A little helper

A little helper

By Angela Cotey | April 1, 2024

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Missouri Pacific 0-8-0 No. 9721 (with caboose) helps a freight No. 75 up Kirkwood (Mo.) Hill in March 1946. Regular power was 4-8-4 No. 2111 closest to the camera. Helper 2-10-2 No. 1716 is spliced between.
Joe Collias photo

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