Arkansas & Missouri C420s 68 and 44 stand at the depot in Van Buren, Arkansas as passengers board their Springdale bound excursion on September 19, 2020.

Arkansas & Missouri C420s 68 and 44 lead a Springdale bound excursion through the quiet neighborhoods of Van Buren, Arkansas on September 19, 2020.

Arkansas & Missouri #68 Alco C420 and 4 others speed along side State Highway 37 with a freight train in tow.

Arkansas and Missouri 44 and AM 68 sit next to a Santa Fe passenger car next the the diesel shop. Photo taken with permission.

Late in the day, bathed in golden sunlight, the Monett Turn scoots through Gateway in run 8. They're running way behind today and will waste no time getting back to Springdale. Even running track ... (more)

A&M's Monett Turn works George's mill at Butterfield on its way south home to Springdale.

A&M's Monett Turn switches cars into the Georges' mill at Butterfield on their way south back to Springdale.

A&M's Monett Turn heads southbound at Robert's Loop as a thunderstorm starts to build to the north.

Arkansas and Missouri RR ALCo C420 #68 leads a Monett, MO bound passenger train over the Sugar Creek trestle.

A&M Train MNTN has worked the mill at Butterfield and is again on the move south of Exeter, MO as a grain truck patiently waits at the crossing for the big show known as the Monett Turn to pass. ... (more)

Now well underway on this hilly Ex-Frisco Line, grabbing notches coming out of a sag, A&M Train MNTN is making its way back south towards Springdale, AR. The crew of the Monett Turn relieved the ... (more)

The passenger train is northbound minutes before sunset.