sport the Frisco name and logo. However, this was never an actual Frisco rail line, and the steam locomotives started life as industrial engines on German intraplant railroads, not as actual rolling stock on the Frisco. Predecessors The following companies were predecessors of the Frisco: Pacific Railroad, charter granted by Missouri on March 3, 1849 Southwest Pacific Railroad, John C. Frémont reorganized in August 1866 Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, incorporated on July 27, 1866 Arkansas and Choctaw Railway; 1895 Acquisitions The following railroads were acquired or merged into the Frisco: Missouri and Western Railway: 1879 St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway: 1882 Springfield and Southern Railroad: 1885 Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad: 1886 Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad: 1887 Fort Smith and Southern Railway: 1887 Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway: 1900 Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad: 1901 St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway: 1901 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway: 1901 Arkansas Valley and Western Railway: 1907 Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway: 1903 Red River, Texas and Southern Railway: 1904 Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad: December 19, 1904 Crawford County Midland Railroad: June 20, 1905 Oklahoma City and Western Railroad: 1907 – December 19, 1910 Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad: 1917 West Tulsa Belt Railway: 1922 Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad:1924 Pittsburg and Columbus Railway (Pittsburg, Kansas): 1925–1926 Springfield Connecting Railway: May 11, 1926 Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company: 1928 Paris and Great Northern Railroad: July 21, 1928 Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway: September 1, 1928 Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad: December 28, 1948 Central of Georgia Railway: 1956. The Interstate Commerce Commission did not approve the purchase, so the Frisco sold it to Southern Railway in 1961. Northeast Oklahoma Railroad: December 27, 1963 (Division dissolved February 27, 1967; Roads involved include: NEO RR, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Interurban Railroad, Joplin and Pittsburg Railway and Oklahoma Traction Company) Asset absorptions The following is a list of partial or full asset absorptions, many times through bankruptcy courts or creditors. In some cases the Frisco was a creditor. Assets can include mineral rights, property, track and right of way, trains, bonds, mortgages, etc. St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway: 1882 St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad: 1898 Kansas Midland Railroad: October 23, 1900 Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad: 1900–1903 Fort Smith and Van Buren Bridge Company: 1907 Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway: 1907 St. Louis, Memphis and