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| Title: |
Hope youve all been good |
| Description: |
Santa waves from car 107 during the station stop at Springdale. |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/2013 Upload Date: 12/9/2013 1:35:51 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At the station |
| Description: |
A&M 68 waits next to the Springdale station while a guest of honor takes a break on the observation car. |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/2013 Upload Date: 12/9/2013 1:25:48 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AM 68(C420) |
| Views: |
346 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Along the creek |
| Description: |
A&M 68 lead the 4 PM trip north out of Johnson |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/2013 Upload Date: 12/9/2013 1:50:03 AM |
| Location: |
Johnson, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AM 68(C420) |
| Views: |
339 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Christmas crowd |
| Description: |
The crowd of holiday riders waits to board the Childrens Christmas Train at the Springdale station |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/2013 Upload Date: 12/10/2013 12:31:56 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lined up |
| Description: |
A healthy crowd csme out to ride with Santa on the Childerns Christmas Train, here seen waiting to board the 2 PM trip |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/2013 Upload Date: 12/10/2013 12:42:36 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
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229 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Johnson turn around |
| Description: |
The 1500 train leaves Johnson switch, the turn around point, en route back to Springdale. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 2:08:50 AM |
| Location: |
Johnson, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 52(C420) AM 58(C420) |
| Views: |
691 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Riding in style |
| Description: |
The A&M put on their dome, as well as a diner ahead of the dome, seen passing the Tyson mill south of Springdale. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 2:16:48 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 52(C420) |
| Views: |
1002 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Past the mill |
| Description: |
The 1500 trip rolls south past the Tyson feed mill. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 2:20:54 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 52(C420) AM 58(C420) |
| Views: |
967 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Making of a young fan |
| Description: |
The conductor makes this young man feel special as riders board the train at Springdale for the 1500 trip. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 2:33:10 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
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319 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Loading up |
| Description: |
A group of riders gets on car 107 at Springdale. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 2:34:34 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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284 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At the station |
| Description: |
C 420 68 is the north end power as the Santa train sits at Springdale station. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 3:07:41 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 68(C420) |
| Views: |
505 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Welcome |
| Description: |
The northbound Santa train crosses US 71B as it enters Springdale. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 3:08:58 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 68(C420) |
| Views: |
399 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed back |
| Description: |
The Santa train approaches the road crossing at Johnson, now on the way back to Springdale with its happy riders. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 3:01:37 AM |
| Location: |
Johnson, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 68(C420) |
| Views: |
553 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going round the bend |
| Description: |
The train has left Winslow and is now headed for the tunnel, around the bend and in a deep cut. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2017 Upload Date: 2/18/2017 4:07:38 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 54(C420) AM 58(C420) |
| Views: |
575 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big bridge |
| Description: |
The Winslow excursion rolls off the Arkansas River bridge, passing over Lee Creek Park in this view that shows the entire huge structure of the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2017 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 4:28:52 AM |
| Location: |
Van Buren, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 58(C420) AM 54(C420) |
| Views: |
435 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Hunting frogs |
| Description: |
The northbound train crosses Frog Bayou, just south of Mountainburg, as it heads toward Winslow. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2017 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 4:41:43 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainburg, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 58(C420) AM 54(C420) |
| Views: |
570 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Clear of the tunnel |
| Description: |
The train from Ft Smith arrives at Winslow, having just cleared the tunnel, which is out of sight on the right side of the photo. The entrance is around the curve, in a deep cut. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2017 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 4:48:18 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 58(C420) AM 54(C420) |
| Views: |
566 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The place to ride |
| Description: |
This ex LIRR coach was modified so it now has a rear platform, a feature it did not have when it was running to Oyster Bay and Montauk-we just had to stand in the vestibule and toss our empties out the back(hey, it was the 70s). Now the car has been fitted as a chair car, with this veranda on the back to allow a more proper view of the panoramic scenery of the Ozarks. Seen here leaving Winslow. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/18/2017 3:51:48 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
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666 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for time |
| Description: |
The crew on the Ft Smith-Winslow excursion waits for time at the Ft Smith Trolley Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/18/2017 3:55:15 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Smith, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 58(C420) AM 54(C420) |
| Views: |
960 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waving good bye |
| Description: |
The folks on the rear platform of this one time LIRR coach, now a chair car with an observation platform, wave as the train pulls from Winslow, headed for the tunnel and the deep Boston Mountains. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/2017 Upload Date: 3/1/2017 5:05:02 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Model,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 54(C420) AM 52(C420) |
| Views: |
364 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Tickets please!! |
| Description: |
The conductor makes his rounds on the Explorer |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 4:46:19 AM |
| Location: |
Van Buren, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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| Views: |
84 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Explorer |
| Description: |
A&M car 107, formerly LIRR 2927, is at the rear of the southbound train from Springdale. It will detrain and load wheelchair and other passengers for whom climbing steps to the car is inadvisable. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 4:57:10 AM |
| Location: |
Van Buren, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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| Views: |
95 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wheel chair lift |
| Description: |
One of the accommodations to the ADA, and good public facing policy, is a lift to get mobility challenged persons on and off the train. Given that a good number of riders are on in years, and need help getting on and off, this is a great idea. The crew gets set to take on riders. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:01:00 AM |
| Location: |
Van Buren, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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94 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Thatll do! |
| Description: |
A&M 44 couples to parlor 107, not the first time an Alco C 420 has coupled to this car, which started life as Long Island RR 2927. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 5/28/2023 5:24:24 AM |
| Location: |
Van Buren, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AM 44(C420) |
| Views: |
114 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock cut |
| Description: |
The terrain the A&M traverses is quite rugged in places, such as here on the approach to Trestle 1 south of Winslow. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:06:55 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track,Action |
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75 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Trestle 1 |
| Description: |
A&M has three large bridges between Fayetteville and Van Buren, all of them back in the woods and virtually inaccessible from anywhere but the railroad. Even if you could get to them, the trees are so grown up you could not see them anyway. The view from up top is pretty basic, steel structure with track on top. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:14:44 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track,Action |
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92 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Off the bridge |
| Description: |
We leave Trestle 1 behind as we take a left hand curve coming off the structure. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:17:21 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track,Action |
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88 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Trestle 2 |
| Description: |
Straight as an arrow, rolling out behind us |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:20:36 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track,Action |
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86 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Down the hill, onto the bridge |
| Description: |
We have rolled onto Trestle 3, through a rock cut that is typical of the line through the Boston Mountains. The mileage is from St Louis, reflecting the line's origins as the St Louis-San Francisco RR |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:21:59 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track,Action |
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91 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling away |
| Description: |
We move off Trestle 3 and back into the woods |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:23:20 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track,Action |
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| Views: |
86 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Into the darkness |
| Description: |
The mid day train turns at Winslow, which is just outside the tunnel there. As soon as the train departs for Van Buren, its into the dark. Seen from the rear platform of the Explorer |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:34:29 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Track,Action |
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| Views: |
102 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Daylight |
| Description: |
Weve just left the tunnel, and are now headed away toward Van Buren |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:42:48 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
74 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big mouth |
| Description: |
The mouth of the south end of the Winslow tunnel in a wider view. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2023 Upload Date: 6/1/2023 5:54:46 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Passenger,Track,Action |
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| Views: |
99 Comments: 1 |
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