Well its a cold and rainy day here in central Texas so I guess I will stay inside and play trains!! Today, I have an item from Lionel that takes us to the railroad known as the "Frisco". I really didn't know much about this RR and given its name, did not think it was "Midwest", however that was very wrong.
This is the description of the RR I found in Wikipedia: "The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (reporting mark SLSF), commonly known as the "Frisco", was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central United States from 1876 to April 17, 1980. It was purchased and absorbed into the Burlington Northern Railway in 1980. Despite its name, it never came close to San Francisco." It did however spread across the heart of the mid-west.
The RR's most famous slogan or tag line was..."Ship it on the Frisco" and for many years they had a great reputation from shippers and other customers. It had some of the best routes through the mid-west and southeast and today the BNSF sill utilizes many sections of those routes.
Here is the Lionel #6014, 0-27 type, Frisco boxcar, produced with an orange body in1957 and then re-issued in orange in 1969. Note that just above the number 6014 is the notation..."SL-SF" obviously referring to the proper name of the RR, "The St. Louis - San Francisco" Railway.
Well best wishes and hope you have a great week
Don
