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List Of Predecessors Of The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
The following railroad companies became part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) system, usually through consolidation. Early lines in Missouri and Kansas The Frisco started out as the Southwest Branch (heading west-southwesterly from St. Louis, MO, St. Louis) of the Pacific Railroad, Pacific (later Missouri Pacific) Railroad, and was split out in 1866. That same year, U.S. Congress, Congress incorporated the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which would end up extending the line through Springfield, MO, Springfield and Tulsa, OK, Tulsa to Sapulpa, OK, Sapulpa.Interstate Commerce Commission, 41 Val. Rep. 139 (1932), Valuation Docket No. 400: St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company et al. (unless otherwise noted, this is used as a reference for all facts) St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway Other extensions into Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas Because of a provision of the Texas Constitution, railroad companies opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles ( rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
