Ft. Smith/Van Buren Freight Houses

Louis A. Marre Collection
StLIM&S Freight House in Ft. Smith ca 1922

StLIM&S Freight House in Ft. Smith

MP freight house and the north end of MP freight house in Ft. Smith during the flood of 1943. Note the covered platform with the Southern boxcar. Also note the two Frisco engines in the foreground and two MP engines on the far track.

East side of the Frisco Freight depot 1943.

Frisco freight house Ft. Smith

MoPac Freight House in Van Buren during the May 1943 flood.
Note the Crawford County Court House in the background.

From Ft. Smith Historical Soicety "The Journal", April 1992
Front photos of the Freight House that bore the address of 1022 South A St.

From Ft. Smith Historical Soicety "The Journal", April 1992
Rear photos of the Freight House that bore the address of 1022 South A St.

John Fink Photo
Ft. Smith and Western freight house circa 1939, note FS&W caboose

Nov. 1939 Missouri Pacific Magazine
Contributed by Bill Pollard

Ft. Smith & Western freight house, 12/59.

Mike Condren Photo
FS&W freighthouse in Ft. Smith, AR 8/63

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