west of Texas, terminating more than from San Francisco. The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway had two main lines: St. Louis–Tulsa–Oklahoma City-Floydada, Texas, and Kansas City–Memphis–Birmingham. The junction of the two lines was in Springfield, Missouri, home to the company's main shop facility and headquarters. Other lines included: Springfield–Kansas City (via Clinton, Missouri) Monett, Missouri (Pierce City)–Wichita, Kansas Monett, Missouri–Hugo, Oklahoma–Paris, Texas St. Louis–River Junction, Arkansas (Memphis, Tennessee) Tulsa, Oklahoma–Dallas, Texas Tulsa, Oklahoma–Avard, Oklahoma Lakeside, Oklahoma–Hugo, Oklahoma–Hope, Arkansas Amory, Mississippi-Pensacola, Florida From March 1917 through January 1959, the Frisco, in a joint venture with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, operated the Texas Special. This luxurious train, a streamliner from 1947, ran from St. Louis to Dallas, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas. The Frisco merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad on November 21, 1980. The city of Frisco, Texas, was named after the railroad and uses the former railroad's logo as its own logo. The logo is modeled after a stretched-out raccoon skin (giving rise to Frisco High School's mascot, the Fighting Raccoons). Passenger trains While the Texas Special may be the most famous passenger train operated by Frisco, it was just one of a fleet of named trains. These included: Black Gold (a joint Frisco-Katy operation inaugurated between Tulsa and Houston on January 23, 1938 and continuing until January 18, 1960) The Bluebonnet (St. Louis to San Antonio—with through service by M-K-T-- leaving early afternoon, arriving Dallas/Ft. Worth the next morning, and arriving San Antonio late afternoon.) Chadwick Flyer (Branch line from Springfield to Chadwick, Missouri; discontinued by March 1933) Firefly (at various times serving St. Louis, Kansas City, Fort Scott, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City. This was Frisco’s first streamliner, and the first streamliner to be built in the southwest, the streamline modifications being done by Frisco itself) General Wood (Originally between St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri from May 1941; truncated in June 1942 to service between St. Louis and Newburg, Missouri; and, discontinued entirely in the fall of 1946.) Governor (Joplin-Tulsa-Oklahoma City) Kansas City–Florida Special (Kansas City–Jacksonville) Kansas Limited (St. Louis-Wichita-Ellsworth) Kansas Mail (St. Louis-Wichita) Memphian (St. Louis–Memphis) Memphis Passenger (St. Louis–Memphis) Meteor (St. Louis–Tulsa-Oklahoma City by night with connecting train Monett-Fort Smith-Paris, TX) Oil Fields Special (Kansas City-Tulsa-Dallas-Ft. Worth, with through service to Houston) Oklahoman (Once connected Kansas City–Tulsa but was later rerouted between St. Louis–Oklahoma City) Southland (Kansas City–Birmingham) (truncated successor to the Kansas City–Florida Special) Southwest