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 phot... (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.

There is still a little fall color here at West Fork as the northbound passenger train heads to Springdale.

Springdale Local power idles outside the new diesel shop, polished up looking nice, #44 sporting the newly refurbished nose it received the year before.

Locomotives: AM 44, AM 58

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ALCo Number AM 44 arrives at Van Buren with the tourist train.

Back when Alcos still ruled every job on the A&M, railfans flocked to the line in the summer of 2013 for a last hurrah before a trio of SD70ACes came into service. I was no exception, having made... (more)

A&M's Monett Turn rolls north through Seligman bound for the BNSF interchange.

A&M's Monett Turn heads north behind five Alco C420s as it crawls upgrade at Wimpy Jones Road.

It's a busy morning just after sunrise on the A&M as the power from the Fort Smith Turn is positioned by the shops for servicing. Soon, four of the C420's will be left on the shop lead and three w... (more)

The absolute last daylight of Friday was able to paint the southbound Monett Turn coming back through Avoca, AR among the fall colors.

AM 44 and the Monett Turn approach the Roberts Loop crossing at dusk. By this location going southbound, the train is weaving through the 5-degree reverse curves and down the 1.1 percent grade to ... (more)

AM 44, an ex-Seaboard Air Line ALCo, leads an all-ALCo consist up the 1.1 percent grade southbound at Purdy, MO. The recent damage to the SD70ACe fleet has required calling the ALCo's back to serv... (more)