METX 117 pulls into Lemont. Today's rush on the Heritage Corridor went off without a hitch. Yesterday, train 21 whacked a semi-trailer and derailed east of here.
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 Pacific Locomotive:GE AC4400CW Location:Cotter, Arkansas, USA Locomotive #:UP 6851 Train ID:None Photo 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)