OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1990

WINTER ON THEFRISCO

OZARK MOUNTAINS STYLE

OFFICERSPresident

Alan SchmittVice-PresidentClarence PearceSecretary-Treasurer

Saundra Schmitt

BOARD OF DIRECTORSAlan Schmitt

Clarence PearceSaundra Schmitt

Charles E. MahaffeyWarren Hall

Richard Napper

VOLUME 5 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER NUMBER 3

FEATURESRiver Division 4

This is the third in our year-long series profiling the history and operations ofthe River Division. With this installment we begin an in-depth look at eacii ofthe five sub-divisions that comprised the River Division.

Doodlebugging on the Frisco 9This is number twenty-six in our series of articles profiling the history ofFrisco's fleet of Motor Cars. Nos. 2130-2133 are on track in this issue.

Modeling Frisco Diesel Power Frisco Folk David Gaines provides us with Parts & Materials lists to model twoclassic pieces of Frisco diesel power in HO scale.

Down At The Depot 13Barnhart, MO, on the River Division is the featured station in this issue.

Gone But Not Forgotten 6

As a means of commemorating the work that has been accomplished over thepast ten years to keep the memory of the Frisco alive, the Museum is offeringa commemorative patch in this issue.

Research Service Up-Date 10Up-Dated and additional information of Frisco's fleet of Terminal/TransferCabooses.

Editor Alan SchmittFMIS Editor Richard NapperPrinter Fouraker Printing

DISTRIBUTIONRachel SchmittSarah Schmitt

Frisco Blue & Grays 12An historical profile of Frisco War Years Blue & Gray passenger serviceequipment.

Frisco Research Service 15The first of what will become an on-going series of historical and technicalresources available from the Frisco Research Service.

DEPARTMENTSFrisco Folks 3

Museum Dispatch 3

Museum Acquisitions 6

Mail Car 7

Looking Backward 8

Collecting The Frisco 16

ABOUT THE COVERWINTER ON THE FRISCO is depicted by a Snow Plow on Frisco RR. 2-21-12 in Ozark Mts. Monett, MO. Nine pieces of a mysteriouspuzzle on Frisco Snow Plows appears in the Mail Car feature, pages 7-8.

The museum is pleased to acknowledge thefollowing membership renewals in theFRISCO FOLKS:

Ken McElreath SwitchmanIowaChristopher Trumbull SwitchmanMissouri

The museum is pleased to welcome thefollowing new members to the FRISCOFOLKS:

Delmar Hagerman BrakemanTennesseeHoyt Larry Crowe SwitchmanGeorgiaBill Longston SwitchmanWashingtonPatrick Sullivan SwitchmanMissouri

ATTENTION Frisco Folksmembers living in areas served bySpringfield, MO phone exchanges.Our phone numbers can now becalled Toll-Free!

ATTENTION all Frisco Folksmembers. The museum can now bereached by two phone numbers.

417-672-3110Tuesday thru Saturday9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

417-672-3032Evenings and Sunday

The museum is now offering a wide rangeof volunteer work opportunities includingcataloging and indexing of historical andtechnical materials, secretarial work, filing,typing, and an assortment of construction/renovation type activities. If you can shareyour time and talents, please contact themuseum office.

And a tip of the Frisco hat to thefollowing Frisco Folks who havegraciously volunteered their time tothe museum:

Rick McClellanJohn Sanders

Dan Hall

This is the third in our year-longseries profiling the history and operationsof the Frisco River Division. With thisinstallment we begin an in-depth look ateach of the five sub-divisions that comprisedthe River Division. Our base year forlisting stations and facilities will be 1927,the first year the five sub-divisions were allin full operation and the point in time thatthe majority of facilities were built and inservice. To profile freight and passengerservice on the respective sub-divisions, sixyears have been selected to give arepresentative sample of operations, asfollows: 1927 - 1943 - 1954 -1961-19751979.

ST. LOUIS SUB-DIVISION

General Information

Total Mileage 142 milesNumber of Stations 59Maximum Grade 1.0%Ruling Grade 1.0%Maximum Track Curvature 4.0%

Station Numbers/Names

T7 Southeastern JunctionT9 MutualT10 KendrickT11 *GraviosT13 ContinentalT16 LeMayT17 FrutoT19 Lake SideT20 Outing FarmT21 *Ten BrookT23 HenkeT25 Oak Ridge FarmT26 ByersT27 *ImperialT28 McLoonT29 *BarnhartT30 EngleT32 SchmittT34 Stupp Farm (Jersey)T35 *HorineT37 LudwigT39 *FestusT40 *Crystal CityT41 McCoy

T43 SelmaT47 *Rush TowerT48 BrookerT49 VadaT53 *BrickeysT56 *ClementT60 White SandT63 Little RockT65 *Ste. GenevieveT70 HicksT72 MarbletonT74 *St. Mary'sT76 *Perryville JunctionT78 MarieT81 *McBrideT85 KillianT88 *MenfroT91 Grand EddyT93 WilkinsonT95 *Seventy-SixT97 StarlandT103 *WittenbergT106 PitT109 GerlerT111 Hines LandingT115 *Neely'sT117 BarrettT119 Moccasin SpringsT122 BainbridgeT129 KernsT131 *Cape GirardeauT134 MarquetteT136 Rock LeveeT139 NashT142 Rockview

Junction Points

P.P. G. Crossing M.P. 38.9 & 40.0I.S. Crossing M.P. 59.7 & 63.2C.G.N.R.R. Crossing M.P. 76.2 & 80.6C.G.N.R.R. Crossing M.P. 132.5 & 132.8St. L. S. W. Crossing M.P. 139.2 & 141.7

Facilities

Track ScalesCape Girardeau 80 ton 40ft. Fairbanks blt.

Coal Stations:Cape Girardeau CarsSt. Mary's MechanicalSte. Genevieve Cars

EDITOR'S NOTE: Can indicates that coalwas shoveled direct from coal cars tolocomotive tenders.

Water TanksTen Brook - Crystal City - Brickeys - St.Mary's - Seventy-Six - Neelys - CapeGirardeau (Yard) Nash

Icing Stations:Cape Girardeau Emergency Station

EDITOR'S NOTE: An Emergency IcingStation was a station, so designed by thecarrier, which was not equipped or locatedto take cars of the regular icing of refrigeratorcars, but where an ice supply was procurableand refrigerator cars could, in case ofemergency, or, by special arrangements, beiced subject to delay.

Stock Pens:LOCATION No./Size Car CapacityBrickeys 2 32x32 2Cape Girardeau 2 37x42 4Horine Chute OnlyMcBride 1 32x32 2Menfro 2 32x64 4Neelys 130x40 1Rush Tower 2 32x32 2St. Mary's 2 28x40 2Seventy-Six 2 32x32 2Ste. Genevieve 2 28x40 2

Turntables:Cape Girardeau Iron Phoenix 70'Crystal City Iron King 64'

Wyes:Perryville Junction - Nash - Rockview

Interlocking Plants:Little Rock Crossing over I.S.at M.P. 63.2Rockview Crossing over St. L. S.W. atM.P. 141.7

Stations & Spurs Between Stations:Kendrick M.P. 9.1 0 CarsFruto M.P. 17.7 3 CarsLake Side M.P. 19.7 0 CarsOuting Farm M.P. 20.2 0 CarsOak Ridge Farm M.P. 24.8 0 CarsMc Loon M.P. 28.0 3 Cars

Engle M.P. 30.3 0 CarsJersey M.P. 33.4 0 CarsVada M.P. 49.2 0 CarsMerrill M.P. 60.9 3 CarsMarks M.P. 52.8 4 CarsMarie M.P. 78.0 3 CarsKillian M.P. 84.5 5 CarsHines Landing M.P. 110.5 2 CarsRock Levee M.P. 135.7 3 CarsRanneys M.P. 137.5 2 Cars

FREIGHT SERVICE

1975

96N/95S Daily thru train service.822N/821S Daily thru train service.834N/833S Daily thru train service.

1979

222N/221S Daily thru train service834N/833S Daily thru train service2010N/2011S Daily except Sunday

807-808 The Sunnyland thru train servicefeaturing Sleepers, Buffet service, LoungeCar, Dining Car service, and reclining ChairCars.

1961

807-808 The Sunnyland thru train servicefeaturing reclining Chair Cars.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Generally speaking,northbound trains were always superior tosouthbound trains in terms of right of waypriority.

1927

832N St. Louis Fast Freight. Daily thrutrain service.835S Memphis Fast Freight. Daily thrutrain service.837S Local. Daily except Sunday.838N Hoxie Local. Daily service exceptSunday. Northward to Nash.839S Hoxie Local. Daily service exceptSunday. Nash southward.840N/841S Local. Daily except Sunday.Southeastern Junction - Ste. Genevieve.842N Local. Monday-Wednesday-FridayNorthward to Ste. Genevieve.843S Local. Tuesday-Thursday-SaturdaySte. Genevieve southward.854N Leachville Sub Local. Daily exceptSunday.

1943

832N Creole Flash . Daily thru train service.833S Memphis Fast Freight. Daily thrutrain service.834N Florida Fruit. Daily thru train service.835S Creole Flash. Daily thru train service.842N/843S Local. Daily except Sunday.

1954

834N/833S Daily thru train service.836N/835S Daily thru train service.842N/843S Local. Daily except Sunday.

1961

82N/81S M.1. Freight Daily.Ste. Genevieve - southward836N/835S Daily thru train service.842N/843S Local. Daily except Sunday.

PASSENGER SERVICE

1927

802N/801S Memphis Express. Daily thrutrain service.806N/805S Memphian. Daily thru trainservice.808N/808S The Sunnyland Daily thru trainservice.876N/875S Hoxie Motor Car. Daily.Cape Girardeau - Hoxie882N/881S Leachville Sub Motor Car.Daily. Cape Girardeau - Leachville.

Trains 805-806, the Memphian, featuredthru Sleepers, Chair Cars, Coaches, ClubCars, and Dining Car service by FredHarvey.

Trains 807-808, the Sunnyland, featured thruSleepers, Observation-Club Car, Coaches,and Dining Car service by Fred Harvey.

1943

805-806 The Memphian thru train servicefeaturing all Air Conditioned Sleepers,Lounge-Diner service, and Chair Cars.807-808 The Sunnyland thru train servicefeaturing all Air Conditioned Sleepers,Coaches, and Snack Coach service.

1954

805-806 The Memphian thru train servicefeaturing Sleepers, Buffet service, LoungeCar, Dining Car service, and reclining ChairCars.

November 21, 1990, 3:11 p.m.Central Standard Time, marked the tenthanniversary of the Frisco/BurlingtonNorthern merger. The merger was the endresult of studies, meetings, and negotiationsthat started in February, 1977.

Soon after the 1980 consolidation,the Frisco's identity slowly began to fadeinto the annals of railroading history andany visible evidence that there ever was aFrisco started to disappear. Equipment wasrepainted and renumbered, facilities weretransferred and closed, and the familiarcoonskin was replaced with a less colorfulBN. The Frisco was gone... but it was notforgotten!

On June 1, 1986, Southwest Mis-souri and Frisco fans across the countrycelebrated the opening of the Frisco Rail-road Museum Inc., the only museum inthe country devoted exclusively to pre-serving, displaying, and educating citizensabout, the history and memorabilia of theFrisco Railway. Since 1986, the museumhas aggressively worked to maintain therich heritage of the Frisco through its manyprograms and services. Because of theefforts of the museum and its members, andFrisco fans across the country, ten yearsafter the corporate demise of the Frisco it isstill alive and well! It is GONE BUT NOTFORGOTTEN!

As a means of commemoratingthe work that has been accomplished overthe past ten years to keep the memory of theFrisco alive, the museum is pleased to an-nounce the availability of a limited numberof embroidered red on white patches, asshown above. The patch is 3" in diameterand is available for $3.00 each, includingpostage.

Quantities are limited, so orderyours today! The patches may be orderedby calling or writing the museum office.

In the late 1970's, when it becameapparent that the Frisco/BN merger was goingto take place, and in the early 1980's, follow-ing its completion, various employee groupsand clubs across the system produced a va-riety of items to commemorate the passing ofthe Frisco.

Sets of drinking glasses, com-memorative plates, pocket knives, ash trays,playing cards, T-shirts, calender, belt buck-les, etc., were sold as fund raisers and as away to bid farewell to the Frisco.

One of the most unique post-mergeritems to be produced was a belt buckle de-signed in 1981 by Nette Brewster, TulsaCrew Dispatcher and Secretary of the Tulsa

Employees Club. The 4" oval cast bucklefeatured the Frisco logo in the middle, SAINTLOUIS - SAN FRANCISCO across the top,1$761980 directly under the logo, and GONEBUT NOT FORGOTTEN across the bot-tom. The buckles were sold as a limitededition item by the Tulsa club with 750 castin pewter for $10.00 each and 500 cast inbrass for $12.50 each. According to Ms.Brewster, the entire supply of 1,250 buckleswere sold throughout the system.

The museum currently has on dis-play one of the pewter buckles, along withexamples of the many other items that wereproduced as Frisco commemorative col-lectibles.

Frisco Snow Plow #99099? Dacoma, OK Avard Sub-Division, Western DivisionPhoto reprinted with permission by Kachina Press from FRISCO SOUTHWEST, 1982

The MAIL CAR is a fea-ture of the ALLABOARD in which weattempt to answer someof the many questionsthat are submitted to ourRESEARCH SERVICE.

If you have a question about theequipment, facilities, or operation of theFrisco, please send them to theRESEARCH SERVICE. All request areanswered individually and selectedquestions will appear in the MAIL CARfeature.

QUESTION: What kind, if any, of snowplows were in service on the Frisco?

ANSWER: Your question regarding FriscoSnow Plows has generated some intenseresearch that has yielded some intriguingpieces of a mysterious puzzle! Thefollowing are the pieces to that puzzle alongwith some observations and possibleconclusions.

PIECE #1: A June 30, 1907 "Statement ofRolling Stock Owned and Leased.. (by theFrisco)," lists one "Snow Plough" incompany service. This is the only AnnualReport specifically listing a snow plowuntil 1947. This could possibly indicatethat the unit was acquired or leased during1907.

PIECE #2: A July 1, 1908, "Descriptionof Locomotives, Passenger, Freight andMiscellaneous Equipment of the Frisco

Lines," includes #99099, a snow plowbelonging to the Kansas City, Ft. Scott &Memphis Line.

PIECE #3: The above photo shows a steampowered snow plow as the lead unit of atriple-header work service train in operationat Dacoma, OK, with Frisco 4-6-0 #2682and Frisco 2-6-0 #305. Note that the snowplow engine does not have the typical Frisconumber on the tender sides or anywherevisible on the engine.

PIECE #4: A February 21, 1912, photo(cover photo) shows the same snow plow asthe lead unit of a similar triple-header worktrain in service at Monett, MO.

PIECE #5: A March 15, 1912, photo showsthe same steam powered plow in action atEllsworth, KS.

Pieces 3-5 of the puzzle suggestthe possibility that #99099 was a 2-6-0 steamlocomotive that was a snow plow assignedto special service exclusively for snowremoval.

There is currently no record ofhow long the plow was in service or what itsfinal disposition was.

PIECE #6: Our Car Shop files have yieldedan August 7, 1929, diagram of a "Snow Plowto be Applied on (1910 built) Flat Cars94250-94499." While the print does notindicate which car or cars in the series are tobe converted, it does state that its newnumber will be 99097.

PIECE #7: Annual Reports for 1947-1949lists five of the snow plows in service. Nospecific numbers are listed, but they couldpossibly be 99094-99098. The reports for1949 and 1950 show four units on theroster.

PIECE #8: Employee Timetables between1955 and 1967 lists three snow plows inservice, Nos. 99096, 99097, and 105288.

PIECE #9: An August 1973 photo showsa 40' flat car in company service as a snowplow, #105288. The rebuilt date on the caris 2-65.

Pieces 6-9 of the puzzle possiblysuggest the following:Because of its age and limited ability tocover the entire Frisco System, the original#99099 was either scrapped or convertedback to motive power service in 1929 andwas replaced with the 99094-99098 seriesof flat car plows which were assigned to theFrisco divisions where the need for snowremoval would be most likely. Sometimein the early 1950's, Nos. 99094, 99095, and99098 were taken out of service and anewer flat car (possibly series 95800 or95900) was recycled into a new snow plowand assigned a company service car number,#105288.

It should be noted that accordingto Frisco Folk Lee Buffington, a series ofsnow Hangers were purchased for use onFrisco diesel locomotives but were neverused.

Lounge Section -- Cafe-Lounge #1506Springfield, MO 9-9-32 Frisco photo

Cafe Section - Cafe-Lounge #1506Springfield, MO 9-9-32 Frisco photo

As was mentioned earlier, thequestion of Frisco Snow Plows hasgenerated some intriguing research that hasyielded some intriguing pieces to amysterious and unfinished puzzle. Anyonewith additional information and/or photosof Frisco snow plows is urged to contact themuseum office.

Frisco Snow Plow #105288 Enid, OK August, 1973 Edward J. Stoll photo

1636 to 1641 were assigned to Fred Harvey sified, and/or renumbered as follows:

Food Service on trains 103, "The Memphis 1636 rebuilt/renumbered 1507 9-1932

Express," and 104, "The Kansas City Ex- 1637 rebuilt as Coach "Ft. Smith " 7-1947

press," operating between Springfield, MO 1638 rebuilt as Coach "Enid" 2-1946

and Memphis, TN, on the Southern Divi- 1639 rebuilt/renumbered 1506 9-1932

sion. It should be noted that all the cars in 1640 rebuilt/renumbered 1505 3-1931

this series were ultimately rebuilt. reclas- 1641 rebuilt/renumbered 1504 3-1930

LOOKING BACKWARD is a regularfeature of the ALL ABOARD that takes alook back through our files at the peopleand events that were a part of the Frisco 25,50, and 75 years ago.

Cafe-Lounge #1506 (ex-Cafe-Coach #1639) Springfield, MO 9-9-32 Frisco photo

25 YEARS - 1965

It was announced in November,1965, that the old River Division officeconstructed at Chaffee, MO in 1905, wouldbe sold to a local businessman. The build-ing served as the Division headquartersfrom 1905 until the1965 system reorgani-zation.

50 YEARS - 1940

Two fifty ft. track scales wereinstalled on the system in 1940, one eight-ton unit at Ft. Smith, AR, and a one hun-dred-ton scale at Rosedale, KS.

75 YEARS - 1915

In 1915, Cafe-Coach Cars Nos.

Doodlebugging On The Frisco

According to Edmund Keilty, "One ofthe longest-lived and certainly the largest byvolume of all the American street railwaycarbuilders, the J.G. Brill Co. ... moved in ratherheavily on the market for self-propelled railmotorcars in the 1920's and managed to becomesecond in importance to mighty Electro-motivein this field."*

While not their first venture intooperating Brill-built equipment, (#3000 wasdelivered in 1922) the Frisco's largest singleorder of Brill Motorcars was delivered in October,1929, as units Nos. 2130-2133, lot #22432.

The 61'1" all steel cars were Baggage-Coach combinations with an enclosed rearvestibule and featured a canvas covered woodroof. The 86,000 lbs. units were powered by aG.E. six-cylinder, 250 h.p., motor that powereda 160 KW generator. The interior of the carswere a gray Duco wood and steel combinationwith maple floors and a seating capacity offorty-four.

When placed in service, the cars wereassigned to the Enid, OK to Vernon, TX run astrains 610 and 611 daily. The 205 mile trip took8.5 hours at an average speed of 24 miles perhour.

The cars were retired from revenueservice as follows:

#2130 September 18, 1946#2131 December 27, 1944#2132 September 18, 1946#2133 August 31, 1948

*Keilty, Edmund. Interurbans WithoutWires. Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1987.

Motorcar #2132 Springfield, MO February 7, 1946 A. Johnson collection

Motor Car #2133 Hobart, OK September, 1945 A. Johnson collection

New acquisitions and follow-upresearch has uncovered additionalinformation concerning the Frisco's fleet ofTerminal/Transfer Cabooses. (Frisco'sTerminal Cabooses, ALL ABOARDAugust-September, 1990, pp. 12-15) In theAugust-September article, mention wasmade of an August 23, 1956 Blueprint for aProposed Transfer Caboose - From 160,000series Box Cars. A diagram of the unit isillustrated in Figure #1.

Our follow-up research hasproduced documentation to suggest thatthere was also a proposal on the drawingboard (date unknown) to modify some ofthe fleet of existing standard design wood/steel cupola cabooses for use in transfer/terminal service. (Figure #2)

Additional information has beenuncovered indicating that in September,1945, five 126000-126999 series 40' boxcars were modified for use as transfercabooses, as follows:126414 - 956, 126486 - 957, 126271 - 958,126627 - 959, 126852 - 960.

The units were equipped with 32"panel side doors, four 20"x 22" single-paneside windows, 23" four-pane end windows,appropriate side steps, grab irons, ladders,and roof running boards. (Figure #3)

A September 9, 1952, diagramand photographic evidence indicate thatadditional units were built with 4'7" endplatforms and end doors. The nature of thediagram strongly suggests that the earlierunits may have been modified in a similarmanner.

Any one with additionalinformation and/or photos of these earlyTransfer Cabooses is urged to contact themuseum office.

Proposed Transfer Caboose - From 160000 Series Box CarsAugust 23, 1956

Proposed Transfer caboose From Standard Wood/Steel Cupola Cabooses

SL-SF 952 Springfield, MO November, 1952Frisco photo

Transfer Cabooses Built From 126000-126999 Box CarsSeptember 11, 1945

MODELING FRISCO DIESEL POWER

Fresh from the factory, Frisco E-8 #2021 Gallahadion awaits its firstassignment at Frisco's Lindenwood Diesel Shop, February, 1950.

Frisco photo.

Frisco DS4-4- 1000 #239 awaits its next switching assignment at theSpringfield Yards, October 8, 1949. A. Johnson collection

Frisco Folk David Gaines provides us with Parts & Materials lists to model two classic pieces of Friscodiesel power in HO scale

Frisco E-8 #2021 Gallahadion Frisco DS4-4-1000 #239

Model Power 920 Base ModelCal-Scale 316 Air HornsDetails 6210 & 6603 Grab IronsPrecision 3968 Window WipersKadee #5 & #8 CouplersPactra 106 Body Paint

"Insignia Red"Herald King L-463 & L-463A DecalsTestors 1260 Dullcote

MFG CAT# PURPOSE

Athearn 3700 Base ModelCal-Scale 280 Marker LampsDetails 2204 Coupler Lift BarDetails 7103 Rerailer FrogDetails 6210 Grab IronsKadee #5 CouplersMV Products 22 Headlight LensMicroscale 87-0085 DecalsMicroscale PS 1/8-6 DecalsTestors 1247 Body PaintTestors 1114 Trim Paint

Frisco Modeling Information & ArticlesIf you have built (scratch or kit-bash) a classic piece of Frisco motive power, rolling stock, structure, or facility, or are in theprocess of creating a new masterpiece, we would like to share it with our members in future issues of the ALL ABOARD.PLEASE contact the Museum office for additional information and publication requirements.

The history of Frisco passengerservice can be chronicled in a variety ofways including by motive power, types andassignment of equipment, train names andnumbers, schedules, services offered, routesoperated, etc., all of which can yield anabundance of historical and technicalinformation. One interesting, relativelysimple, and highly visible way to divideFrisco passenger service into somewhatdistinctive eras is by exterior paint livery.Generally speaking there were three paintscheme eras: Prewar (World War II), WarYears, and Post-War eras. Although thestandard Pullman Green livery waspredominate throughout the history of Friscopassenger service, the War Years and Post-War eras were marked by two basic colordepartures.

Aside from the standard PullmanGreen, the Frisco passenger livery mostrecognizable to the traveling public was thered and silver scheme that made its debutwith the delivery of the new fleet of Pullman-built streamline equipment betweenOctober, 1947 and June, 1948.

Beginning in December, 1948,with Chair-Lounge Car #1603, theGlendale, the red and silver design of thestreamline cars was augmented with thepainting of fourteen Prewar heavyweightcars in a red and gray Camouflage Shadow-Line livery that, from a distance, closelyresembled the stainless steel sheathing ofthe new cars.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Between 1954 and1955, twelve heavyweight named sleeperswere painted red and solid gray, similar tothe other cars in the series only without theShadow Line design.

Possibly the most distinctive, andby far the most short-lived, paint era ofFrisco passenger service was the War Years(1940-1946). During this short period oftime, the West Springfield Coach Shops

Chair Car #1062 West Coach Shops Springfield, MO April 30, 1942 Frisco photo

Dining Car #648 West Coach Shops Springfield, MO August 2, 1943 Frisco photo

April 10, 1941 Frisco photoSnack Car #1605 West Coach Shops Springfield, MO

rebuilt and repainted 100 prewar cars ZephyrBlue with a Pearl Gray center stripe andDove Gray roof and trucks. According toour records, the first of the fleet of FriscoBlue & Grays rolled out of the Coach Shopwere Cafe-Lounge Car #1501, Mail-Baggage-Express Car #82, and Chair Car#754, all completed in March 1940. Thesecars were first placed in service on theinaugural run of the new Firefly, with similarpainted streamlined 2-6-0 #1026. (SeeFrisco's Firefly Locomotives, ALLABOARD, June-July, 1990, pp. 10-13)

The last of the Frisco Blue &Grays to be so painted was Coach #1102,completed in April, 1946. It is interestingto note that in April, 1945, Coach-SnackCar #1607 was the first Blue & Gray to berepainted back to the standard PullmanGreen. By the end of January, 1955, all thefleet were retired, converted to companyservice, repainted Pullman Green, or wereone of four cars (Baggage-Express #371,Lounge Cars #1401 and #1402, and Diner-Lounge Kansas City) that were ultimatelyrepainted in the Post-War red and grayCamouflage Shadowline livery. Accordingto our records, the War Years paint era endedwith the repainting of Coach Lounge Car#1505, completed January, 1955.

Barnhart, MOStation T29

St. Louis Sub-DivisionRiver Division

The St. Louis, Memphis &Southeastern Railroad Co. was incorporatedon January 8, 1902. Corporate control ofthe company was assumed by the Frisco onNovember 1, 1902, and by 1904, thecompany had constructed 124 miles of mainline track between Southeastern Junctionand Cape Girardeau, MO.

In 1903, Station T29 wasestablished twenty-two miles south ofSoutheastern Jct. at Barnhart, MO. Whileour records indicate that the Barnhart depotwas built in 1903, it does not appear on thecompany's OFFICIAL LIST OFOFFICERS, STATIONS, AGENTS, ETC.until the September 1905 edition, with E.C.Steenburg listed as the agent assigned inFebruary, 1905.

The Barnhart station was a 42' 2"x 20' 1" frame depot built according to

Frisco Standard Station Plan No. 1. Its 2"x6" walls were set on a pile-head foundationand it had a 1/3 pitch gable roof design. Theinterior featured a 3/4" x 3 1/4" yellow pinefloor, 3/4" x 3 1/4" beeded walls and ceiling(11'10" high) and the exterior was coveredwith boards and batons with a 1"x 6" dropsiding wainscot.

The interior of the depot wasdivided into a 19'x 13' Waiting Room on thenortheast end, a 19'x 17' Freight & BaggageRoom on the opposite end, with a 23'x 9'Ticket Office in the middle.

During its tenure of service, theBarnhart station was served by a widevariety of named trains and daily locals.The last passenger train to depart fromBarnhart was the Sunnyland, Trains 807-808, which made their final runs onSeptember 17, 1965.

In the summer of 1968, a metalArmco building was constructed adjacentto the old depot and later that year, theoriginal station was raised.

The Frisco Research Servicecurrently has available the followingrelated resources:1. A complete roster of Frisco Blue &Gray equipment including carnumbers/names, types, paint/repaintdates, and a cross reference roster bypaint dates.$5.00.

2. A complete roster of red & grayequipment including paint dates, crossreference of former Blue & Grayrepaints, cross reference roster by paintdates, and a listing of 1956 trainassignments.$2.00

Barnhart, MO, circa. 1917, with north bound "St. Louis Express." Kevin Johnson collection

Barnhart, MO abandoned and empty, Spring, 1968. Howard Killam collection.

Barnhart, MO, a contrast in old and new, Summer, 1968. H.D. Conner collection

Barnhart. M0,1969. H.D. Conner collection

Our 60 page book of Diesel Diagrams cov-ers 1940-1978 and includes diagrams forall classes of Frisco diesel power alongwith builders, builders dates, numbers,specifications, etc., complete with index.The book is available with plastic spiralbinding or pre-punched for 3-ring binder.$17.00. Individual diagram reprints avail-able for $1.00 each.

I FREIGHT CAR DIAGRAMS Our 160 page book of Freight Car Dia-grams covers 1909-1969 and includes dia-grams for all classes of Frisco freightequipment built and/or operated during theabove mentioned years along with builders,builders dates, numbers, specifications, etc.,complete with index. The book is availablewith plastic spiral binding or pre-punchedfor 3-ring binder.$42.00. Individual diagram reprints avail-able for $1.00 each.

HEAVYWEIGHTPASSENGER CAR

DIAGRAMSOur 141 page book includes diagrams for

FRISCO BLUE & GRAYPASSENGER EQUIPMENT

ROSTERA complete roster of Frisco Blue & Grayequipment including car numbers/names,types, paint/repaint dates, and a cross ref-erence roster by paint dates.$5.00.

This is the first listing of what willbecome an on-going series of historicaland technical resources currently availablefrom the Frisco Research Service.

STEAM LOCOMOTIVEDIAGRAMS

Our 192 page book of Steam Diagramscovers 1880-1943 and includes diagrams,builders, builders dates, numbers, specifi-cations, tonnage and bridge class, modifi-cations, etc., for all classes of steam loco-motives operated on the Frisco, completewith index. The book is available withplastic spiral binding or pm-punched for 3-ring binder.$50.00. Individual diagram reprints avail-able for $1.00 each.

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVEDIAGRAMS

Frisco heavyweight passenger equipmentcovering 1880-1945 and includes floorplans, some elevation drawings, builders,builders dates, numbers, specifications, etc.,complete with index. The book is availableiwith plastic spiral binding or pre-punchedfor 3-ring binder.$37.00. Individual diagram reprints avail-able for $1.00 each.

STREAMLINEPASSENGER DIAGRAMS

Our 11 page book of Streamline PassengerCar Diagrams covers 1947-1955 and in-cludes floor plans for all classes of Friscostreamline equipment along with builders,builders dates, numbers, specifications, etc..,complete with index. The book is availablewith plastic spiral binding or pre-punchedfor 3-ring binder.$4.00. Individual diagram reprints avail-able for $1.00 each.

The Museum has been granted permissionby the publishers of The Official RailwayEquipment Register to make available toour members reprints of Frisco equipmentlists. Sixty-Three issues are currentlyavailable from 1897 to 1980. The registerslist all freight equipment on the Friscoroster including type, number series, di-mensions, capacities, number of units inservice, etc. They also include limitedlistings of company service equipment andthe early years include passenger rosters.$1.00 for list of available years. Individualpricing information per year accompanieslist.

I MOTOR CAR DIAGRAMS PASSENGER SERVICEEQUIPMENT ROSTER

Our 24 page book of Motor Car Diagramscovers 1910-1928 and includes floor plans Our forty-seven page Passenger Service

and elevation drawings for all classes of Equipment Roster contains 1,034 listings

Frisco Motor Cars and some trailers along of all passenger equipment built for and/or

with builders, builders dates, numbers, operated by the Frisco between 1876 and

specifications, etc., complete with index. 1967. The roster includes car numbers/

The book is available with plastic spiral names, former numbers, date built, class,

binding or pre-punched for 3-ring binder. length, builder, rebuilt information, and

$8.00. Individual diagram reprints avail- former lines the cars operated on. The

able for $1.00 each. roster also features an extensive cross ref-erence by car class. The roster is availablewith plastic spiral binding or pre-punchedfor 3-ring binder.$15.00. Individual class rosters availablefor $1.00 each.

Our 36 page book of Early Work ServiceDiagrams covers 1881-1901 and includeselevation drawings for fifteen classes ofwork service equipment along with build-ers, builders dates, numbers, specifications,etc., complete with index. The book isavailable with plastic spiral binding or pre-punched for 3-ring binder.$12.00. Individual diagram reprints avail-able for $1.00 each.

EARLY WORK SERVICEEQUIPMENTDIAGRAMS

FRISCO RED & GRAYPASSENGER EQUIPMENT

ROSTER

A complete roster of Frisco Red & Grayequipment including paint dates, cross ref-erence of former Blue & Gray repaints,cross reference by paint dates, and a listingof 1956 train assignments.$2.00.

FREIGHT EQUIPMENTPAINT/LETTERING

DIAGRAMS

Our four-page list catalogues 139 freightcar paint/lettering diagrams from 1919 to1971, conveniently arranged according tonine car types. Pricing information ac-companies list.$5.00.

STEAM LOCOMOTIVEINVOICES

The Museum has acquired and is now of-fering reprints of forty-eight different lo-comotive purchase invoices. They are allBaldwin-built units, series 1500, 4100, and4200. They include date, locomotive type,tender type, and purchase price. Printed oncard stock, these invoice reprints make aunique addition to a train room, den, study,or office. Accompanying photos for eachinvoice are also available.List is $1.00. Reprints are $2.00 each.

PLEASE NOTE: When ordering ResearchService materials, please add 10% of thetotal amount for Postage & Packaging.

This is the third in a regular seriesof ALL ABOARD articles that is devotedto COLLECTING THE FRISCO, and isdesigned to be an information resource forFrisco Collectors. In this issue, we begin atwo-part segment on collecting Advertisingand Promotional items.

To advertise is to turn the attentionof the public to something, and the railroadshave been in the business of turning theattention of the public to their services foras long as they have bad services to advertiseand promote. The nation's rail-carriers,including the Frisco, have used thepersuasion of advertising to promote landdevelopment, sales, freight and passengerservices, safety programs, customerrelations, national events, seasonalcelebrations, etc., and they have used everyconceivable medium to convey theirmessage.

The word advertise comes fromthe French avertir, which means "to notify,"and its use can be traced back to many earlycivilizations. Long before the invention ofthe printing press, the public was beingnotified by way of such advertising mediumsas pictorial sign boards and town cryours.While the sign boards were originally usedto dispense information to illiterate peasants,their descriptive pictures were a quick andconvenient way to promote products andservices to the general public. It is interestingto note that pictorial advertising is stillbeing used today, both for the promotion ofgoods and services, and to provideinformation to a universal public.

One of the most primitive medi-ums of advertising was the medieval cryour,and the most common use of this early formof notification was the traditional towncryour. While the primary duty of theseearly broadcasters was to shout out

Newspaper advertisement, circa. 1927

announcements of news, court orders, androyal edicts, there were also many privatebusiness cryours who would walk throughthe streets of a city or village promotingtheir particular selection of wares for sale.Regardless of the nature of theannouncement, whether it be publicproclamations or private promotions, theattention of the public was always turned tothe familiar broadcast of, "Hear Ye, HearYe!" It is interesting to observe that thisearly medium of advertising and promotionis still in use today. While moderntechnology has expanded the coverage ofhis audience, the cryour is still in businessby way of radio and television.

With the invention of the printingpress in the 16th century, advertising tookon new meaning as the literature ofpersuasion. When the first knownnewspaper rolled off the press in Germanyin 1591, it included advertising. Threeyears after England's first newspaperappeared in 1622, it contained a fullcompliment of printed promotions for suchEnglish staples as tea, coffee, and chocolate.

The use of printed persuasion firstappeared in America with the arrival of theEnglish colonists. Even before Americaofficially became a nation, the use of printed

Frisco Line advertising dodger, July 1881

dodgers or hand-bills was being used topromote all types of colonial commerce.When the United States Postal Serviceexpanded its services and facilities in theearly 1840's, the broadened circulation ofperiodicals expanded the range of contactwith potential customers. Consequently,the use of advertising and promotion becamea chief expenditure for many producers andproviders of goods and services, includingthe railroads. Today, the volume ofadvertising in the United States, figured indollars, is so great that it can easily beplaced among the most important of thenation's commercial activities.

USRA promotion stamps, circa. 1940's

For many years the railroads havebeen at the forefront of advertising andpromotion. Very few items produced by orfor the nations rail-carriers have not had thecompany name, logo, or appropriate slogan

painted, printed, or stamped some placewhere it could be seen. Each particularrailroad put their mark on their productsand services not simply as a means ofidentification, but also as a means ofinexpensive yet effective advertising. Whilemany rail travelers prided themselves onbeing able to unlawfully confiscate suchpractical items as playing cards, ash trays,and other mementos, in reality many ofthese items were placed on the trains withthe idea in mind that they might end up insomeone's living room. Every timecompany would come over for the eveningto play cards or smoke, the railroad wasadvertising.

Frisco Passenger Service playing cards withleather case, circa. early 1950's.

Frisco Passenger Service ash tray, circa. late1940's

I once had a retired Special Agent confideto me that while such procurement ofrailroad property was "officially illegal,"his superiors would frown on any seriousattempts to apprehend anyone taking homea memento of their trip on the "friendlyFrisco!"

Because advertising andpromotion were so much a part of the Frisco'soperation, each segment of COLLECTINGTHE FRISCO contains examples of howthe railroad promoted its broad range ofspecific services. Consequently, the feature

on Advertising and Promotion will reviewthe areas of customer relations, smokingaccessories, playing cards, and nationaldefense.

When the Frisco salesrepresentative would call on a customer orpotential client, he would usually take withhim an assortment of such practical itemsas memo pads, matches, pens and pencils,and calendars. Although their primarypurpose was to promote positive customerrelations, such complementary tokens werealso an excellent means of advertising. Onspecial occasions, such as seasonalcelebrations or the inauguration of a newFrisco service, the railroad salesman wouldalso present many of his customers with anappropriate memento for the event. Becausethey were designed to make a favorableimpression, most customer relationscollectibles were quality items and whenyou can find them, they are a fine additionto any collection.

Leatherette-covered dictionary - Letteropener & scissors in leather holderFrisco customer promotional items

Cocktail GlassCustomer Promotion

Sales/Traffic Department circa. 1970's

Red & White Pastic Drink Coasters"Straight Shooter Route" Sales Promotion

Joint Frisco-Santa Fe through train serviceSales/Traffic Department circa. 1970's

Paper Gun & Holster"Straight Shooter Route" Sales Promotion

Joint Frisco-Santa Fe through train serviceSales/Traffic Department circa. 1970's

Invoice for 100,000 Frisco memo pads, October 22, 1974

Frisco customer service memo pads circa. 1939 -1980

Train Order issued August 10, 1923Directing that all Frisco operations be suspended for five minutes to honor the death of President Warren Harding