St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Historical and Modeling Society

Welcome to the St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Historical and Modeling Society.

  1. Welcome to the Frisco Library Threads / Posts  Last Post

    This forum is for information about the Frisco Library including help, rules and how to get around.

    1. Announcements

      What's new at the library

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    2. How to use the Frisco Library

      This forum is provided as a guide to use of the Frisco Library. Shortly, a complete set of How To's will be created here.

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    3. New Member Introductions

      New members take a few minutes to tell the FRISCO.org crew a little about yourself.

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  2. Historical Threads / Posts  Last Post

    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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    2. Divisions

      Photographs and information about the Frisco Divisions and Subdivisions.

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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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    4. Buildings and Structures

      This section is for structures, depots, bridges, water towers, coaling stations, etc.

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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.

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    6. Motive Power

      Photographs, discussions, and text about diesel and steam locomotives. Also locations of surviving equipment.

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    7. Freight Equipment

      Photographs and discussions of freight equipment and other rolling stock.

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    8. Cabooses

      Cabooses of all kinds, wooden, steel, transfer, etc.

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    9. Passenger Cars

      Photographs and discussions of all type of passenger equipment except motive power.

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    10. Maintenance of Way

      Photographs and discussions of maintenance of way equipment and operations

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    11. Action Photos

      Photographs of equipment in operation

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    12. Memorabilia

      Photographs of memorabilia, including Frisco dining china, glass, silverware, linen, and accessories.

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    13. Frisco Folks

      Share information and photographs of Frisco employees.

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  3. Modeling the Frisco Threads / Posts  Last Post

    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

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    2. New Products

      New Products for all scales

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    3. FMIG Lines: Layouts

      Photographs and discussions about building and operating layouts of all sizes

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    4. HO Scale

      Photographs and discussions about HO scale modeling

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    5. N Scale

      Photographs and discussions about N scale modeling

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    6. O Gauge and O Scale

      Photographs and discussions about O scale and gauge modeling

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    7. S Scale

      Photographs and discussions about S scale modeling

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    8. Z Scale

      Photographs and discussions about Z scale modeling

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    9. G Scale

      Photographs and discussions about G scale modeling

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    10. Virtual (V) Scale

      Discussions about modeling the Frisco using virtual programs such as MS Train Simulator

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    11. Other Scales

      Modeling in scales other than Z, N, HO, S, O, or G

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    12. Electrical / Electronics

      Share techniques and experience with DCC, decoders, sound, layouts, lighting, etc

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    13. Modeling Tips

      Photographs and discussions of modeling tips including color schemes, paint formula, etc

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  4. The Interchange Threads / Posts  Last Post

    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.

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    2. The Meteor

      The Meteor e-magazine issues are located here.

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    3. Conventions and Meets

      Files for convention clinics and meets

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    4. Manufacturers and Vendors

      This area is for hobby manufacturers and vendors to announce and discuss their products.

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    5. Links

      Links for Frisco, railroads, railroad hobby related commercial pages.

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    6. Download

      Use this section to upload and download Frisco relevant files.

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    7. Swap Meet

      Swap or sell Frisco oriented models, memorabilia, and materials.

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  5. Off Topic Threads / Posts  Last Post

    1. Off Topic Link

      Frisco.org offers an off-topic forum where non-railroad topics can be discussed. As some members do not care to participate in an off-topic forum, nor do they wish to see posts from it on the activity stream, you must join the Off Topic usergroup in order to see and participate in this forum.

      To join, go to: My Profile > Permission Groups > Join Groups > Off Topic > Join Group (or just click here).

      If you join, you will be able to enter the forum, and the topics posted there will be seen on your personal active topics page. You may also leave the group at any time.

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