Western Railroad Discussion > ALCOs Return to the A&M w/ Ozark Fall Color

Great series, photos and locations!!
Alan

Fantastic series of photos, Congratulations on IOTD. Well deserved.

Ronda Thomas

Good stuff Geoff!!!

Nice stuff Jeff. All of those shots taken from the sunny side of the tracks and nicely exposed, executed and focused. You done Kansas proud!

Eric

I bet you used a tripod too!

sd39u Wrote:
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> Nice stuff Jeff. All of those shots taken from
> the sunny side of the tracks and nicely exposed,
> executed and focused. You done Kansas proud!
>
> Eric

> I bet you used a tripod too!

Thanks, man. The only shots posted here using a tripod were the night shot and the motion blur one. The rest of the time, that was busy with video. AND, the last shot WAS shot towards the setting sun, but I was still pretty pleased with the result.

That one was funny though. We had called it off for the day, and then we saw "the smoke." OK, if we have to...

- Jeff Carlson

Outstanding. Well done

bnsfsd70 Wrote:
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> Photo 2: After a few hours of sleep, we headed out
> to start our day, and after speaking with the
> passenger train crew in Springdale, we found that
> the Ft. Smith Turn had not yet made it back, which
> solidified our plans for the first stop of the
> day. After meeting the southbound passenger train
> at Cato Springs Rd. in Fayetteville, AR, Arkansas
> & Missouri's northbound Ft. Smith turn pulls past
> the University of Arkansas' Baum Stadium, the home
> of their baseball team. A&M's C420 #42 was
> formerly on the Ohio Central, and originally the
> Erie Mining RR.

Here's some video from that same spot. Man, WHAT a sound.

- Jeff

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Hey, check out the former Southern Pacific "Sunset Limited" "Audubon" dining car or "Pride of Texas" Coffee Shop! Not sure from the galley door which one it might be.

Sure don't have to ask if the engines are running!! Excellent piece.

Out

Fantastic images!! And congrats on IOTD!!

Roger Holmes

Thanks again to all for the kind words. It was one heck of a chase!

- Jeff Carlson

GREAT set of pics!!! Thanks for posting.

Kansas boy makes good! Great pictures. Thanks for the excellent coverage of the NW Arkansas rail scene in fall 2014. Do you have the date when the SD70ACe's were messed up? I guess I missed reading about the accident.

What an incredible series of photos in terrific light! Thanks for sharing. Wish I could have seen that.

Cheers,
Harry

JoCoLB Wrote:
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> Kansas boy makes good! Great pictures. Thanks for
> the excellent coverage of the NW Arkansas rail
> scene in fall 2014. Do you have the date when the
> SD70ACe's were messed up? I guess I missed reading
> about the accident.


Thanks Larry!

Regarding the wreck, it happened just two weeks prior to our visit there, on Friday October 10th.

http://5newsonline.com/2014/10/10/conductor-engineer-hospitalized-after-train-derails-in-chester/

As per this thread ( http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3561503 ), the #72 was already back in service as of Monday the 27th.

- Jeff Carlson

Car is RPCX 8322, former SP 10409, Sunset Limited "Pride of Texas" diner lounge

hankster70 Wrote:
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> Car is RPCX 8322, former SP 10409, Sunset Limited
> "Pride of Texas" diner lounge

Thanks for the info! This was the only shot I managed of the car.

- Jeff Carlson

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