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[[File:Frisco Lines logo.png|right|222px]]
[[File:Sunnyland at Union Station 1963.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The "Sunnyland" train in Birmingham in April 1963]]
The '''St Louis–San Francisco Railway''' (also known as the '''Frisco Lines''' or '''SLSF''') was a national railroad that offered service to [[Birmingham]] on its '''Kansas City–Memphis–Birmingham''' line that crossed with its St Louis–Tulsa–Oklahoma City line at Springfield, Missouri. The company was incorporated in [[1876]] from the Missouri Division and Central Division of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It acquired the assets of the [[Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad]] on [[September 1]], [[1928]].

Frisco acquired the assets of the [[Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad]] in [[1947]], and purchased the [[Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad]] on [[December 28]], [[1948]]. That line was operated as a separate division until it was merged into the St Louis–San Francisco line in [[1971]]. The company negotiated to purchase the [[Central of Georgia Railway]] in [[1956]], but the Interstate Commerce Commission objected, and that line was eventually sold to the [[Southern Railway]] in [[1961]]. In [[1967]] the St Louis–San Francisco Railway acquired assets from the liquidation of the [[Birmingham Belt Railroad]].

The railway provided passenger service on its Kansas City–Memphis–Birmingham line on the ''[[Southland]]'' and ''[[Sunnyland]]'' passenger trains. [[Engine No. 4018|St Louis–San Francisco Engine No. 4018]] which formerly hauled freight between [[Birmingham]] and [[Bessemer]] was preserved and displayed at the [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]] from [[1952]] to [[2009]]. It is currently displayed facing [[32nd Street North]] on the grounds of the [[Sloss Furnaces|Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark]].

The St Louis–San Francisco Railway was acquired by the [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] on [[November 21]], [[1980]]. BNSF continues to operate freight trains on the Kansas City–Memphis–Birmingham line.

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