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Martinez, Dr. Angel (Fort Smith, Arkansas).

2025-09-16T11:19:01-05:00

Dr. Angel Martinez.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2

2024-03-21T13:33:34-05:00

A 8 x 10 photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2, 4-4-0, "American" style locomotive on a passenger train, Fort Smith, AR. From Louis A. Marre Collection. [see also 2008.008.5835 & 7011]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #4

2024-03-21T13:33:34-05:00

A 8 x 10 photograph print showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #4, 4-4-0 (BLW), "American" style locomotive, Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #23

2024-03-21T13:33:34-05:00

A 8 x 10 photograph print showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #23, 2-8-2 (BLW), in front of engne house, Ft. Smith, AR. "scrapped in 1947"

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #32

2024-03-21T13:33:34-05:00

A 8 x 10 photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #32, Ft. Smith, AR.

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #28

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print showing Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #28, 2-8-2 (BLW), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #18

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #18, 4-6-0, Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #23

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #23, 2-8-2 (BLW), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #23

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #23, 2-8-2 (BLW), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #25

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #25, 2-8-2 (BLW), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #25

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #25, 2-8-2 (BLW), in front of engine house, Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #14

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #14, 4-6-0 (Alco/Schenectady), Ft. Smith, AR. [loco #25 behind]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #27

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #27, 2-8-2 (BLW), Ft. Smith, AR. [engine house in background]

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #34

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #34, 4-8-0, Ft. Smith, AR. (Ex: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg - BR&P)

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #33

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print showing Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #33, 2-8-0, Ft. Smith, AR. [derelict, with smoke box door missing] (Ex: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg - BR&P)

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #41

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #41, 0-6-0, in front of the engine house, Ft. Smith, AR.

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) Boxcar #2001

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print of Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) boxcar #2001, wood-sided, Ft. Smith, AR. [50 ton caspacity]

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) MoW No. 6

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print of Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) MoW #6 (Maintenance of Way) crane car with caterpillar-type tracks, in front of engine house, Ft. Smith, AR.

Western Pacific (WP) MoW No. 2

2024-03-21T13:33:32-05:00

A photograph print of Western Pacific (WP) MoW #2 (Maintenance of Way) steam shovel; the shovel itself rests on WP flatcar to the right .

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #1

2024-03-21T13:33:31-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #1, 4-4-0, Ft. Smith, AR. [photo taken at same time and place as 2008.008.3785]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #3

2024-03-21T13:33:31-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #3, 4-4-0, Ft. Smith, AR. [photo taken at same time and place as 2008.008.3785 & 7127]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #2

2024-03-21T13:33:31-05:00

A photograph print showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #2, 4-4-0 (Baldwin), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #6

2024-03-21T13:33:31-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #6, 4-4-0, Ft. Smith, AR. [photo taken at same time and place as 2008.008.3785 & 7127-8]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #11

2024-03-21T13:33:31-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #11, 4-6-0 (Alco/Schenectady), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #13

2024-03-21T13:33:31-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #13, 4-6-0 (Alco/Schenectady), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #14

2024-03-21T13:33:31-05:00

A photograph postcard showing Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #14, 4-6-0 (Alco/Schenectady), Ft. Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) #2

2024-03-21T13:33:25-05:00

A photograph negative showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2, 4-4-0, Fort Smith, AR. [see also 2008.008.5835] [Possible Ivan Oaks photo]

Kansas City & Southern (KCS) 361

2024-03-21T13:32:53-05:00

A photograph print showing the Kansas City & Southern (KCS) 361, 4-6-0, on a local passenger train, "at the Frisco-KCS depot in Ft. Smith, ARK. The tracks stub ended at the depot ahead of the engine. This train made two round trips daily to Spiro, Okla. to give Fort Smith a connection with the KCS mainline trains at Spiro. Most of the branch was in Oklahoma and ran through Braden Bottoms which were undercut by the Arkansas River about 1944. This line was abandoned and KCS got trackage rights over the Frisco from Poteau, Okla. via the Jensen tunnel to Fort Smith."

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 5

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 5, 4-4-0, Fort Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 6

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 6, 4-4-0, on a passenger train, Fort Smith, AR. "Stub tracks ran to the depot which sat at right angle to the tracks to the rear of this train."

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2nd #9

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2nd #9, 4-4-0, Fort Smith, AR. "Became 2nd #4, you shot her in O.C. in 1938, modified that year with improved running boards, steel cab and new smoke box front, headlight stand, etc."

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2nd #10

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2nd #10, 4-4-0, Fort Smith, AR. (Ex: Rutland, became 2nd #5)

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 14

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 14, 4-6-0, Fort Smith, AR. "Modified with piston valves, visible on right in view of 2nd #9 in 1923" [See 2008.008.5844]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 14

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 14, 4-6-0, Fort Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 17

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 17, 4-6-0, former 1st #7, Fort Smith, AR. "Prior to 1914, FS&W major repairs were hired to Frisco, which may explain this smokebox front."

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 28

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 28, 2-8-2, Fort Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 31

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 31, 4-8-0, Fort Smith, AR. [Loco 3 visible, right background]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 32

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 32, 4-8-0, Fort Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 33

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 33, 4-8-0, derelict loco, Fort Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 34

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 31, 4-8-0, outside woodshed, Fort Smith, AR. [Note work trailer in front of loco]

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 34

2024-03-21T13:32:39-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 34, 4-8-0, Fort Smith, AR.

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2

2024-03-21T13:32:38-05:00

A photograph print showing the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) 2, 4-4-0, Fort Smith, AR. [see also 2008.008.7176]

Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf (KOG) 225

2024-03-21T13:32:17-05:00

A photograph print showing the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf (KOG) 225, 2-8-0 (BLW), Ft. Smith, AR. [Note: KO&G acquired by MV in 1925]

Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf (KOG) 223

2024-03-21T13:32:14-05:00

A photograph print showing the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf (KOG) 223, 2-8-0 (BLW), Fort Smith, AR. [KO&G acquired by MV in 1925 - note MVRR on water tank made from disused tank car]

Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf (KOG) 225

2024-03-21T13:32:14-05:00

A photograph postcard showing the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf (KOG) 225, 2-8-0 (BLW), Fort Smith, AR. [Note: KO&G acquired by MV in 1925]

Kansas City Southern (KCS) Caboose 650

2024-03-21T13:31:57-05:00

A photograph print showing Kansas City Southern (KCS) Caboose 650, converted wood-sided, outside braced boxcar, Fort Smith, AR. (Note: side and end doors, but no marker lamps) [Possibly a Ralph Graves photo]

Kansas City Southern (KCS) 85

2024-03-21T13:31:57-05:00

A photograph print showing the Kansas City Southern (KCS) 85, 2-6-0, Fort Smith, AR.

Kansas City Southern (KCS) 600

2024-03-21T13:31:57-05:00

A photograph print showing the Kansas City Southern (KCS) 600, 4-6-0, Fort Smith, AR.

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1406

2024-03-21T13:31:35-05:00

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1235, 2-8-0 (BLW), Fort Worth, TX. (This photo taken while train was moving.)

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1057

2024-03-21T13:31:33-05:00

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1057, 4-6-2, Ft. Smith, AR.