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  1. A Brief Introduction to the Frisco Railroad

    For those new to the Frisco: The railroad explained in a one minute read.

  2. Welcome to Frisco.org

    This category is for information about Frisco.org, including help, rules and how to get around.

    1. Announcements

      What's new at the library
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      229
      Messages:
      2,447
      Latest: Happy Birthday Jim James! FriscoCharlie, Aug 28, 2016
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    2. Support

      Questions relating to how to use the site and other relevant information.
      Discussions:
      52
      Messages:
      538
      Latest: Broken Threads klrwhizkid, Sep 6, 2016
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    3. New Member Introductions

      New members take a few minutes to tell the FRISCO.org crew a little about yourself.
      Discussions:
      358
      Messages:
      1,945
      Latest: New Member klrwhizkid, Sep 25, 2016 at 8:58 PM
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  3. Historical

    Operations, Divisions, Depots, Maintenance, Equipment, Locomotives, Freight, Caboose, Memorabilia, Folks, and Modeling

    1. General

      The purpose of this forum is to share general Frisco Historical information.
      Discussions:
      748
      Messages:
      5,209
      Sub-Forums: 1

      General

      Sub-Forums

      1. Other Directly Related Roads

      Latest: Car 844 Larry F., Sep 26, 2016 at 6:19 PM
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    2. Divisions

      Photographs and information about the Frisco Divisions and Subdivisions.
      Discussions:
      677
      Messages:
      4,552
      Sub-Forums: 64

      Divisions

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Maps

      3. Central Division

        1. General

        2. Arkinda-Ardmore Subdivision

        3. Arthur Subdivision

        4. Ft. Smith Subdivision

      4. Eastern Division

        1. General

        2. Burton Subdivision

        3. Carthage Subdivision

          1. Joplin Branch

          2. Neodesha Branch

        4. Clinton Subdivision

        5. Rolla-Lebanon Subdivision

          1. Salem Branch

          2. Modeling Lebanon

          3. Valley Park Lead

        6. Springfield Subdivision

          1. Mt. Vernon Branch

          2. Ozark Branch

        7. Wichita Subdivision

      5. Northern Division

        1. Ash Grove Subdivision

        2. Kansas City Subdivision

        3. Memphis Subdivision

          1. Branches

        4. Willow Springs Subdivision

      6. River Division

        1. General

        2. Chaffee Subdivision

        3. St Louis Subdivision

        4. Hoxie Subdivision

      7. Southern Division

        1. General

        2. A.T.&N. R.R.

        3. Birmingham Subdivision

        4. Columbus Subdivision

        5. Pensacola Subdivision

        6. Tupelo Subdivision

      8. Southwestern Division

        1. General

        2. Chickasha Subdivision

        3. Creek Subdivision

        4. Ft. Worth Subdivision

        5. Oklahoma Subdivision

        6. Sherman Subdivision

        7. Quanah, Acme, & Pacific (QA&P)

      9. Western Division

        1. General

        2. Afton Subdivision

        3. Avard Subdivision

        4. Beaumont Subdivision

        5. Cherokee Subdivision

        6. Enid-Hobart Subdivision

        7. Parsons Subdivision

      10. Six Major Terminals

        1. Birmingham Terminal

        2. Kansas City Terminal

        3. Memphis Terminal

        4. Springfield Terminal

        5. St. Louis Terminal

        6. Tulsa Terminal

      Latest: Frisco Google Earth Map RogerRT, Sep 20, 2016
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    3. Operations

      Frisco Operations in all the divisions hosted by Chris Abernathy. Welcome to the Frisco Operations Section! Ship IT on the Frisco!
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      308
      Messages:
      1,993
      Sub-Forums: 13

      Operations

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Track Charts/Industry Schematics

      3. Forms & Documents

      4. Freight Operations

      5. Passenger Operations

      6. Rules of the Transportation Department

      7. Timetables

        1. Employee Timetables

      8. Trains

        2. Freight Trains

        3. Passenger Trains

        4. Miscellaneous Trains

      Latest: 1934 Shipments of Fruits, Vegetables and Canned Goods yardmaster, Jul 31, 2016
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    4. Buildings and Structures

      This section is for structures, depots, bridges, water towers, coaling stations, etc.
      Discussions:
      288
      Messages:
      1,713
      Sub-Forums: 15

      Buildings and Structures

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Bridges

      3. Car Repair Shops

      4. Coaling Towers

      5. Diesel Service Facilities

      6. Icing Stations

      7. Interchanges

      8. Interlocking Towers & Facilities

      9. Machine & Repair Shops

      10. Right of Way

      11. Roundhouses & Turntables

      12. TOFC Facilities

      13. Tunnels

      14. Yard Offices

      15. Water Towers

      Latest: Sloan Creek Bridge, Cape Girardeau, River Division MP 130.7 gstout, Sep 25, 2016 at 9:10 PM
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    5. Depots & Stations

      Photographs, discussion, and text about depots and stations. Alphabetically sorted into three groups: A-F, G-P, and Q-Z.
      Discussions:
      630
      Messages:
      2,651
      Sub-Forums: 4

      Depots & Stations

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Depots A-F

      3. Depots G-P

      4. Depots Q-Z

      Latest: Burma, Arkansas depot Coonskin, Sep 25, 2016 at 7:31 AM
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    6. Motive Power

      Photographs, discussions, and text about diesel and steam locomotives. Also locations of surviving equipment.
      Discussions:
      822
      Messages:
      5,445
      Sub-Forums: 67

      Motive Power

      Sub-Forums

      1. Diesel Locomotives

        1. Diesel General

        2. Diesel Diagrams

        3. American Locomotive Company (ALCo)

          1. RS1

          2. RS2

          3. S2

          4. S4

          5. FA1

          6. FB1

        4. Baldwin Locomotive Works

        5. Electo-Motive Division (EMD)

          1. SW1

          2. GP15

          3. NW2

          4. SD38-2

          5. SW7

          6. SW9

          7. SW1500

          8. MP15

          9. GP38-2

          10. GP7

          11. GP38AC

          12. GP38-2

          13. GP35

          14. GP40-2

          15. GP50

          16. SD45

          17. SD40-2

          18. EA7

          19. E8A

          20. F3

          21. F7

          22. FP7

          23. F9

        6. Fairbanks-Morse & Company (F-M)

          1. H10-44

          2. H12-44

        7. General Electric (GE)

          1. GE 70 Ton Switcher

          2. 44 and 45 Ton

          3. B30-7

          4. U25B

          5. U30B

        8. Miscellaneous Diesels

      2. Steam Locomotives

        1. General Steam

        2. Steam Locomotive Diagrams

        3. 0-6-0 Yard Goat

        4. 2-6-0 Moguls

        5. 2-8-0 Consolidation

        6. 2-10-0 Decapod

        7. 2-8-2 Mikado

        8. 2-10-2 Santa Fe

        9. 4-4-0 American

        10. 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler

        11. 4-6-2 Pacific

        12. 4-6-4 Hudson

        13. 4-8-2 Mountain

          1. 1500 Class Mountains

          2. 4300 Class Mountains

          3. 4400 Class Moutains

        14. 4-8-4 Northern

        15. 2-8-8-2 Mallet

      3. Motorcars

        1. Motorcar Diagrams

      4. Surviving Equipment

      Latest: Anyone have roof photos of repowered FA or FB units timothy_cannon, Sep 24, 2016
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    7. Freight Equipment

      Photographs and discussions of freight equipment and other rolling stock.
      Discussions:
      229
      Messages:
      1,554
      Sub-Forums: 13

      Freight Equipment

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Freight equipment diagrams

      3. Autoracks

      4. Boxcars

        1. SLSF 700100-700299 Boxcars

        2. USRA DS Boxcars/Rebuilds

      5. Company Service Roster

      6. Flatcars

      7. Gondola

      8. Hopper Cars

      9. MOW Equipment

      10. Tank Cars

      11. TOFC Equipment

      Latest: Railway Prototype Cyclopedia William Jackson, Oct 1, 2016 at 10:30 AM
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    8. Cabooses

      Cabooses of all kinds, wooden, steel, transfer, etc.
      Discussions:
      274
      Messages:
      1,699
      Sub-Forums: 12

      Cabooses

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cabooses General

      2. Caboose Diagrams

      3. 001-999

      4. 1100-1199

      5. 1200-1229

      6. 1230-1259

      7. 1260-1292

      8. 1300-1345

      9. 1400-1442

      10. 1700-1725

      11. 1726-1735

      12. 1776

      Latest: Frisco caboose 1147 meteor910, Sep 3, 2016
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    9. Passenger Cars

      Photographs and discussions of all type of passenger equipment except motive power.
      Discussions:
      158
      Messages:
      1,192
      Sub-Forums: 8

      Passenger Cars

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Business Cars

      3. Express Cars

      4. Heavyweight Cars

        1. Heavyweight Passenger Car Diagrams

      5. Streamlined Cars

        1. Streamlined passenger car diagrams

      Latest: Caboose-Coach - Unknown Number magistrate, Aug 29, 2016
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    10. Maintenance of Way

      Photographs and discussions of maintenance of way equipment and operations
      Discussions:
      73
      Messages:
      420
      Latest: CASEY JONES ENGINE? Peddling Joe, Sep 16, 2016
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    11. Action Photos

      Photographs of equipment in operation
      Discussions:
      56
      Messages:
      428
      Latest: Aldrich, MO. 1926 yardmaster, Jul 23, 2016
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    12. Memorabilia

      Photographs of memorabilia, including Frisco dining china, glass, silverware, linen, and accessories.
      Discussions:
      141
      Messages:
      700
      Sub-Forums: 1

      Memorabilia

      Sub-Forums

      1. Calendars

      Latest: Remember the bell? frisco1522, Sep 24, 2016
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    13. Frisco Folks

      Share information and photographs of Frisco employees.
      Discussions:
      42
      Messages:
      207
      Latest: Looking for information on my Uncles jmoore16, Apr 16, 2016
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  4. Modeling the Frisco

    This section is for discussion and photos of less than 1:1 scale models of the FRISCO

    1. General

      Discussion about modeling the Frisco, in general
      Discussions:
      363
      Messages:
      3,817
      Latest: Decal Special Run Joe Lovett, Oct 1, 2016 at 5:06 AM
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    2. New Products

      New Products for all scales
      Discussions:
      120
      Messages:
      1,336
      Latest: Athearn Genesis tri-level auto carrier in HO tmfrisco, Sep 6, 2016
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    3. FMIG Lines: Layouts

      Photographs and discussions about building and operating layouts of all sizes
      Discussions:
      139
      Messages:
      2,226
      Sub-Forums: 4

      FMIG Lines: Layouts

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Operations

      3. Freelance

      4. Divisions

      Latest: Sulligent Layout yardmaster, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:52 PM
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    4. HO Scale

      Photographs and discussions about HO scale modeling
      Discussions:
      818
      Messages:
      11,293
      Sub-Forums: 40

      HO Scale

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Diesel Locomotives

        1. HO Diesel Locomotives General

        2. American Locomotive Company (ALCo)

        3. Baldwin Locomotive Works

        4. Electo-Motive Division (EMD)

        5. Fairbanks-Morse & Company (F-M)

        6. General Electric (GE)

      3. Steam Locomotives

        1. HO Steam Locomotive General

        2. 0-6-0 Switchers

        3. 2-6-0 Moguls

        4. 2-8-0 Consolidations

        5. 2-10-0 Decapod

        6. 2-8-2 Mikado

        7. 2-10-2 Santa Fe

        8. 4-4-0 American

        9. 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler

        10. 4-6-2 Pacific

        11. 4-6-4 Hudson

        12. 4-8-2 Mountain

        13. 4-8-4 Northern

        14. 2-8-8-2 Mallet

      4. Freight Equipment

        1. HO Freight Equipment General

        3. Boxcars

        5. Covered Hoppers

        6. Flatcars

        7. Gondola

        8. MOW Equipment

        9. Open Hopper

        10. Tank Cars

        11. TOFC Equipment

      5. Passenger Equipment

      6. Cabooses

      7. Maintenance of Way

      8. Structures

      Latest: Caboose 1326 modeltruckshop, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:11 PM
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    5. N Scale

      Photographs and discussions about N scale modeling
      Discussions:
      91
      Messages:
      1,161
      Sub-Forums: 1

      N Scale

      Sub-Forums
      Latest: Atlas GP7's jmoore16, Sep 30, 2016 at 2:50 PM
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    6. O Gauge and O Scale

      Photographs and discussions about O scale and gauge modeling
      Discussions:
      36
      Messages:
      214
      Sub-Forums: 3

      O Gauge and O Scale

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Lionel

      3. MTH and Other Timplate

      Latest: Atlas QA&P boxcar Murphy Jenkins, Sep 8, 2016
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    7. S Scale

      Photographs and discussions about S scale modeling
      Discussions:
      19
      Messages:
      69
      Latest: Frisco S Scale decals and other scales rjthomas909, Dec 24, 2015
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    8. Z Scale

      Photographs and discussions about Z scale modeling
      Discussions:
      11
      Messages:
      54
      Latest: New Product Announcements FriscoCharlie, Sep 3, 2016
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    9. G Scale

      Photographs and discussions about G scale modeling
      Discussions:
      29
      Messages:
      145
      Latest: G scale decals DanHyde, Feb 12, 2016
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    10. Virtual (V) Scale

      Discussions about modeling the Frisco using virtual programs such as MS Train Simulator
      Discussions:
      41
      Messages:
      588
      Latest: The Highline dricketts, Jan 11, 2016
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    11. Other Scales

      Modeling in scales other than Z, N, HO, S, O, or G
      Discussions:
      3
      Messages:
      45
      Latest: Almost in my back yard! JamesP, Feb 23, 2012
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    12. Electrical/Electronics

      Share techniques and experience with DCC, decoders, sound, layouts, lighting, etc
      Discussions:
      102
      Messages:
      996
      Sub-Forums: 10

      Electrical/Electronics

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Decoder Programming

      3. FAQ

      4. DC

      5. DCC

        1. Digitrax

        2. Easy DCC

        3. NCE DCC

        4. Other DCC systems

      6. Layout Electronics

      Latest: Dead Rail Systems klrwhizkid, Jun 2, 2016
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    13. Modeling Tips

      Photographs and discussions of modeling tips including color schemes, paint formula, etc
      Discussions:
      87
      Messages:
      990
      Latest: DIY Corn Stalks & Cardboard Field Rows Friscotony, Jul 8, 2016
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  5. The Interchange

    This is a section for archiving old FMIG and All Aboard newsletters, exchanging information about Frisco people, memorabilia, exchange of goods.

    1. FMIG & All Aboard newsletters

      This forum hosts copies of the Frisco Modelers' Information group newsletters, edited and authored by Douglas Hughes and Charles Dischinger.
      Discussions:
      7
      Messages:
      211
      Latest: FMIG Newsletters w3hodoug, Sep 22, 2015
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    2. The Meteor

      The Meteor e-magazine issues are located here.
      Discussions:
      25
      Messages:
      107
      Sub-Forums: 2

      The Meteor

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. The Meteor Issues

      Latest: Status of The Meteor? klrwhizkid, May 1, 2016
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    3. Conventions and Meets

      Files for convention clinics and meets
      Discussions:
      51
      Messages:
      583
      Sub-Forums: 4

      Conventions and Meets

      Sub-Forums

      1. 2009 Frisco Convention

      2. 2010 Frisco Convention

      3. 2011 Frisco Convention

      4. 2012 Frisco Convention

      Latest: Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad 1922 Railroad strike and riots program tomd6, Jul 6, 2016
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    4. Manufacturers and Vendors

      This area is for hobby manufacturers and vendors to announce and discuss their products.
      Discussions:
      35
      Messages:
      399
      Latest: Caboose Hobbies closing meteor910, Sep 14, 2016
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    5. Links

      Links for Frisco, railroads, railroad hobby related commercial pages.
      Discussions:
      50
      Messages:
      288
      Latest: Model Railroad Clubs yardmaster, Nov 10, 2015
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    6. Download

      Use this section to upload and download Frisco relevant files.
      Discussions:
      35
      Messages:
      206
      Latest: Frisco 2016 Calendar paul slavens, Nov 4, 2015
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    7. Swap Meet

      Swap or sell Frisco oriented models, memorabilia, and materials.
      Discussions:
      319
      Messages:
      1,281
      Latest: Urgent - Book Sale RogerRT, Oct 1, 2016 at 7:20 AM
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    8. Frisco Archive

      Discussions:
      1,450
      Messages:
      1,451
      Latest: Boxcar 700119 Frisco.org, Oct 1, 2016 at 11:05 AM
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