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The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the public transit system for San Francisco, California. Several bus, trolleybus, streetcar/light rail, and cable car routes were historically served, but have been discontinued. It began service on December 28, 1912, with two streetcar routes on Geary Boulevard and continued to expand operations.
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad [6] Grand Trunk (GT) Great Northern Railway (GN) Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway [7] Fernley and Lassen Railway; Fredericksburg and Northern Railway [8] Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad [9] Houston, East & West Texas Railroad [10] Houston & Texas Central Railway [11]
The Frisco: A Look Back at the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, Springfield-Greene County (Mo.) Library's online version of a 1962 booklet Archived 2009-05-15 at the Wayback Machine; The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves, Kansas State Library's online version of a book published in the 1950s by the Missouri Pacific Railroad
On September 1, 1896, trackage rights were granted by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway from Greenville to Commerce. A 38-mile extension was completed between Commerce and Paris in 1897. When the line to Paris was completed the Texas Midland had 125 route miles. Schenectady built three 4-4-0s and nine 4-6-0s for the Texas Midland in 1897.
1902–1964 Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad (nickname Frisco, absorbed the RRT&S) 1903–1932 St. Louis Southwestern Railway; 1903–1980 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; 1925–1982 Fort Worth and Denver Railway; 1932–1996 Southern Pacific (acquired the SLSW in 1932 and the T&NO in 1961)
On 28 March 1907, the Southern Pacific Sunset Express, descending the grade out of the San Timoteo Canyon, entered the Colton rail yard traveling about 60 miles per hour (97 km/h), hit an open switch and careened off the track, resulting in 24 fatalities. Accounts said 9 of the train's 14 cars disintegrated as they piled on top of one another ...
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway: SLSF: 1900 1964 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway: St. Louis Southwestern Railway: SSW SSW 1954 1997 Union Pacific Railroad: St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas: SSW SSW: 1891 1984 St. Louis Southwestern Railway: San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway: SAAP SP: 1884 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
On August 24, 1916, the Frisco was reorganized as the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, though the line never went west of Texas, terminating more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from San Francisco. The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway had two main lines: St. Louis–Tulsa–Oklahoma City-Floydada, Texas, and Kansas City–Memphis–Birmingham.