Midland Valley Freight Trains

Robert Collins Photo, Louis Marre Collection
MV #75 is seen arriving in Ft. Smith in March 1948.

Mike Condren Photo
Midland Valley GP-7 #151 is southbound on the Frisco crossing the Missouri Pacific at SF Jct.

Mike Condren Photo
MV GP9m #152 heads south on the Frisco near Pheonix Ave. on Sept. 13, 1962,
note the white metallic flags on the nose of the unit.

Mike Condren Photo

Further south on the Frisco, this MV freight is approaching Pheonix Ave. on the hard climb from SF Jct,
Aug. 27, 1964.

Mike Condren Photo
Though not in Ft. Smith, this MV shot at Panama, OK was taken in Aug. '62 and shows the engineer standing at the end of the unit. Muskogee Road geeps were dual control. By the way the engineer was my Uncle Richard Skinner. Note that the gate is turned against the KCS main line and the back of the joint station.

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