TRRA H&TS Magazine
Issue 75 - 2015

This 198 page issue features The Meteor - St. Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City

The Editor's Page
      Page 2

The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway had an interesting relationship over the years
      Page 3

The Meteor of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
      It was Frisco's Finest
      Lawrence Thomas
      Pages 4-28, with B&W and color photos, advertising, timetables, and car diagrams

The Case for Zephyr Blue and Gray
      Pages 29-51, with B&W and color photos (including a rare color "Blue Northern" photo), RPO photos & postal route guide, RPO-Baggage car diagram, advertising, timetables, system maps, and 2 fold-outs

Traffic between Oklahoma City & Tulsa and St. Louis, Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York,
      Pages 52-101, with B&W and color photos, menu, car diagrams, timetables, system maps, 3 fold-outs, and more

The Meteor To Ft. Smith
      Pages 102-104, with B&W and color photos, list of miscellaneous consists

The Fort Smith Meteor Connection
      Gordon B. Mott
      Pages 105-109, with B&W and color photos

Oklahoma City Union Station
      Pages 110-113, with B&W and color photos, fold-out with track diagrams and station drawings

The Meteor
      Pages 114-134, 136-145, with B&W and color photos, consists, stations at Webster Groves, Tower Grove, Joplin, Wichita, and Tulsa, and coverage of "reasons to travel", including the OKC Biltmore Hotel, Tulsa Mayo Hotel, the Criterion Theater, and major department stores such as Stix, Baer & Fuller, and John A. Brown

Meteor Memories
      Ken Wolfert
      Page 135

Miscellaneous Frisco Topics
      Pages 146-163, with B&W and color photos, list of named locomotives, RPO operations, Pullman operations, more

The Issue of Association Sleeping Cars
      Pages 164-168, with B&W photos, car diagram, lists of sleeping cars assigned to, or owned by, Frisco

The St. Louis to Pensacola Railroad
      Pages 169-171, with B&W and color photos, car diagrams

Sleepers, Diners, and Lounge Cars of the Frisco
      Pages, 172-188, with B&W photos, lists

Watching the Meteor
      Lewis M. Schneider
      Pages 189-190, with B&W and color photos

Notes on Sources and Bibliography
      Pages 191-194

Joe G. Collias
      1928-2015
      Larry Thomas with John Golden photos
      Page 195

Meteor Tailcar Photo
      Page 196

Acknowledgements and Frisco Menu
      Page 197, with lift-out menu

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