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Jack Avery Photo, Louis Marre Collection |
MP 2-8-0 #401 sits in Ft. Smith near the yard office, 6/30/43. |
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Louis A. Marre |
MP 2-8-2 #1470 heads up a westbound freight at Van Buren, 9/15/44. |
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Robert F. Collins Photo, Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP 2-8-2 #1468 heads up a westbound freight at Van Buren, 9/21/44. |
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Robert F. Collins Photo, Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP 2-8-0 #61 heads up an eastbound freight at Van Buren, 9/21/44. |
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Charles Winters Photo, Louis Marre Collection |
MP 2-8-0 #414 passes the freight house in Van Buren, 3/46. |
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Louis A. Marre |
MP 2-10-2 #1727 is on a westbound at Van Buren, 11/6/46. |
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Jack Avery Photo, Louis A. Marre |
MP 2-8-0 #137 is seen in Van Buren, 12/27/46. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP 4-8-4 #2121 on an westbound freight in Van Buren, 1/50. |
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Charles Winters Photo, Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP 4-8-4 #2125 on an westbound freight in Van Buren, 6/6/50. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP 4-8-4 #2105 on an eastbound freight in Van Buren, 1952. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP FT #503 leads a westbound freight out of the Van Buren yard, 9/17/58. |
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Louis Marre Collection |
A northbound freight is led by F7 #580 on the mainline leg of the Greenwood Junction wye, 9/3/59. |
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Louis Marre Collection |
MP GP7 #4129 is returning from Paris, AR in this view of the AC local, 9/3/59. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP FA2 #361 and its fellow ALCo covered wagons prepare to cross 4th street as they leave Van Buren with a westbound freight, 5/60. Pure ALCo sets were common on this line until they began to be used as trade-ins for GP18s. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
| MP #4345 leads 4 new GP18s on an east bound train that is "blue flagged" at the Kibler Road crossing, 5/60. Note the GP9 stainless steel plate on the running board at the front of the locomotive. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
| A little outside of the normal area for these page, here we see MP GP7 #4213 on the AC local glides past theFt. Smith, Subiaco, and Rock Island 4-6-0 #2522 awaiting its next assignment (last assignment was in 1948). This locomotive was never returned to service but was later moved to the City Park in Paris for display, 8/8/60. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
| A northbound train headed by MP F3 #572 is being inspected before leaving Van Buren, 8/60. Note the cattle cars on the front of the train. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP F7 #579 and consist sits on the mainline at the Van Buren freight house, 9/60. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
This Ektachrome of MP RS11 #4605 and sisters has stopped just west of 4th Street on the mainline in this spring 1961 faded image. The RS11s did not make many trips through Van Buren in pure sets before they became trailing units. Later they were down graded to yard duty after being re-engined in North Little Rock with EMD prime movers. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
| MP GP7 #4169 leads four ALCos as it takes the main line leg of the wye at Greenwood Jct., OK on its northbound journey, 6/21/61. Note that the lead unit is in the then new Jenks Blue paint scheme. It is believed that #4169 was the first unit painted in this new scheme and has only 1 stripe on the nose. The scheme later standardized on 2 stripes. |
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Gordon B. Mott Photo |
| Two MP F3s sit on the end of a north bound freight train on 11/24/61. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP F7 #620 sits in the yard on a northbound in Van Buren, 3/62. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MP F7 #582 in new Jenk's Blue paint crosses 4th Street with an eastbound freight, 4/62. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MP GP18 #406 and three brand-new sisters lead a westbound freight at Van Buren, 5/62. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP GP18 #437 and 3 others head a northbound freight on the mainline in Van Buren yard, 6/62. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MP GP18 #475 and two other GP18s and a DL701 lead an eastbound freight under the Sunnyside Rd. underpass west of Alma, 7/62. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MP F7 #798 awaits departure on the passing track southbound, 9/62. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MP GP7 #176 leads an eastbound freight past the Alma station, 8/20/63. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MP GP18 #452 and three new sisters an eastbound freight past the Van Buren passenger and freight stations, 1/25/64. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MP high-hood GP18 #514 leads an eastbound freight past the Alma station, 3/30/64. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MP GP7 #172 leads the return of the AC Local from Paris, AR across the intersection of Towson Ave. and Fresno St. in Ft. Smith, 8/15/68. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
Two ex-C&EI GP35s lead a westbound MP freight in Van Buren, 12/68. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
| MP #2100 leads a freight out of the yard under the 4th Street overpass as it heads north on the switch lead, 6/28/75. This area is now heavily wooded on both sides of the track, making the view from the overpass very different. |
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