After dropping 4 cars at the grain elevators, the Alco quartet heads back to the mainline to continue South.
I am amazed every time I go to this railroad. There's just a bunch of dinosaurs out there doing their job and there's no admission charge or anything. And a real touch of class shows up here and ... (more)
Nee N&W all dressed up and nowhere to this day.
Alco's smoke it up at Butterfield, on their way to Springdale.
A&M Ft Smith turn Rudy, AR
Former Belt Railway of Chicago #604 was brought by the A+M as a parts donor and some less useful remenants of it are seen here at the back of the shops. See more at www.youthwith.fotopic.net
A&M's ALCOs maneuver in tight space. Their yard in Springfield is crammed between two sets of commercial buildings.
A sucker hole of sun catches four C420's cackling South, through a s-curve, lined with wildflowers in bloom. Must admit, my first time seeing ALCO's in mainline action, was really awesome!
Afternoon thunderstorms begin to pop, while the Monett Turn returns to Springdale with four C420's and 28 cars in tow.
Alco style! The quartet of C420's get back on the move at Butterfield, where they'll soon stop to setout a lone hopper at a feed.
Springtime on the A&M: With Ozark wildflowers in full bloom, bent nosed A&M #44 and 4 of her sisters head their train south at trackspeed.
The C420's that the A&M is famous for throttle and smoke it up leaving Springdale on a little switch job.
