A pair of former SP F7A units make up the road train in McNeil, AR.

A pair of former SP F7A units make up the road train in McNeil, AR.

Former SP F7A pops out of the engine shed to make up the road train from McNeil, AR to Gibsland, LA.

Somewhere near Emerson, AR I caught the southbound L&NW freight on this wooden trestle in 1983.

A Louisiana and North West Railroad train is departing McNeil for the sixty something mile run to Gibsland, LA.

An L&NW cab-hop is paused in front of the engine house and yard office in Gibsland, LA.

Former SP F7 units lead the McNeil to Gibsland freight.

Although showing some age in more ways than one, GP11 55 stands at Gibsland, Louisiana with it's full L&NW dress.

Gibsland, Louisiana at 06:43 on May 17, 2017 finds Patriot Rail's Louisiana & North West GP15 1456 standing ready for the day's work. Long gone are the times of the F units which made L&NW a hit ... (more)

The daily L&NW southbound freight is passing thru the piney woods of northern Louisiana just prior to arriving at Gibsland.

LNW unit switching ICG interchange Gibsland.

Starting the daily run to McNeil across the newly prepared soil where the local authorities hope industry will grow. Ex-CR now owned by LTEX leased to Patriot Rail and looking great.

Incorporated in 1889, the Louisiana and North West Railroad operated 62.6-miles of railroad in Arkansas and Louisiana from McNeil, Arkansas, to Gibsland, Louisiana. LNW FP7 49 was acquired in 197... (more)

LNW 55 and 53 are tied up at the LNW shops in Gibsland, Louisiana. This crisp paint scheme is now a thing of the past.

Louisiana & Northwest train southbound at Homer, LA led by GP9 #51 in October 1990.