Frisco1621 Frisco 1621 Another 2-10-0 Russian Decapod, built in 1918. On static display at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri.
Slsf1625 Frisco 1625 Another 2-10-0 Russian Decapod, built in 1918 at ALCO's Schenectady Locomotive Works. Now on static display at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas.
Slsf1630 Frisco 1630 Another 2-10-0 Russian Decapod, part of Frisco's batch (Nos. 1626-1632) which were all constructed by Baldwin in 1918. It has been in excursion service at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois since 1967, and is considered by the museum as their most famous locomotive.
SLSF1632 Frisco 1632 Another 1918 Baldwin 2-10-0 Russian Decapod. It was donated to the Smoky Hill Railway and Historical Society in Ottawa, Kansas in 1964, and was moved in 1991 to the Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad in Belton, Missouri where it is on static display.
Frisco3695 Frisco 3695 A Frisco-series 3600 locomotive, which were 0-6-0 switch engines built between August, 1883, and July, 1906. Ninety-five in number, the only survivor is No. 3695, built in July, 1906 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and serving Frisco thirty-one years before being sold to the Scullin Steel Company and renumbered No. 95. The engine was donated in 1956 and is on display at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis.
180830RRMUSEUM6 Frisco 3749 A Frisco-series 3700 locomotive, which was a class of forty-six 0-6-0 switch engines built between 1906 and 1910. However, another source says No. 3749 in particular was built in 1913, by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Retired from Frisco service in 1952, the engine was leased to the Atmore Prison Farm in Atmore, Alabama before being used in 1956 as a prop in an MGM movie, The Wings of Eagles, starring John Wayne. After later sitting idle for a number of years and being sold for scrap, the engine was moved to the Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida as a static display. In 2012 it was acquired and put on display by the Florida Railroad Museum.
Frisco No. 4003 locomotive Frisco 4003 A coal-burning 2-8-2 Mikado built in 1919 by Lima and on static display at the Fort Smith Trolley Museumin Fort Smith, Arkansas.
SLSF 4018 Sloss Frisco 4018 A coal-burning 2-8-2 Mikado built in 1919 by Lima which is on static display at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama. This locomotive has the distinction of being the last Frisco steam locomotive in regular service, completing its final run (a five-mile trek from Bessemer to Birmingham, Alabama) on February 29, 1952.
Frisco No. 4500 locomotive Frisco 4500 A 4-8-4 oil-fired Northern-type built in 1942, on static display in Tulsa, Oklahoma, being a locomotive which pulled the Frisco's crack Meteor passenger train.
Frisco 4501 Frisco 4501 An oil-fired 4-8-4 on static display at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas, also a former Meteor locomotive.
Frisco 4516 4-8-4 Northern-type coal-fired locomotive on static display at Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Missouri, also known as "Old Smokie."
Frisco 4524 Frisco 4524 Another wartime 4500-series 4-8-4 coal-fired Northern-type, donated to Springfield, Missouri in November 1954, now on static display at the Railroad Historical Museum inside Grant Beach Park in Springfield, and wearing the "Frisco Faster Freight" paint scheme. Being the last engine of the last group of steam locomotives that Frisco purchased, this engine has the distinction of being the last steam locomotive built for the Frisco.

Diesel locomotives[]

Photograph Locomotive Status
Frisco 200 A Baldwin VO-1000 switcher and Frisco's very first diesel locomotive of any kind, was sold to the Navy, which in 2015 sold it to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which has it stored out of service. The U.S. Navy acquired a number of the Frisco VO-1000 diesels, reportedly including Numbers 200-203 and 205-206. Other units may still be in use by the Navy, or may have been sold to other parties.
Frisco 261 An EMD NW2, that later became Burlington Northern #421. It is currently in its Burlington Northern livery and is in the collection of the Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita, KS.
Frisco 814 An operational General Motors EMD F9A, located at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City. (Note: While the locomotive has been lettered by the museum as Frisco, this was not a Frisco unit. It was originally purchased in 1954 by the Northern Pacific Railway, Road Number 7003-D, and became the Burlington Northern Railroad 814 due to a merger. The Frisco's only operation of F9A units occurred when two of the line's EMD F3A units were converted into F9A units.)
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