Checks can be sent to:  R. Donald Ross, 3821 Crater Lake Ct, Irving, TX 75062-4015

40 was built by Baldwin in December 1920, #54265.  It was leased as St Louis-San Francisco 76 in January 1925 and sold as Mississippian Ry 76 in February 1947.  It was sold as Penn View Mountain Ry 76 in September 1967 and transferred as Gettysburg RR 76 in July 1976.  It was sold to Ohio Central RR in 1999 and resold to Steam Railroad Institute in June 2005.

This became a Genessee & Wyoming line.

Little Rock Port Authority RR

RE1017, S2, was built by Alco in December 1947, #75550, as Delaware & Hudson 3012, Class DES-69.  It was sold as Erie RR 530, Class SA-10, in November 1955 and became Erie Lackawanna 530, Class SA-10, in 1960.  It was sold as Railway Equipment Leasing Co 1017 in 1972 and leased as LRPA RE1017 in 1972.

Maumelle Ordnance Works

1, 34 Ton, was built by Vulcan in 1942. It later became United States Army 8223 before going to the Augusta RR as 7. It was also owned by Tommy Tagert and donated to Fort Smith Trolley Museum in 1988.

Just south of the station at Fort Smith is the OK Feed Mills which used this home made critter for switching cars. It has since been scrapped, and they borrow a trackmobile from the Fort Smith Trolley Museum from time to time.

2 "George Teat" was built by Baldwin in May 1919, #51771, as Caddo River Lumber Co 9.  It was sold as OGLCo 2 "George Teat" and resold as Prescott & Northwestern RR 7 in 1938.  It was sold as Higgins Shipbuilding Co 7 in early 1940s and returned as P&NW after the war.   It was sold in 1961 as Black Hills Central 7.

Paperton Junction Southern Ry.

5, RSC2u, was built by Alco in January 1947, #75129, as Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific 985, Class D-15.  It was reclassified Class 15A-RS6 and in 1954 it was rebuilt to Class 16A-RS6.  In 1959 it was renumbered 591 and in October 1965 it was rebuilt as 578.  It was sold to Kettle Moraine Ry 5 in April 1977 and resold as Brillion & Forest Junction Ry 5 in June 1978.  It was sold as PJS 5 in 1987.

7012, RSD12, was built by Alco in March 1961, #83842, as Southern Pacific 7012, Class DF-127.  It was renumbered 2962, Class AS618-1, in 1966 and sold as Kerr-McGee Chemical Co 2962.  It was sold to Purdy Metals Co and sold as West Tennessee RR 1854 in 1993.  It was renumbered 2054 in December 1993 and sold to Vintage Locomotives Inc as VLIX 2054.  It was renumbered 7012 and sold as PJS 7012.  It was sent to Arkansas Railroad Museum.

1 was built by Baldwin in November 1906, #29588, as Lufkin Land & Lumber Co 1.  It became Shreveport Houston & Gulf RR 1 and transferred as Carter-Kelley Lumber Co 1 in 1913 It was sold as W. T. Carter & Brother Lumber Co. 1 in 1936 and donated to Grigsby Foundation in 1970,  It was leased as S&BRL 1 and later sold to Eureka Springs & North Arkansas as 1 in 1981.

201 was built by Alco-Cooke in January 1906, #39094, as Isthmian Canal Commission 203.  It was sold to Equitable Equipment Co and sold as Carter 201 in 1922.  It was transferred as Moscow Camden & San Augustine 201 in March 1929 and donated to Grisby Foundation in 1970.  It was leased as S&BRL 201 and later sold to ES&NA as 201 in 1981.

Transitank Car Co.

106, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1950, #10120, FN E4027-3, as Great Northern 82, Class SW-1.  It became Burlington Northern 82, Class SW-1, in 1970, and retired in February 1982.  It was sold as Clarkland Quarry 82 in August 1982 and resold as Tulsa-Sapulpa Union RR 106.  It was sold as TCCo 106 in 1988.

Union Ry.

9315, Class SW-51 was built by Alco-Schenectady in 1921 as Missouri Pacific 9315.  It was assigned as Union Ry 9315

Warren & Ouachita Valley Ry.

1 was built by Baldwin in December 1906, #29750.  It was sold as Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 801 in 1949 and renumbered 9 in 1952.  It was sold to Ray Burmaster and Bill Armstrong in July 1965 and had it shipped to Mid-Continent Museum at North Freedom, WI.  It was cosmetically restored as W&OV 1.  It was sold to Carl Ulrich in 1979 and later moved to North Lake, WI.  When Kettle Moraine Ry closed it was moved in 2002 to Black River Falls, WI, for display.

Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 1013, 75DE12c, was built by Canadian Locomotive Co in January 1949, #2424 as Canadian National 7816, Class Q-7-a. It was rejected by them and rebuilt by Whitcomb in December 1950, #60827, as CRI&P 1005.   It was leased to W&OV and returned.  It was sold to Precision National Corp in April 1970.

800273 "Calico Rock" was built by Budd Car Co in May 1948 as Western Pacific 813 "Silver Palace". .  It was sold to Auto Train Corp as 462 in June 1970 and sold to Ed Braun in December 1981.  It was sold Al Becker in 1983 and sold to Kasten Railcar in 1984.  It was leased to Merle Haggard in 1985 and repossessed back in 1986.  It was sold to Vista Rail Inc as 800273 in 1988 and leased to Branson Scenic RR between 1993 and 1994.  It was leased to White River Scenic RR as "Calico Rock" between 1997 and 1998. Leased to RailCruise America in 1998 and became Wisconsin Central  800273 "Spirit of Superior" in October 1998.  It became Algoma Central 800273 "Spirit of Superior".

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1/26/2021

Memorial of Blessed Michaël Kozal, martyred by Nazis in 1943

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