Maybe because it's a Monday, but the turn brought only about 25 cars into Monett, then left with about 35 for the trip back to Springdale. The tight curve leaving the yard is a good warm-up for t... (more)
A&M's Fort Smith turn running right on time with dynamic brakes howling comes down grade into Winslow and will soon be entering Winslow tunnel.
The maroon paint of an Alco C420 glows bright in a period between the storms over Springdale, as the idling locomotives prepare to perform their morning operations.
Nothing is moving at the moment as the pair of ALCO's just finished up pulling the passenger train into the station. Blue flagged to the right is Santa Fe's Chico buisness car. In the back ground ... (more)
The local livestock seem to have no interest in the four Arkansas & Missouri Alcos that are trundling over the Frog Bayou and past their pasture.
The Arkansas & Missouri Fort Smith Turn crosses the Frog Bayou at the 282 Swimming Hole near Mountainburg, Arkanses.
The Arkansas & Missouri Fort Smith Turn breaks out of the shadows as it negotiates the reverse curve at Winslow, Arkansas.
The Arkansas & Missouri Fort Smith Turn rolls through the small settlement of West Fork, Arkansas.
The Arkansas & Missouri Fort Smith Turn approaches a highway overpass at Greenland, Arkansas.
Arkansas & Missouri special train sponsored by the Boston Mountain Chapter NRHS brings its mixed train across Frog Bayou.
Arkansas & Missouri special train sponsored by the Boston Mountain Chapter NRHS emerges from the south portal of Winslow Tunnel.
C420s 64, 60, 66, 44, 46 ready for the road.
The engineer on the Arkansas & Midland invited me inside the cab to take photographs of the old Alco number 34. The train had stopped and was waiting for clearance to cross the Arkansas River bri... (more)
The southbound Monet turn storms through Exeter with A&M Alco's in charge.
There is still a little fall color here at West Fork as the northbound passenger train heads to Springdale.