From an overlook on the side of Rich Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, a southbound Kansas City Southern train is seen descending the grade as it approaches the town of Mena. Stars s... (more)

As the sun descends over the Ouachita Mountains, a fully loaded BNSF coal train heads south through the community of Eagleton, AR on a sunny November 22, 2021. Nestled in the Ouachita National For... (more)

After dropping a car south of Mena, AR, a pair of GP40-3 units run light as they head back to Heavener, OK alongside Big Creek just west of the AR-OK border on a cloudy November 21, 2021.

A pair of GP40-3 units take a single centerbeam car south through Mena, AR on a rainy November 21, 2021. The railroad depot in the middle of town, now a museum, features a fully restored 1939 Dodg... (more)

Nicely matching the last of the autumn colors, a southbound coal train crosses the small trestle over Sager Creek in Siloam Springs, AR on a warm November 15, 2021.

Surrounded by brilliant fall colors, southbound Kansas City Southern manifest train MKCSH rolls through Gravette, AR on a sunny November 14, 2021.

A southbound grain train heads around a curve near Siloam Springs, AR on a sunny November 8, 2021.

Kansas City Southern's "Watts Dodger" local heads around a curve south of Siloam Springs, AR as it heads back to Watts on a sunny November 8, 2021.

On a rainy October 25, 2020, Amtrak train 80 cruises into High Point, NC as it heads north, bound for New York Penn Station.

The daily Allegheny Valley Railroad train rolls through the trench in West Park as it approaches Island Ave. Yard where it will interchange with Norfolk Southern on a partly cloudy November 14, 20... (more)

As night sets in over Siloam Springs, AR, a southbound KCS grain train crosses over Sager Creek on a cool and cloudy November 1, 2021.

A northbound grain train, also being used to move some power, approaches control point North Watts near Watts, OK on a crisp October 31, 2021.

"I saw a ghost on Halloween!" Southbound manifest train MKCSH heads around a curve in the late morning of October 31, 2021 in Siloam Springs, AR with Kansas City Southern de Mexico AC440... (more)

A trio of 4-axle EMD units lead a KCS local train - the "Watts Dodger" - around a curve just south of Siloam Springs, AR on October 25, 2021 as it heads back to Watts for the evening.

A KCS SD70ACe and a KCSM ES44AC lead a northbound coal train across the Illinois River near Watts, OK on a sunny October 25, 2021.