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Frisco timetable, November 1960: front cover, back cover with add for the Kansas-City Florida Special, and map

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann
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Frisco’s Kansas City Florida Special arriving Kansas City

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

The caption to this photo from David R. Sweetland’s Wabash in Color says this is the KC-Florida Special leaving KC, but I think it’s arriving. At least according to my May 1964 Official Guide and my November 1960 Frisco schedule, the KC-Florida … Continue reading →

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Southern Piedmont Limited, Crescent, Southerner, Kansas City-Florida Special: 1940s diesel color scheme

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

This Vanishing Vistas postcard, photo by Leonard W. Price, May 14, 1947, tells us in text on the back by Robert A. Le Massena, that these units were waiting to haul the Piedmont Limited from Washington, DC to Atlanta, and … Continue reading →

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