Dardanelle and Russellville SW-1 #16 was originally built in 1942. Now, in 2025 this little loco has more than paid for itself, still working at over 83 years of age. One of their customers is Ste... (more)

Dardanelle and Russellville SW-1 #16 was originally built in 1942. Now, in 2025 this little loco has more than paid for itself, still working at over 83 years of age. It's been no easy service eit... (more)

Dardanelle & Russellville #8. Standing guard by the entrance to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City is a locomotive that I've seen a number of times, but never had the opportuni... (more)

For the last several years, D&R has moved unit tie trains from a treatment plant near their North Dardanelle yard to the UP interchange in Russellville. The trains, which run perhaps 15-18 times ... (more)

D&R 18 was delivered to East St Louis Junction Railroad in October 1948, but it isn't nearly as venerable as the old locomotive shed at North Dardanelle, which - I believe - was demolished in 2019... (more)

This D&R train has just about reached top of the grade at Oakland Heights, as it passes behind the elementary school of the same name just after the end of the school day.

Dinosaur 1143 brings a half-dozen cars around the curve just outside the yard at North Dardanelle. The GMD-1 was built in Canada, and spent 40 years there before heading to Arkansas to put in ano... (more)

A Russellville PD cruiser is first in line at the D&R crossing at a spot the railroad refers to as Bernice. The crew will be dropping that bulkhead lumber flat in a shipper's siding just ahead be... (more)

One of D&R's venerable SW!'s - this one dating to 1942 - passes a concrete crossing sign post at 8th Street as it starts its trip home to North Dardanelle.

Two SW1's and an SW7 are tied down at the enginehouse across the river from Dardanelle, AR in 1981. Both 16 and 17 (the SW7) were formerly C&EI units.

Two of the Dardenelle and Russellville's antique switchers, a SW1 and S1 respectively, rest by the railroad's main office in Dardanelle.

Running from GMD-1 1143, the engineer eases over the worst part of D&R's line. The big customers are here on the southern end, but this is also where excessive ground water makes track maintenanc... (more)

The engineer started up the grade to Oakland Heights with just 16 pulling, but the SW1 apparently is having a problem. Not to worry, as Alco 18 is following a few hundred feet behind, and can com... (more)

On a typical late winter/early spring day in these parts - warm enough for tees, but gray and damp - a D&R employee enjoys the benefits of one-man operation. After dropping his cut into the D&R/U... (more)

The real prize when visiting the Dardanelle and Russellville was this honest-to-goodness cast-frame, Winton-engine, Electro Motive Corporation switcher from the 1930's. Fortunately, this locomotiv... (more)