KCS 4606 leads a northbound grain empty at Rich Mountain, AR.

A solo grey AC44 bringing a grain across Rich Mountain in the early morning right after sunrise.

A solo KCSM AC44 leading a Northbound grain over Rich Mountain in the early morning.

CP power leads a train through the beautiful Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas.

Up The Road A Ways | Running alongside US Highway 270, a northbound CPKC manifest train has just crested the grade at Rich Mountain, AR late in the day on a chilly Sunday, January 26, 2025.

Blue Skies and Late Fall Colors | Climbing the west (timetable north) slope of the Rich Mountain grade in the Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas, a southbound CPKC manifest train snakes... (more)

Now that the CPKC 262 has crested the summit, the train now flies through Eagleton on its trek to Shreveport Louisiana.

CP 7014 leads a loaded grain train southbound through Rich Mountain just about to crest the summit of the Quachita Mountains then it will be downhill to Mena.

CP power leads the CPKC 262 through the beautiful Quachita Mountains at Rich Mountain Arkansas.

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)

Owl Light In The Ouachitas | As the sun approaches the horizon late in the day on a particularly warm Sunday, October 6, 2024, a southbound grain train slowly grinds uphill as it climbs the... (more)

Mid-Morning On The Mountain | Southbound CPKC intermodal train I180 climbs the grade at Rich Mountain, AR on the sunny morning of Sunday, October 6, 2024.

Sunrise At The Top | As a southbound coal train reaches the top of the climb at Rich Mountain, AR, the pair of distributed power units on the rear give the final push needed to crest the hi... (more)

Black Diamonds Uner A Pink Sky | Climbing the western slope of the famed Rich Mountain grade in western Arkansas, a southbound coal train rolls through an often-photographed s-curve as the ... (more)

Late Night Lightning Bugs | Lighning bugs are active at Rich Mountain, AR where northbound CPKC manifest train M263 descends the western (timetable north) slope of the grade around 1:30 in ... (more)