ALCo's In The Desert: Getting close to home, run time over the 38 mile shortline is about an hour and a half with a track speed of 25 MPH. The train comes over a short grade, no match for A... (more)

ALCo's In The Desert: After picking up a pretty sizable train train at Holbrook from the BNSF, two of Apache's well maintained depart for Snowflake. Wanting to get home, the engineer gets a... (more)

ALCo's In The Desert: After picking up a pretty sizable train train at Holbrook from the BNSF, a couple of sharp looking ALCo products hustle the train at track speed through the beautiful ... (more)

Hennepin Job: On a crisp fall day, this former CPRail RS18u runs light to the end of the line to service a plastics company. The track arrangement means you can only fit the engine and one ... (more)

Hennepin Job: After finishing the days work, Job 52 heads across the BNSF St. Paul Sub at Park Jct. They are heading for the yard at Midway where they will put the train away and take the p... (more)

Hennepin Job: Towards the end of the line, Job 52 totes few tank cars through an industrial area in East Minneapolis. This former CPRail RS18 looks right at home on this crisp fall day. T... (more)

Hennepin Job: The first customer to be serviced on the Hennepin line also receives steel coil cars, here #83 backs loads down a steep grade to the unloading facility. This former CPRail RS1... (more)

Hennepin Job: After making a cut, the engineer on Job 52 pulls hard on steel coil loads to be spotted at the customer. This former CPRail RS18 looks right at home on this crisp fall day. T... (more)

Twilight: Just about a week before A&M took delivery of its SD70ACe's, big ALCo lash up's were still the norm. Just after sunset a C424 and six C420's are readied at the shops area for a tr... (more)

Late in the day, bathed in golden sunlight, the Monett Turn scoots through Gateway in run 8. They're running way behind today and will waste no time getting back to Springdale. Even running track ... (more)

It's a busy morning just after sunrise on the A&M as the power from the Fort Smith Turn is positioned by the shops for servicing. Soon, four of the C420's will be left on the shop lead and three w... (more)

The engineer on the Rogers job turns up the juice as he shoves out onto the main. They had to clear up on the branch for the Monett turn to run through to Springdale.

After dropping their train in North yard, the 3 C420's that brought in the Monett turn cut off and head for the shops to call it a day. Canon 350D.

7 ALCOs cut off their train south of town and come through the George's complex in Springdale as they head for the shops. It's sad to think that within a week of taking this photo, this scene is a... (more)

After picking up sand cars at Gateway, the Monett Turn notches out, struggling with a now much bigger train, heading south to Springdale. Canon 350D.