The crew has the air conditioning on full blast on their way down the Arkansas Western branch from Heavener, OK to Waldron, AR. Note the light smoke from 71 as it is trying to maintain the 10 mph... (more)
It's still morning and the day's chores are almost over as the Dodger approaches the Heavener yard.
60-50-54 pull their train into Fort Smith after crossing the Arkansas River.
Stars shine over KCS's "new" Fort Smith depot. A KCS transfer truck sits under the awning built for buses (note the curb lettering). Building to the right is the KCS Transport shop. Bus service... (more)
4160-4151 wait for tomorrow's northbound local.
4103-4106 lead the northbound South Local back toward Heavener, OK in the late afternoon.
Long after the ROCK is gone, its signal formerly guarding the KCS diamond still remains--sort of.
Road slug set 290-283-299 and three EMDs wait to leave the yard.
A sad sight, the remains of 456-4517-649. One of the last 1st generation Alcos on the ROCK, one of the first (recently) rebuilt Geeps, and an E8A. Deadlines after the shut-down grouped engine ty... (more)
Engineer rests with his feet on the dash as the train waits. SB north of Memphis on former SL-SF.
The class GP7 idles in the yard waiting for tomorrow's assignment. Engine, owner, facility, all long gone.
309-395-312. Yes, they really did use a washer on the Rock!
Things you don't see much any more: a real MILW unit, SD40-2 on a class 1, a 2-digit second-genration unit, a single road engine on a train, a consist of only boxes.
5849-5644-5633 accelerate out of Golden at 7:30 p.m.
All the slugs await disposition following shutdown of the ROCK. 999-284-54 are at this end. The line of C415s can be seen by the backshop to the left.
