Editing Springfield, Missouri (section)

===Trains===
Passenger trains have not served Springfield since 1967, but more than 65 freight trains travel to, from, and through the city each day. Springfield once hosted the headquarters and main shops of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad [[St. Louis-San Francisco Railway|(Frisco)]]. Into the 1960s, the ''[[Kansas City-Florida Special]]'' ran from [[Kansas City Union Station]] to [[Jacksonville, Florida]], and the ''Sunnyland'' ran between Kansas City and [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] and [[New Orleans]]. The railroad also operated two daily trains to [[St. Louis Union Station]] through its Springfield station: the ''[[Meteor (train)|Meteor]]'' and the ''Will Rogers.'' Both continued southwest to [[Union Station (Oklahoma City)|Oklahoma City Union Station]] via [[Tulsa Union Depot]]. The ''Meteor'' continued on to [[Lawton, Oklahoma]]. The Frisco's final passenger train was the ''Southland'' (Kansas City - Memphis - Birmingham), a successor to the ''Sunnyland.''<ref>{{cite journal |title=St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, Table 1 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=100 |issue=5 |date=October 1967}}</ref>

As late as 1949 the [[Missouri Pacific]] had a short branch line connection from the company's Springfield station to [[Crane, Missouri|Crane]], whereupon connections could be made to the ''Southern Scenic'' on the railroad's Kansas City to [[Newport, Arkansas]], line.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Missouri Pacific Railroad, Tables 6, 11 |magazine=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=82 |issue=8 |date=January 1950}}</ref>

The Frisco was absorbed by the [[Burlington Northern]] (BN) in 1980, and in 1994 the BN merged with the Santa Fe, creating the current [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] (BNSF) Railway. BNSF has three switch yards (two small) in Springfield. Mainlines to and from Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, and Tulsa converge at the railroad's yard facility in northern Springfield. In October 2006, BNSF announced plans to upgrade its Tulsa and Memphis mainlines into Springfield to handle an additional four to six daily [[intermodal freight train]]s between the West Coast and the Southeast. The [[Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad]] operates several miles of (former [[Missouri Pacific]]) industrial track in the city.