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unusual facts about St. Louis – San Francisco Railway



Battle of Kororareka

The American sloop USS St. Louis, under Commodore Foxhall A. Parker, was also present and her crew assisted in evacuating the British citizens.

Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier

Montausier received from Louis XIV the order of the Saint Esprit, the government of Normandy, a dukedom, and in 1668 the office of governor of the dauphin, Louis le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711).

Desert Wind

This train included the Challenger, City of Denver, City of Kansas City, City of Los Angeles, City of Portland, and City of San Francisco.

Riverside, Missouri

Riverside contains an industrial park that stores the Frisco 1352, a former St. Louis – San Francisco Railway locomotive that is in the process of being restored by the American Steam Railroad organization.

Robertson Aircraft Corporation

The 1957 motion picture The Spirit of St. Louis featured an RAC DH-4 mailplane in flying sequences as well as Maj. Robertson (played by James Robertson, Jr.) and company Air Mail pilots Lindbergh (James Stewart) and Harlan A. "Bud" Gurney (Murray Hamilton) among its characters.


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