Almost Home | Cruising through Johnson, AR just after a rainstorm on a cool Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the northbound excursion train on the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad heads past the Amer... (more)

Smoking Alcos At The Bayou | Like a true Alco, C420 number 44 puts out some smoke as it leads the southbound Arkansas & Missouri Railroad excursion train across Frog Bayou at Lancaster, AR ... (more)

Dirt Road At Chester | The southbound Arkansas & Missouri Railroad excursion train, headed for Van Buren, cruises down the line approaching the community of Chester, AR on Wednesday, April ... (more)

Wednesday In Winslow | Alco C420 number 44 leads the southbound Arkansas & Missouri Railroad excursion train through the middle of Winslow, AR on a cool Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

Alco Diesels Under Dark Skies | Having picked up some speed after tooling through Fayetteville, the Van Buren excursion train crosses Dye Creek Rd. just north of West Fork, AR on a gloomy W... (more)

Poking Through Town | The southbound Arkansas & Missouri Railroad's excursion train to Van Buren is seen here slowly rolling through the cut near downtown Fayetteville, AR on the morning of... (more)

There is a lot going on for Steamtown's Railfest. Here, the Scranton Limited, at left, waits for the excursion train, at right, to yard its train before proceeding. The Delaware Lackawanna Railro... (more)

As part of Steamtown's Railfest weekend, an excursion trip was offered to Moscow and back. Here, the train has departed the Steamtown station. The Delaware Lackawanna Railroad allowed Steamtown ... (more)

Just shy of the 10th anniversary of my first visit I made it back to the Alco shrine and found this ex D&H unit basking the soft northern Arkansas sun.

Business took me to Ft. Smith so only a slight detour was needed to do some railfanning and I found this. Freshly in from Essex Terminal but some what obscure. I find no shots of it on this site... (more)

The Holbrook Turn is headed back to Snowflake, hauling about 40 empty tanks cars destined for rehab that it picked up from the BNSF interchange at Holbrook. Apache runs maybe once a week now-a-da... (more)

Diesel at Steamtown: Though steam is quite literally the reason for the museum's existence, Steamtown NHS has plenty to offer to the discerning diesel fan as well. More highlights from this... (more)

4 DL units, each a rarity in their own rights, hide out under Linden Rd as the sun comes up on another day in Scranton, PA. The sun managed to find a gap as it rose over an otherwise overcast day.

A&M ALCO's in 2022: After a derailment on the Fort Smith bridge in early May stranded 3 for A&M's SD70's, the ALCO C420's were pressed back into road service. Just past a slow order, the S/... (more)

A&M ALCO's in 2022: After a derailment on the Fort Smith bridge in early May stranded 3 for A&M's SD70's, the ALCO C420's were pressed back into road service. Passing a car that was set out... (more)