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We report the magnetism and conductivity for a redox pair of iron-quinoid metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). The oxidized compound, (Me₂NH₂)₂[Fe₂L₃]·2H₂O·6DMF (LH₂ = 2,5-dichloro-3,6-dihydroxo-1,4-benzoquinone) was previously shown to magnetically order below 80 K in its solvated form, with the ordering temperature decreasing to 26 K upon desolvation. Here, we demonstrate this compound to exhibit electrical conductivity values up to σ = 1.4(7) × 10^–2 S/cm (E_a = 0.26(1) cm^–1) and 1.0(3) × 10^–3 S/cm (E_a = 0.19(1) cm^–1) in its solvated and desolvated forms, respectively. Upon soaking in a DMF solution of Cp₂Co, the compound undergoes a single-crystal-to-single-crystal one-electron reduction to give (Cp₂Co)_1.43(Me₂NH₂)_1.57[Fe₂L₃]·4.9DMF. Structural and spectroscopic analysis confirms this reduction to be ligand-based, and as such the trianionic framework is formulated as [Fe^III₂(L^3–•)₃]³ …