What steam locomotive wheel arrangement ran on the Frisco River Division from Saint Louis, MO to Memphis, TN in the steam era? I think 4-8-2s is the answer.
Between August 1940 and August 1941, the Frisco's West Shop forces built 5 4-6-4 Hudson type locomotives, SLSF 1060, 1061, 1063, 1067, and 1068, for service on the Oklahoman and the Memphian. The Sunnyland was in the hands of one of the 1040-class 4-6-2s. During the war years the light USRA Mikados handled through freights, and the local work was in the hands of the 1200 and 1306-class 2-8-0s and the newer 4-6-0s. The Frisco-built 1350-class 2-8-2 Mikado types began working during the 1943-1946 period. It was not until the transition-era that the 1500 4-8-2 Mountain class began to appear on The Sunnyland and Memphian, and the 4100 4-8-2s began to handle through freights.
In fact, the 2-8-2 Heavy Mikados with 12 wheel tenders pulled the troop trains on the River Division line to Memphis after 12/7/1941.