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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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      Latest: RPM Meet St. Louis,Mo gstout, May 17, 2020
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    2. Support

      Questions relating to how to use the site and other relevant information.
      Discussions:
      57
      Messages:
      600
      Latest: Is the search bar not working or is it just me? Iantha_Branch, Jan 10, 2020
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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:
      473
      Messages:
      3,193
      Latest: New member Michael Klingler yardmaster, May 21, 2020
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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.
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      General

      Sub-Forums

      1. Other Directly Related Roads

      Latest: 1501 Restoration modeltruckshop, May 26, 2020 at 5:16 PM
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    2. Divisions

      Photographs and information about the Frisco Divisions and Subdivisions.
      Discussions:
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      Messages:
      5,279
      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. 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. Major Terminals

        1. Birmingham Terminal

        2. Kansas City Terminal

        3. Memphis Terminal

        4. Springfield Terminal

        5. St. Louis Terminal

        6. Tulsa Terminal

      Latest: Birmingham Beltline Railroad Frisco Al, May 23, 2020
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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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      Sub-Forums: 31

      Operations

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        1. Eastern Div Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        2. Northern Div Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        3. Central Div Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        4. Western Div Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        5. Southern Div Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        6. Southwestern Div Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        7. River Div Track Charts/Industry Schematics

        8. Terminal Track Charts/Industry Schematics

      3. Forms & Documents

      4. Freight Operations

      5. Passenger Operations

      6. Rules of the Transportation Department

      7. Timetables

        1. Northern Division Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        2. Eastern Division Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        3. Central Division Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        4. Western Division Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        5. Southern Division Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        6. Southwestern Division Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        7. River Division Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        8. System-wide Employee Timetables (ETTs)

        9. Public Timetables (PTTs)

        10. Other Timetables (Frisco-related)

        11. Terminal Employee Timetables (ETTs)

      8. Trains

        2. Freight Trains

        3. Passenger Trains

        4. Miscellaneous Trains

      Latest: Eastern Division - Carthage Sub - Joplin Branch Industry Schematics Karl, May 13, 2020
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    4. Buildings and Structures

      This section is for structures, depots, bridges, water towers, coaling stations, etc.
      Discussions:
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      Messages:
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      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: CTC building-Springfield MO klrwhizkid, May 24, 2020
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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:
      661
      Messages:
      2,989
      Sub-Forums: 4

      Depots & Stations

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Depots A-F

      3. Depots G-P

      4. Depots Q-Z

      Latest: Mountain Grove, MO mountaincreekar, May 12, 2020
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    6. Motive Power

      Photographs, discussions, and text about diesel and steam locomotives. Also locations of surviving equipment.
      Discussions:
      923
      Messages:
      6,260
      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 (SLSF 400-478)

          10. GP7

          11. GP38AC

          12. GP38-2 (SLSF 663-699)

          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: Frisco 1501 Rehab Wndmlr, May 29, 2020 at 1:06 AM
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    7. Freight Equipment

      Photographs and discussions of freight equipment and other rolling stock.
      Discussions:
      264
      Messages:
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      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: SLSF #33 Memphis MOW caboose Highline Rider, May 26, 2020 at 12:37 PM
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    8. Cabooses

      Cabooses of all kinds, wooden, steel, transfer, etc.
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      290
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      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: Muley Type Cabooses Jim James, May 14, 2020
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    9. Passenger Cars

      Photographs and discussions of all type of passenger equipment except motive power.
      Discussions:
      171
      Messages:
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      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: SLSF #1062 Karl, May 27, 2020 at 7:39 AM
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    10. Maintenance of Way

      Photographs and discussions of maintenance of way equipment and operations
      Discussions:
      82
      Messages:
      492
      Latest: MOW car steps Highline Rider, May 20, 2020
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    11. Action Photos

      Photographs of equipment in operation
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      70
      Messages:
      504
      Latest: Is this photo known? patrick flory, Feb 13, 2020
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    12. Memorabilia

      Photographs of memorabilia, including Frisco dining china, glass, silverware, linen, and accessories.
      Discussions:
      163
      Messages:
      822
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      Memorabilia

      Sub-Forums

      1. Calendars

      Latest: Frisco Menus Karl, Apr 9, 2020
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    13. Frisco Folks

      Share information and photographs of Frisco employees.
      Discussions:
      47
      Messages:
      231
      Latest: RIP - Bill White rcmck, Sep 19, 2019
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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:
      447
      Messages:
      6,808
      Latest: Workshop Wednesday modeltruckshop, May 29, 2020 at 9:29 PM
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    2. New Products

      New Products for all scales
      Discussions:
      144
      Messages:
      1,738
      Latest: Athearn EMD GP15-1 - Announced 5/29/2020 gjslsffan, May 31, 2020 at 7:36 AM
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    3. FMIG Lines: Layouts

      Photographs and discussions about building and operating layouts of all sizes
      Discussions:
      143
      Messages:
      3,573
      Sub-Forums: 4

      FMIG Lines: Layouts

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Operations

      3. Freelance

      4. Divisions

      Latest: New proposed layout skyraider, May 27, 2020 at 8:44 PM
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    4. HO Scale

      Photographs and discussions about HO scale modeling
      Discussions:
      958
      Messages:
      13,504
      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

        2. Autoracks

        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: HO Scale Cherokee Interchange Switching Layout rjthomas909, May 28, 2020 at 5:21 PM
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    5. N Scale

      Photographs and discussions about N scale modeling
      Discussions:
      124
      Messages:
      1,986
      Sub-Forums: 1

      N Scale

      Sub-Forums
      Latest: Boston Mountains Sub-Division Joe Lovett, May 29, 2020 at 11:16 PM
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    6. O Gauge and O Scale

      Photographs and discussions about O scale and gauge modeling
      Discussions:
      56
      Messages:
      390
      Sub-Forums: 3

      O Gauge and O Scale

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Lionel

      3. MTH and Other Timplate

      Latest: Vote for Frisco RS-1 tonymarchiando, May 17, 2020
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    7. S Scale

      Photographs and discussions about S scale modeling
      Discussions:
      20
      Messages:
      70
      Latest: Lionel AF 4501 w3hodoug, Sep 1, 2017
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    8. Z Scale

      Photographs and discussions about Z scale modeling
      Discussions:
      12
      Messages:
      60
      Latest: New layout! DanHyde, Feb 10, 2018
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    9. G Scale

      Photographs and discussions about G scale modeling
      Discussions:
      31
      Messages:
      183
      Latest: Firefly Build Chris Kaminaga, Mar 23, 2020
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    10. Virtual (V) Scale

      Discussions about modeling the Frisco using virtual programs such as MS Train Simulator
      Discussions:
      53
      Messages:
      638
      Latest: K&L Frisco USRA Mikado Turky44, May 1, 2020
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    11. Other Scales

      Modeling in scales other than Z, N, HO, S, O, or G
      Discussions:
      8
      Messages:
      107
      Latest: Northview & Frisco live steam klrwhizkid, Nov 4, 2019
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    12. Electrical/Electronics

      Share techniques and experience with DCC, decoders, sound, layouts, lighting, etc
      Discussions:
      120
      Messages:
      1,093
      Sub-Forums: 10

      Electrical/Electronics

      Sub-Forums

      1. General

      2. Decoders & Programming

      3. FAQ

      4. DC

      5. DCC

        1. Digitrax

        2. Easy DCC

        3. NCE DCC

        4. Other DCC systems

      6. Layout Electronics

      Latest: Frisco Proto 2K E8A Sound Decoder Install klrwhizkid, May 2, 2020
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    13. Modeling Tips

      Photographs and discussions of modeling tips including color schemes, paint formula, etc
      Discussions:
      105
      Messages:
      1,174
      Latest: A great flat clear paint. klrwhizkid, May 10, 2020
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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:
      210
      Latest: FMIG Newsletters w3hodoug, Sep 22, 2015
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    2. The Meteor

      The Meteor e-magazine issues are located here.
      Discussions:
      24
      Messages:
      103
      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:
      58
      Messages:
      666
      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: Springfield MO Train Show is moving! Ron Williams, Aug 20, 2019
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    4. Manufacturers and Vendors

      This area is for hobby manufacturers and vendors to announce and discuss their products.
      Discussions:
      42
      Messages:
      476
      Latest: Frisco Power 2nd printing (color section) gstout, Feb 27, 2020
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    5. Links

      Links for Frisco, railroads, railroad hobby related commercial pages.
      Discussions:
      52
      Messages:
      305
      Latest: Arkansas-Boston Mtn Chapter - Natl Railway Historical Society yardmaster, Mar 13, 2018
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    6. Download

      Use this section to upload and download Frisco relevant files.
      Discussions:
      34
      Messages:
      199
      Latest: 1970 Frisco Calendar William Jackson, Oct 22, 2014
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    7. Swap Meet

      Swap or sell Frisco oriented models, memorabilia, and materials.
      Discussions:
      403
      Messages:
      2,043
      Latest: Hallmark/Dong Jin Frisco 182-187 Class 4-4-0 (SOLD) w3hodoug, May 9, 2020
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    8. Frisco Archive

      Discussions:
      3,277
      Messages:
      3,284
      Latest: Peabody Hotel – Memphis, Tennessee Frisco.org, Apr 30, 2020
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