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. After setting out a couple fla... (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. Now over the Boston Mountains,... (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. Here the N/B Fort Smith turn, ... (more)

Two Alco C420s lead the Saturday excursion train north near Johnson, AR as they head for the depot in Springdale on a mild April 16, 2022.

A pair of Alco C420 units lead the Arkansas & Missouri excursion train north near Johnson, AR late in the day on March 26, 2022. Having already run from Springdale to Van Buren as well as Van Bure... (more)

Arkansas & Missouri Revisited: I had made the trip to the A&M back in 2013 when I (and everyone else) found out they would be receiving EMD SD70ACe's for use on the road trains. I knew I ha... (more)

Arkansas & Missouri Revisited: I had made the trip to the A&M back in 2013 when I (and everyone else) found out they would be receiving EMD SD70ACe's for use on the road trains. I knew I ha... (more)

Arkansas & Missouri Revisited: I had made the trip to the A&M back in 2013 when I (and everyone else) found out they would be receiving EMD SD70ACe's for use on the road trains. I knew I ha... (more)

Having just dropped a cut of hoppers on the siding in Johnson, AR, a pair of A&M ALCOs prepare to reverse on the main track on a sunny January 5, 2021.

A pair of ALCO C420 locomotives lead a train of covered hoppers in Johnson, AR on a sunny January 5, 2021. The brakeman, hanging on at the rear of the train, would soon jump off so the train could... (more)

The Arkansas and Missouri’s Fort Smith Turn eases toward the crossing with the Missouri Pacific in Van Buren Arkansas. MOPAC’s Wagoner Subdivision is in the foreground.

The town of Rudy, Arkansas is visited by the Arkansas & Missouri’s Fort Smith Turn every day. In October, the community hosts thee Rudy Fall Festival, which was rained out two days after this ph... (more)

What an odd combination in this era, 54-year old dinosaurs working with the latest products.

Nothing is moving at the moment as the pair of ALCO's just finished up pulling the passenger train into the station. Blue flagged to the right is Santa Fe's Chico buisness car. In the back ground ... (more)

The Arkansas & Missouri Fort Smith Turn crosses the Frog Bayou at the 282 Swimming Hole near Mountainburg, Arkanses.