page_title: St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
section_title: Acquisitions
hierarchical_section_title: St. Louis–San Francisco Railway / Acquisitions
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Louis-San Francisco Railway #1522, photographed in Arkansas City, during its excursion career.
context_page_description: The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, also known as the "Frisco", was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central U.S. from 1876 to April 17, 1980. At the end of 1970, it operated 4,547 miles of road on 6,574 miles of track, not including subsidiaries Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway or the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad; that year, it reported 12,795 million ton-miles of revenue freight and no passengers. It was purchased and absorbed into the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980. Despite its name, it never came close to San Francisco.
context_section_description: The following railroads were acquired or merged into the Frisco:
  Missouri and Western Railway: 1879
  St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway: 1882
  Springfield and Southern Railroad: 1885
  Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad: 1886
  Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad: 1887
  Fort Smith and Southern Railway: 1887
  Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway: 1900
  Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad: 1901
  St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway: 1901
  Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway: 1901
  Arkansas Valley and Western Railway: 1907
  Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway: 1903
  Red River, Texas and Southern Railway: 1904
  Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad: December 19, 1904
  Crawford County Midland and Railroad: May 20, 1905
  Oklahoma City and Western Railroad: 1907 – December 19, 1910
  Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad: 1917
  West Tulsa Belt Railway: 1922
  Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad:1924
  Pittsburg and Columbus Railway (Pittsburg, Kansas): 1925–1926
  Springfield Connecting Railway: May 11, 1926
  Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company: 1928
  Paris and Great Northern Railroad: July 21, 1928
  Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway: September 1, 1928
  Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad: December 28, 1948
  Central of Georgia Railway: 1956.  The Interstate Commerce Commission did not approve the purchase, so the Frisco sold it to Southern Railway in 1961.
  Northeast Oklahoma Railroad: December 27, 1963 (Division dissolved February 27, 1967; Roads involved include: NEO RR, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Interurban Railroad, Joplin and Pittsburg Railway and Oklahoma Traction Company)
caption: Frisco 1522 has been preserved and restored.  In this picture, the locomotive is sitting in Arkansas City, Kansas.
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