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Frisco Photo |
| Unit coal train from the 1930s sitting in front of the Frisco station. |
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Louis Marre Collection |
SLSF 2-8-0 #973 leads #1339 on a northbound freight out of north yard, 6/1/43. |
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R.F.Collins Photo, Louis A. Marre Collection |
Southbound Frisco freight rounding the curve between
Copp siding and the 20th Stree crossing. |
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Earl Sauders Photo, Mike Condren Collection |
Frisco 2-8-0 #1309 Ft. Smith, 3/1/50 |
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Louis Marre Collection |
Frisco GP7 #501 leads train #731 down the passing track of North Yard in Ft. Smith, 9/3/59. |
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Louis Marre Collection |
| This Christmas Eve 1959 scene shows four Frisco Geeps northbound with what a appears to be a coal train in Ft. Smith approaching the N. 32nd Street crossing where the tracks begin paralleling Midland Blvd. |
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Louis Marre Collection |
| A pair of GP7s head a freight for Paris, TX as it leaves SF Jct. in Ft. Smith with a string of empty hopper on the head end for the Mansfield branch, 6/21/61. |
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Louis Marre Collection |
Frisco GP7 #573 heads an extra past the Ft. Smith station for the Mansfield branch to pick up loaded hoppers of coal, 7/25/61. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
Frisco GP7 #504 is the rear unit on train #731 as it switches in front of the station in Van Buren, 1/62. |
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| Frisco GP7 #585 leads the south local out of north yard in this scene fro 2/62. The photo was taken from the front platform of a VO1000. Note the kerosene lanterns on the switch stands. In those days a man on a velocipede made the rounds each day filling the lanterns . Also note in the distance the furniture factories west of the yards and the yard office to the right just before the crossing. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
Train #731 is led by #589 up the grade from the Arkansas River bridge into Ft. Smith, 12/23/62. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
| Frisco FP7 #5045 worked the Central Division as the power for the passenger train as well as freight trains as seen here. In this view #5045 leads train #731 up the grade from the Arkansas River bridge on it way into Ft. Smith. |
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Mike Condren Photo, Louis Marre Collection |
Frisco GP7 #616 switches train #731 in Van Buren on this snowy 12/23/63. Passenger service was still a part of the picture on the Frisco as evidenced by the yellow baggage cart in the right side of this scene. |
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SLSF GP7 #535 leads the north local out of Van Buren, 3/31/64. This scene is no longer possible because of the over growth of vegetation. |
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SLSF GP7 #614 leads the south local past the approach semiphore for the tunnel south of Bonanza, AR, 12/28/64. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
Frisco train #731 southbound in Van Buren |
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Mike Condren Photo |
Frisco train #731 on the concrete trestle just north
of main street Van Buren |
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Mike Condren Photo |
Frisco GP15-1 #121 crossing Fayetteville St. in Van
Buren. |
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