Some Significant Passenger Train Dates - 1948-1960

Here is some miscellaneous passenger train info I've collected, mostly from timetables and elsewhere.

April 30, 1948
Trains No 1-2, "The Texas Special" inaugurated as a diesel powered, mostly streamline car train.

Trains 7-8, "The Bluebonnet" discontinued between St. Louis and Vinita, OK. The Bluebonnet then became M-K-T only train and ran on their line between Kansas City and Texas points.

December 1951
Trains 507-508, "The Black Gold" numbers changed to trains No 517-518.

June 1952
Trains No 5-6, St. Louis-Springfield passenger local cut back to St. Louis-Newberg.

December 1953
Trains No 20-21, "Highline" passenger local numbers changed to trains No 21-22.

May 28, 1954
Trains No 21-22, "Highline" passenger local discontinued.

September 30, 1956
Trains No 107-108, "The Sunnyland" changed from Memphis-Birmingham to Kansas City-Birmingham routing.

Trains No 101-102, "The Sunnyland" connection - Springfield-Memphis discontinued.

Trains No 103-104, Kansas City-Springfield passenger local discontinued.

September 30, 1957
Trains No 3-4, "The Will Rogers" changed to daytime passenger local.

Trains No 5-6, St. Louis-Newburg passenger local discontinued.

January 5, 1959
Trains No 1-2 ,"The Texas Special" discontinued. The Texas Special then became M-K-T only train and ran on their line between Kansas City and Texas points. The Katy ended service south of Dallas on 7/27/1964. They discontinued their train on 7/2/1965.

January 19, 1960
Trains No 517-518, "The Black Gold" discontinued.

May 23, 1960
Trains No 117-118, "The Firefly" discontinued.

October 16, 1960
Trains No 309-310, "The Meteor" connection between Monett-Wichita discontinued.

September 18, 1965
Trains No 807-808, "Sunnyland" connection between St. Louis-Memphis discontinued.

December 10, 1967
Trains No 101-102, "Sunnyland" discontinued. Ending revenue passenger service on the Frisco.

Tom

Edit 1/4/2024: Added trains 807-808 discontinued 9/17/1965 and Trains No 101-102 discontinued 12/10/1967.
MKD

 

Here are some links to Frisco passenger train consists in the Yahoo Passenger Train Consist chat group.

You may have to sign up to the group to access these:

1955-1956
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/EE5xTpjCAG5YgKY9CFM2mMrBmSsM2XmiBEFzFcX6LpIWLcLU6x9pMzYUtEMWT9a4ZZyJ4xDuioylkGvCTluUFiy2JpPRaEuRGQ/Frisco consists 1955-1956 (partial).pdf

Fall 1959
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/EE5xTs7XdNNYgKY9d1vOZEbcDLViW8yv4tVIKOFm_w6Kyxz__BiIEVY9WCIQeICytrHlsmpdYINsHZoSrRZOSZRMW4FSyph5PA/Frisco consists autumn 1959.pdf

1964-1965
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/EE5xTtG80wZYgKY9eSjisBugczVbatooJD6nA5ftWhVaBjz6HHj5JYIQIbFmy1lVxMDqMIHU7JXbTBimlEozaXg3ca7xRfIWjA/Frisco consists 1964-1965.pdf

Tom

EDIT: For some reason these links don't work now. Go to the Yahoo Passenger Trains Consists group, click "files" and scroll down about one third of the page.