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Edited by Douglas J. Hughes
Farrington, S. Kip,
"Railroading the modern Way." This was from the 1950's and was the first one I
ever read about the Frisco. It had two chapters telling how Clark Hungerford brought the
road out of bankruptcy in the late 40's.
Bain, William F., "Frisco
Folks." Tales from employees - old book that Alan Schmitt of the Frisco Museum
reprinted a few years ago. Folksy.
Miner, H. Craig, "The St
Louis-San Francisco Transcontinental Railroad, The Thirty-fifth Parallel Project,
1853-1890", University of Kansas Press, 1972. very dry doctoral dissertation mostly
about financing the road. It stops at the 1890 depression and take over by the ATSF.;
Bryant, H. Stafford Jr., "The
Georgian Locomotive", Weathervane Books, New York, 1962. Some great steam locomotive
photos.
Stagner, Lloyd E., "Steam
Locomotives of the Frisco Line", Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder, CO, 1976. My
favorite!
McCall, John, and Schultz, Frank A.
III, "Frisco Southwest, A Late Steam-Early Diesel Pictorial", Kachina Press,
1025 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75202, 1982. A great soft-bound photo book full of modeling
ideas.
Banwart, Donald, D., "Rails,
Rivalry, and Romance", Sekan Printing Co., 2210 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701, 1982.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Ft. Scott. 75% of the photos are of trains - the
author is a train fan and modeler. He also published the book. You'll need this one if you
want to do period Frisco modeling.
Collias, Joe G., "Frisco Power -
Locomotives and Trains of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1903-1953", MM Books,
P.O. Box 29318, Crestwood, MO 63126. Good author who is a model railroader, big, lots of
photos, several mistakes, good modeling reference. Joe's address is 9114 Pennant Lane,
Crestwood, MO 63126.
"The Quanah Route," was
written by Don L. Hofsommer and printed by the Texas A&M University Press.
Marre, Louis A., and ? Harper,
"Frisco Diesel Power". I didn't buy it, but I've looked through it. Looks great!
Dubin, Arthur F., "More Classic
Trains". This expensive book has a chapter on the Frisco & Katy passenger
varnish. A work colleague has a copy.
The magazine PASSENGER TRAIN JOURNAL
featured Frisco in their February and December 1984 issues with lots of passenger train
photos.
The steam locomotive roster was
published by Bob Lorenz, 1939 Whittaker Drive, Fremont, OH 43420 many years ago as taken
from the 1903 and 1917 ICC rosters. I have used the same sources to put the roster into a
spread sheet. Send me a floppy and return postage and I'll copy it for you.
The classic steam photographers also
covered the steam roster very well. Almost any engine you want to model was photographed.
The railroad was photographed
extensively during the 1940-50-60's by deceased bachelor Art Johnson. His brother owns the
collection and sometimes lets copies be made. Check with Alan at the Frisco Museum .
The railroad was color slide
photographed extensively during the 1960's by Dr. Mike Condren, P.O. Box 12102, Memphis,
TN 38112 (901) 276-4667. Mike's slides have been sold, stolen, given improper credit in
magazines, etc. Call him to see if he will still sell copies.
Charlie Dischinger also has an
extensive slide collection. 3452 S. Parkmont Court, Springfield, MO 65807-3888 (417)
887-0747.
Several of the smaller roads that
later merged with the Frisco have also been the subject of books. I think Hoffstetter did
one on the QAP. Two I've read are Dew's on the Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern (NE
Arkansas - source of 2-8-0's 76 &77) and Mahlon Weill White's "The Leaky
Roof" about the Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield reprinted in 1970 by The
Printery, Clinton, MO
