Kansas City Southern Engine Terminal
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Charles Winters photo
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KCS 0-6-0 #52 in Ft. Smith 1910 |
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Charles Winters photo |
KCS 0-6-0 #86 in Ft. Smith, ca. 1932. |
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Jack Avery Photo, Louis Marre Collection |
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Charles Winters photo |
Engine 361, Class D-5, Ft Smith 07/24/34 |
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Jack Avery Photo, Louis Marre Collection |
KCS 4-6-0 #604 sits in the engine terminal in Ft. Smith, 8/10/34. |
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Charles Winters photo |
Engine 486, Class E-3, Ft Smith 06/24/39 Note Southern
Valve Gear |
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Jack Avery Photo, Louis Marre Collection |
KCS 4-6-2 #803 sits in the engine terminal in Ft. Smith, 8/1/40. |
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Charles Winters photo |
Engine watchman A. C. Washburn standing in front of
KCS 2-6-0 #85 in Ft. Smith, 04/30/41. |
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Charles Winters photo |
Engine 516, Class E-3, Ft Smith 08/03/41 and Sand
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| The following narrative was written by Mr. H. E. Huber. "Sometime in the late
1942 Engine 85 that was assigned to the Spiro-Ft Smith branch was re-flued at
Heavener, but when repairs were competed for some reason or another, was assigned
to the Spiro-McCurtain branch. That's when the parade of foreign engines arrived
at Ft. Smith. First to appear was the Monon engine. It broke so many rails in
the Ft Smith yards the KCS hustled it out of town real quick like. Neither Charles
nor I saw the engine. That Monon picture is one that was similar, it is NOT
the one that was actually used one day at Ft Smith and then was gone."
"Next was the C&EI engine. Notice how much it looked like the Frisco 3700s switch engines. The Frisco and C&EI had a close relationship back then." "Next was KCT 23, the one with the odd looking coal bunker on the tender." "Then the two Frisco engines alternated with each other. Their numbers were 3653 and 3654." |
For more of H. E. Huber's Recollections that first appeared in the |
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Charles Winters photo |
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Charles Winters photo |
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Charles Winters photo |
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Charles Winters photo |
| Standing on the ground is Tommy Moore who was the head brakeman and the engineer is H. S. "Jack" Foster. Mr. Moore was born at Bengal, IT and was of Choctaw ancestry. |
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Charles Winters photo |
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Charles Winters photo |
Engine 475, Class E-3, Ft Smith Circa 1943-A C Washburn
in cab. |
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Charles Winters Photo, Louis Marre Collection |
KCS 2-8-0 #495 is seen in Spiro, OK, 3/50. |
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Louis A. Marre Photo |
KCS GP7 #4160 sits near the station in Ft. Smith , March 28, 1975. |
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Louis A. Marre Photo |
KCS MP15 #4366 sits near the station in Ft. Smith, November 1977. |
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