MV-KO&G Units
after renumbered into MP Scheme

KO&G renumbered GP7 #97 on the OCAA in Oklahoma City, OK Sept. 3, 1964.
Mike Condren Photo

On Sept. 8, 1964 KO&G #98 is seen southbound on the Frisco, crossing the MP at SF Jct with the KCS connection to the Frisco visible in the right foreground.
Mike Condren Photo

This northbound freight is seen crossing all of the other railroads in Tulsa a few blocks east of Union Depot on Feb. 14, 1967.
Mike Condren Photo

On Independence Day 1964, KO&G #104 is found in the MV yard in Ft. Smith, AR.
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

MV #106 is seen on Dec. 28, 1963 in the yard in Ft. Smith, AR.
Mike Condren Photo

MV GP7 #107, nee #154, in Ft. Smith following the merger of the Muskogee Lines into the T&P and the consolidated MP-TP locomotive roster.
Mike Condren Photo

MV #108 is seen on a foggy Jan. 23, 1964 morning in the MV yard in Ft. Smith, AR
Mike Condren Photo

MV #108 is seen at Panama, OK on July 27, 1965.
Mike Condren Photo

MV #108 is seen in its new coat of "Jenks Blue" in the yard in Ft. Smith on April 20, 1965.
Mike Condren Photo

MV #108 is seen in the MV yard in Ft. Smith, AR on the LAST DAY of service.
Mike Condren Photo

 
Mike Condren Photo

 
Mike Condren Photo

MV #109 is seen in the yard in Ft. Smith, AR on 8/27/64. My uncle Richard Skinner, the engineer, is seen inspecting the locomotive before his trip to Muskogee.
Mike Condren Photo

The train is then seen climbing the hill above SF Jct. on its run on trackage rights of the Frisco to Rock Island, OK and its own track.
Mike Condren Photo

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.
Mike Condren Photo

Former KO&G NW2 #1027 is seen here in Kansas City, MO wearing Jenks blue on its way to Du Pont Chemicals, 10/12/74.
Louis Marre Photo

This site is maintained by the Arkansas Boston Mountains Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society located in Springdale, Arkansas
 
Home of THE ARKANSAS SCRAMBLER
For questions, email arkyrail at outlook.com