J H Westbay photo, H. E. Huber Collection |
KCS 4-6-0 #400 at the Ft Smith Union Station, Oct. 1927. Older pictures of KCS engines will show a lighter color boiler jacket. They were painted a light or pea green color. |
H. E. Huber Collection |
KCS 4-6-2 #808 with "Flying Crow" emblem
on tender is in Union Station Ft. Smith, 4/10/36. |
John Fink Photo, University of Oklahoma Collection |
KCS # 600 4-6-0 with the Spiro, OK connection in Union
Station Ft. Smith, 3/21/40 |
John Winfield, painting created from the above photo. |
Mike Condren Photo |
Beginning in 1941, passenger service was at least partially supplied to Ft. Smith via connecting buses to Sallisaw, OK. After the 1943 flood washed away some track in the Braden Bottoms, all trains were served from Ft. Smith via a connecting bus service. |
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