Hello: My name is Kevin Dragoo from Georgetown, TX. I work as a Project Manager in commercial construction. I grew up in the Pacific NW, far from the Frisco, but it became one of my favorite railroads when I was a kid and bought the Mainline Modeler magazine on the Frisco NW-2's. I really liked the paints colors of black/yellow and orange/white. I also remember seeing Frisco GP35's in the PNW on lease to the BN, they were so different and became a focus to see them if I could. My Frisco interests tend to focus on the operations in eastern Oklahoma/Arkansas and all the operations south of Memphis into Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, but I'll soak up any/all information people present. I like the wood products industries that were served and the cars the Frisco used to serve them. I model in HO scale and collect a little bit in N scale. Thank you for letting me join this forum. Thanks, Kevin
Welcome Kevin! Many of us here have been Frisco fans for years upon years. We all very much "get" why the Frisco appealed to you! To me, the most intriguing line of the Frisco in eastern OK was the Fort Smith, AR to Hugo, OK line, commonly referred to by the Frisco men as the "South Line". (Timetable calls the "South Line" as part of the "Arthur Sub".) The South Line ran through some very pretty country and had a branch line it served, as well as some timber oriented industries. It also had a helper district (in the steam days) on both sides of Winding Stair Mountain. Even in the diesel days and its reduced train lengths, those grades could be a handful. However, the east/west line from Hugo, OK to Idabel, OK and beyond, had far more traffic on it "back in the day". There was a lot of wood chips and wood products that moved via the Frisco on that line. My vocation at the time put me alongside the Hugo/Idabel line for several days back in the mid-1970s, and several trains per 24 hours were run on that line at the time. Enjoy Frisco.org! Andre
