A re-crewed Fort Smith Turn breaks the silence in the crisp morning air as it thunders upgrade at Greenland heavy with sand cars, coming out of the Boston Mountains. The sound of 7 12-251's in run... (more)
Sic transit gloria mundi What has been an everyday sight in the hills of Arkansas will soon just be a memory as generic EMD's take over another ALCO bastion.
In a strange move, with no interchange traffic to bring north, the turn runs up to Monett light power, and is seen here coming through the S-curves at Garfield. Canon 350D.
After hog lawing at Winslow and meeting the passenger train and remote job in Fayetteville, 14,000 Horsepower of ALCO 251s growls upgrade at Johnson with the Fort Smith Turn. Canon 350D.
Seven Alco C420's has just cut off from their train and are now rolling toward the shop for servicing before heading out of town to Monett Missouri.
A very late running Fort Smith Turn slowly rolls through the quite town of Johnson with a monster consist of Alco C420's seven strong.
The Monett turn rolls north into Monett.
The Monett turn rolls into the yard at Monett with a six pack of C420's and a good size train.
A&M's Monett Turn pulls across Old Wire Road as it switches cars before its northward journey to the BNSF interchange.
A&M's Monett Turn rockets northbound through Avoca on its way to the BNSF interchange in its namesake Missouri town. Five Alcos doing the job today, three SD70ACes certainly won't be the same.
Arkansas and Missouri Alco C420s are almost to the Missouri state line as they roll downgrade into Gateway, AR.
Arkansas & Missouri 44 lays over in Springdale after returning from Ft. Smith earlier in the morning.
A trio of Arkansas & Missouri C420's lead the Monett Turn north near Garfield, AR. There is certainly something to be said about the sound of hard-working Alco's lugging a train through the hills ... (more)
High above the Little Sugar Creek, the southbound Monett Turn crosses over the short trestle buried in the woods.
The Monett Turn arrives Monett.
