Missouri Pacific Switch Jobs

Fort Smith
Much of the industrial trackage in Ft. Smith was constructed by the Fort Smith Suburban Railway Company in an attempt by Jay Gould to keep other railroads out of Fort Smith. It formed a loop around the city. It was later merged into the Missouri Pacific Lines.

John Fink Photo, Louis Marre Collection
MP 2-8-0 #413 is seen passing the Ft. Smith & Western enginehouse on 3/19/40.

Jack Avery Photo, Louis Marre Collection
MP 0-6-0 #9435 is seen in Ft. Smith on 3/16/43.

Herbert Huber Photo, Louis Marre Collection
MP 0-6-0 #9414 is seen in Ft. Smith on 5/5/43.

Jack Avery Photo, Louis Marre Collection
MP 0-6-0 #9443 is seen in Ft. Smith on 12/27/45.

Jack Avery Photo, Louis Marre Collection
MP 0-6-0 #9428 is seen in Ft. Smith on 1/17/46.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP 2-8-0 #414 sits near the yard office in Ft. Smith, 3/15/46.

Charles Winters, Louis A. Marre Collection
MP 0-6-0 #9440 sits near the yard office in Ft. Smith, 2/20/51.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP 0-6-0 #9317 is seen switching LCL Eagle Merchandize box cars at the freight depot in Ft. Smith, 7/52.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP GP7 #4306 sits outside the Ft. Smith yard office, 2/58. The white building directly behind the locomotive today is the Welcome Center, the only former brothel turned into a Welcome Center.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP GP7 #4280 is shown sitting outside the Ft. Smith yard office in the "red light district", 12/21/58.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP GP7 #4229 is shown running around the Ft. Smith Suburban Railway, a MP property, 12/20/59.

Louis A. Marre Collection
Here we see MP GP7 #4137 switching the former Ft. Smith and Western track near the former FS&W freight house, 8/8/60.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP GP7 #4180 eases past the passenger station back toward the freight house and then the Ft. Smith yard office, 8/8/60. The men on the rear of the locomotive are identified as, on the left, Everett Pogue and on the right, it is believed, Edwin Crutcher.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP GP7 #4124 is seen here in the river side yard which was south of the wye at the bridge, 12/18/61.

Louis A. Marre Collection
In the mid-1960s the MP added a large group of SW1200 switch engines like #1179 shown here 7/16/64.

Van Buren

Jack Avery Photo, Louis A. Marre Collection
MP 0-8-0 #9781 sits near the yard in Van Buren, 10/3/46.

Charles Winters, Louis A. Marre Collection
MP 0-8-0 #9748 sits in the yard in Van Buren, 7/3/48.

Louis A. Marre Collection
MP GP7 #4271 is typical of what was used as a switch engine for the Van Buren yard, 5/11/58.

Louis A. Marre Collection
After the KO&G was merged into the T&P and then the MP, KO&G NW2 #1027 served as a yard switcher in both Van Buren and Ft. Smith.

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