KCS 3165 sits pretty in the sun in Ashdown Arkansas waiting for its next assignment.
Looking toylike climbing upgrade over the massive concrete structure a westbound train of covered hopper eases along, riding high.
Former Frisco power still patrols this ex SLSF line in southwestern Arkansas about 15 months after the BN merger. This line was sold to the Kiamichi RR in 1987.
Lease power for the Kiamachi sits idle for holiday weekend in Ashdown.
KCS 3926 leads this northbound manifest through Ashdown, Ar on the KCS Shreveport Subdivision.
After leaving the Interstate on Hwy 108 and heading north along the KCS main the first thing usually encountered is the unit switching the huge paper mill at Ashdown. Today is no different.
Unusual to see 2 units of this type on the Kiamichi in Ashdown
One home railroad unit out of three on a Railamerica line ain't bad. Here a nicely painted visitor leads a heavy train headed for Hope.
DOT FRA Dept of Safety SPV 219 awaiting permission from Console 2 Kansas City to leave KCS and take the south leg of the Y onto the Kiamichi RR.
New power for the Kiamichi tied down near the KCS interlocker.
Graysonia Nashville & Ashdown #80 awaiting its next work at Ashdown, AR in December 1981.
Kiamichi train with a Georgia Southwestern engine arrives in town to interchange with the KCS.
