Disturbing The Peace | The silence of the chilly autumn dawn of Sunday, November 12, 2023 is broken by southbound intermodal train I180 charging up the famed grade at Rich Mountain, AR. Fog... (more)

Descending DPUs | A pair of BNSF engines bring up the rear of a northbound empty coal train which is seen here descending the western (timetable northern) slope of the Rich Mountain grade j... (more)

KCS 4619 works up Rich Mountain with a long coal train.

Distributed power units KCS 4149 and UP 6313 are in full dynamics as they help an empty coal train down Rich Mountain towards Heavener, Oklahoma.

KCS 5017 shown back in 2021. Who would have thought that KCS 5017 would be a famous unit being featured in the CPKC merger ceremony in KC and leading the first MidWest Mexico Express out of Bensen... (more)

KCSM 4870 leads a massive locomotive consist on an empty coal train seen rolling through the beautiful Ouachita Mountains in southwest Arkansas.

A loaded oil train rolls upgrade through Rich Mountain on a very nice evening in the Ouachita Mountains.

KCS 5012 brings up the rear of a northbound train rolling through Rich Mountain Arkansas.

KCSM 4093 on a loaded coal climbing Rich Mountain

Northbound on Rich Mountain near rich Mountain siding

A pair of KCSM Taco Belle's leads a loaded grain train through Rich Mountain on its way to Mexico.

A pair of KCSM Taco Belle's leads a loaded grain train through Rich Mountain on its way to Mexico.

Shortly after sunrise, KCS 4617 leads a soutbound manifest train over Rich Mountain peaking between clouds on its climb up the grade. Fall colors have started to break out adding lots of color to ... (more)

The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS goes up around the Quachita Mountains near the Oklahoma/Arkansas Stateline. Here trains go from 500 feet to the s... (more)

Northbound SHKC with 10 engines.