The Arkansas and Missouri’s Fort Smith Turn eases toward the crossing with the Missouri Pacific in Van Buren Arkansas. MOPAC’s Wagoner Subdivision is in the foreground.
A&M C420 Nº58, a non dynamic model is at Van Buren, Arkansas on May 1, 2019. Unlike most Alco variants, 58 has had it's hood door handles replaced with standard knuckle busters.
The engineer on the Arkansas & Midland invited me inside the cab to take photographs of the old Alco number 34. The train had stopped and was waiting for clearance to cross the Arkansas River bri... (more)