A 1939 print ad from the Texas Almanac featuring Frisco Faster Freight service.

(Frisco Railway, via W. Lenheim Collection)

 

ST. LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO AND TEXAS RAILWAY

The St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway (reporting mark SLSF) was a subsidiary railway to the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) operating 159 miles of railway line in Texas. The Frisco, including the subsidiary, formed a large X-shaped system across the states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. It merged into SLSF at the beginning of 1964; SLSF merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980.

 

St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Overview

Headquarters: Springfield, Missouri
Reporting mark: SLSF
Locale: Texas
Successor: Burlington Northern Railroad
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge