After recent storms in the area caused minor damage and obstructions on the MNA Aurora subdivision, the arrival of the Carthage South Local into Cotter was pushed back to mid-morning, giving much ... (more)
The Batesville North Local sits in the yard at Cotter after completing it's run up the White River Line. On the head end of the train is KYLE 9362, one of many former SP SD45T-2s soon to be purged... (more)
An empty coal train heads west on the former MoPac White River Line. The line, like Cotter, is past its glory days, with weeds growing upon the once great mainline. Railroad: Union PacificLocomotive: GE AC4400CWLocation: Cotter, Arkansas, USALocomotive #: UP 6851Train ID: NonePhoto Date: June 12, 2006
On display at the Memorial is MP 11351, which was built in 1948 at the MoPac's Sedalia, Missouri shops. It was later nearly destroyed by vandals in Cotter in 1989, and then had its windows and doo... (more)
On display at the Memorial is CRIP 17843, which was converted from a 1915 bowcar into a caboose in 1944 at the Rock's Silvis, Illinois shops. Railroad: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island)Locomotive: CabooseLocation: Cotter, Arkansas, USALocomotive #: CRIP 17843Train ID: NonePhoto Date: June 15, 2006
An empty coal train heads west on the former MoPac White River Line. Named after RR manager William Cotter, Cotter was a RR boomtown that later busted upon the closing of its roundhouse.Railroad: Union PacificLocomotive: GE AC4400CWLocation: Cotter, Arkansas, USALocomotive #: UP 6851Train ID: NonePhoto Date: June 12, 2006
