Began Life on the A&O
GE built this unit in January of 1950 with builder #30381. The pictures here were taken on November 13, 1954 near Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Thanks to Steve Hanna for sending the picture and the info. The photo was actually taken by Harold Henre of Kansas City.
No. 70
Posted 1/28/08
What is today's SMVRR No. 70, a GE 70-ton diesel electric locomotive, was sold by GE originally to the Arkansas and Ozarks Railway Corporation (A&O). A&O numbered it 900. It was subsequently sold to a sister railroad of the A&O called the Fort Dodge and Des Moines Southern (in Iowa).
The A&O was a 70-mile shortline from Seligman, Missouri to Harrison, Arkansas. It went out of business in 1961. It ran on the old tracks of the Missouri and North Arkansas (M&NA).
Note that the front grills pictured here have since been removed.