A quartet of ALCO power, all running "Southern Style", rumble past the former Lackawanna station at Moscow, PA with the Eastbound Portland Turn.

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)

Apache Railway’s road train to Holbrook switches the yard at Snowflake, Arizona, on March 7, 2005. An old mailbox nicely substitutes for a waybill box at the crossing here! Alco C420 No. 81 was ... (more)

A&M's Monett Turn rolls north through Seligman bound for the BNSF interchange.

A&M's Monett Turn heads north behind five Alco C420s as it crawls upgrade at Wimpy Jones Road.

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.

While A&M's operating road power gets the glory, they've got an amazing collection of stored units as well that function as a parts source for the operating fleet, seeing that one can't exactly ca... (more)

An Alco helper trio (C420, RS-18, C420) drifts downgrade back to Packerton Yards on a damp March day. Scrappers had nearly finished removing the Jersey Central mainline tracks at left. All Jers... (more)

The Alcos leading the Monett Turn are almost as old as the 55 Caddy next to the right-of-way in Purdy, MO. But unlike the Cadillac they are still earning their keep.

Holding hands- DL's big hook holds hands with LV painted C420 414, while wheels on the front truck are changed out by the very capable shop.

The absolute last daylight of Friday was able to paint the southbound Monett Turn coming back through Avoca, AR among the fall colors.

AM 44 and the Monett Turn approach the Roberts Loop crossing at dusk. By this location going southbound, the train is weaving through the 5-degree reverse curves and down the 1.1 percent grade to ... (more)

AM 54 leads the Monett Turn northbound between Purdy, MO and Butterfield, MO. The ALCo fleet has seen a recent return to service account crash damage to the SD70ACe fleet.

AM 44, an ex-Seaboard Air Line ALCo, leads an all-ALCo consist up the 1.1 percent grade southbound at Purdy, MO. The recent damage to the SD70ACe fleet has required calling the ALCo's back to serv... (more)