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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/1/2007 - 4/1/2007
Album Info:Photos taken of the A&M
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Looking forlorn
Title:  Looking forlorn
Description:  A&M 16 works at Fort Smith amidst debris from demolition.
Photo Date:  9/16/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 3:06:38 AM
Location:  Fort Smith, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AM 16(T6)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Local rolls north
Title:  Local rolls north
Description:  The afternoon local to Rogers roll by the crossing at the JB Hunt terminal. It has just worked Zero Mountain and is now headed to Rogers.
Photo Date:  9/16/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 3:10:22 AM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 60(C420)
Views:  588   Comments: 1
Switching them in
Title:  Switching them in
Description:  A&M 66 has cut off its train and is about to pull empties and spot loads at Zero Mountain.
Photo Date:  5/21/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:17:45 PM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 66(C420)
Views:  515   Comments: 0
A&M 66
Title:  A&M 66
Description:  Todays train has spotted its loads at Zero Mountain and is ready to head for Rogers. Seen from the JB Hunt crossing at the entrance to their terminal in Lowell.
Photo Date:  5/21/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:13:43 PM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 66(C420)
Views:  546   Comments: 1
Local switches Zero Mountain
Title:  Local switches Zero Mountain
Description:  The afternoon local out of Springdale stops to switch cold storage warehouse Zero Mountain in Lowell Ark, adjacent to the JB Hunt terminal.
Photo Date:  5/21/1997  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 2:22:09 AM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 66(C420)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
A&M 44
Title:  A&M 44
Description:  A&M 44 leads the local works north to Rogers in the afternoon. Here is has pulled up to the crossing at JB Hunts terminal, and is about to switch Zero Mountain Cold Storage
Photo Date:  5/22/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:09:55 PM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420)
Views:  531   Comments: 1
A&M 68
Title:  A&M 68
Description:  A&M 68 works Zero Mountain cold storage in Lowell on its run from Springdale up to Rogers and return. I was a driver for JB Hunt at the time, and this was an easy shot. Zero Mountain is adjacent to our Lowell terminal. If I was on the yard in the afternoon, Id keep an eye peeled for this train. Today I caught it.
Photo Date:  9/18/1997  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 12:52:31 AM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 68(C420)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
Eight Alcos!!
Title:  Eight Alcos!!
Description:  The Monett Turn ran at night during the late 90s, getting out of Springdale in the late evening, and sometimes returning after daylight in the longer days of summer. I was a driver for JB Hunt then, and would occasionally come through our Lowell Ark terminal, which was bisected by the line. Id always park on the track side of the building. It was a thrill to watch the turn gaining speed as it headed north around midnight, usually behind 3 to 5 Alcos. This day in June 1999, it returned around 0800 with EIGHT!! What a sound!!
Photo Date:  6/9/1998  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 2:26:50 AM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 60(C420) AM 68(C420) AM 58(C420) AM 44(C420) AM 66(C420) AM 50(C420) AM 42(RS32) AM 54(C420)
Views:  1746   Comments: 3
Arriving to switch Zero Mountain
Title:  Arriving to switch Zero Mountain
Description:  Zero Mountain cold storage was just north of downtown Lowell and adjacent to the JB Hunt yard there, so it was an easy catch to get the afternoon local out of Springdale if you were a JB Hunt driver as I was. Here C420 58 stops to make the set out and pick up. m
Photo Date:  5/22/2000  Upload Date: 2/17/2014 1:17:44 AM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 58(C420)
Views:  530   Comments: 1
The original 70
Title:  The original 70
Description:  The new SD70s are numbered 70-71-72, but there was a short fling with 6 axle Alcos in the late 90s, when this ex CP unit was acquired. It was not well received and stayed on the roster only a short while. Here it is at Springdale late on a May afternoon
Photo Date:  5/22/2000  Upload Date: 2/17/2014 1:23:13 AM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AM 70(C630M)
Views:  1461   Comments: 2
Alco powered local
Title:  Alco powered local
Description:  A&M T6 18 leads four cars in Ft Smith on a local job.
Photo Date:  5/11/2006  Upload Date: 10/21/2012 2:14:49 AM
Location:  Fort Smith, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 18(T6)
Views:  529   Comments: 2
Christmas is coming
Title:  Christmas is coming
Description:  A&M is ready with three red Alcos and a green one as the Monett Turn rolls along Old Wire Rd in Rogers with 27 cars.
Photo Date:  12/12/2006  Upload Date: 3/4/2017 3:49:44 AM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 632(C420) AM 66(C420) AM 60(C420)
Views:  694   Comments: 2
Bentonville bound
Title:  Bentonville bound
Description:  A single Alco rolls north through Lowell with a cut of hoppers for the Bentonville Branch. It will diverge from the main at Rogers, about five miles ahead.
Photo Date:  1/10/2007  Upload Date: 2/3/2017 3:37:30 AM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 30(RS32)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Wintry scene
Title:  Wintry scene
Description:  The Monett Turn passes a snowy field and bare tree in this wintry scene approaching Gateway. Typical of the region, when snow falls, its not much and doesnt stay long. In a couple of days this scene will be just another drab winter day.
Photo Date:  2/5/2007  Upload Date: 10/13/2012 11:29:32 PM
Location:  Gateway, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  AM 60(C420) AM 48(C420) AM 52(C420) AM 66(C420)
Views:  1012   Comments: 1
Road side running
Title:  Road side running
Description:  The northbound Monett Turn rolls along MO 37 making its way north with its 27 cars.
Photo Date:  2/7/2007  Upload Date: 3/4/2017 4:20:53 AM
Location:  Washburn, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 48(C420) AM 58(C420) AM 66(C420)
Views:  614   Comments: 1
Back rooms and alleys...
Title:  Back rooms and alleys...
Description:  The Monett Turn rolls slowly through the side streets of Rogers as it makes its way behind the buildings down town behind a set of Alcos, all 24 cars of it, catching the last rays of winter sun as it peeks from behind the bank.
Photo Date:  2/7/2007  Upload Date: 1/27/2017 4:40:21 AM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 66(C420) AM 58(C420) AM 48(C420) AM 44(C420)
Views:  703   Comments: 1
Run through power
Title:  Run through power
Description:  The A&M did not usually have off line power, though occasionally UP or BNSF power would go to Springdale to a feed mill on grain trains. Here we see a set of power that had come up from Van Buren on a through move from UP sitting at the engine facility in Springdale. I also once caught a pair of BNSF units rolling an empty grain train north at Rogers, unfortunately, long after dark.
Photo Date:  2/7/2007  Upload Date: 3/4/2017 4:34:01 AM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8445(SD70ACe) UP 7238(AC44CW)
Views:  429   Comments: 2
Just dropped
Title:  Just dropped
Description:  The road power from the Monett Turn has just dropped its train at Springdale, and will be heading to the engine house. Lead unit 62 was named "George Hockaday" for the famed Alco employee who kept many an Alco running long after the company quit in October 1969. In the 1980's and 90's, when I lived in Binghamton NY, I would occasionally encounter him while out chasing on the D&H, first under Guilford, then in CP hands. He was a real gentleman.
Photo Date:  2/17/2007  Upload Date: 1/27/2017 4:27:52 AM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AM 62(C420) AM 60(C420) AM 44(C420)
Views:  663   Comments: 2
Same train, different day
Title:  Same train, different day
Description:  The Monett Turn rolls north through Gateway, and will shortly stop to work the sand pit north of town. I was here a couple of weeks ago, same thing-note the sand cars behind the power. Good to have a consistent level of business from reliable shippers.
Photo Date:  2/20/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2017 5:02:37 AM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 50(C420) AM 60(C420) AM 62(C420)
Views:  656   Comments: 1
Headed into town
Title:  Headed into town
Description:  After working the sand pit at Gateway, the train rolls north toward Monett. The tracks swing away from MO 37 at several locations, this being one of them, at the south end of Seligman. Hell head through downtown while the road will skirt town to the east, resuming its side by side path in a mile or so.
Photo Date:  2/20/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2017 5:10:10 AM
Location:  Seligman, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 50(C420) AM 60(C420) AM 62(C420)
Views:  628   Comments: 1
Chasing along
Title:  Chasing along
Description:  The tracks run along MO 37, in some places very close, in some a little farther away. Here between Seligman and Washburn, theyre only a few feet apart most of the way. It makes for a good chase. Train speeds are in the 40-plus range, and it can be a challenge keeping up.
Photo Date:  2/20/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2017 5:14:20 AM
Location:  Washburn, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 50(C420) AM 60(C420) AM 62(C420)
Views:  635   Comments: 1
Local moving along
Title:  Local moving along
Description:  A&M 30 rolls 9 cars south toward Lowell on a winter afternoon, showing the smoke that makes Alcos so endearing.
Photo Date:  2/28/2007  Upload Date: 1/27/2017 4:23:34 AM
Location:  Lowell, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 30(RS32)
Views:  418   Comments: 2
Stone cold
Title:  Stone cold
Description:  A chilly day in February makes for some cold stone, which this Alco powered local is picking up north of Apple Blossom Rd.
Photo Date:  2/28/2007  Upload Date: 2/3/2017 3:44:50 AM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 48(C420) AM 34(C424)
Views:  589   Comments: 1
Baling hay
Title:  Baling hay
Description:  The northbound Monett Turn usually works at Gateway, where there is a sand pit. The other endeavor there is producing hay. The railroad does not participate in moves of this product-to my knowledge-but it does go past a lot of it.
Photo Date:  3/16/2007  Upload Date: 1/20/2017 3:17:01 AM
Location:  Gateway, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 68(C420) AM 66(C420)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Pulling down
Title:  Pulling down
Description:  The Monett Turn, having arrived at its destination, pulls down into the BNSFs ex Frisco yard, where it will drop its cars. The crew will go to beans, then pick up cars left for them by BNSF, and head for home, working at Purdy and Gateway as they head south.
Photo Date:  3/16/2007  Upload Date: 1/20/2017 3:25:12 AM
Location:  Monett, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 68(C420) AM 66(C420)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Roadside
Title:  Roadside
Description:  The Monett Turn runs alongside MO 37, which follows the tracks more or less between Gateway Ark and Washburn MO. Were almost in Washburn as three Alcos roll 37 cars north.
Photo Date:  3/16/2007  Upload Date: 1/20/2017 3:35:11 AM
Location:  Washburn, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 68(C420) AM 66(C420)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Pastoral
Title:  Pastoral
Description:  The northbound Monett Turn seen across the fields north of Washburn, where the tracks and road separate until Butterfield.
Photo Date:  3/16/2007  Upload Date: 1/20/2017 3:40:09 AM
Location:  Washburn, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AM 44(C420) AM 68(C420) AM 66(C420)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
Squealer
Title:  Squealer
Description:  The southbound train has picked up its cars from BNSF and now takes the connecting track from the yard to the A&M main, flanges squealing as the train holds to the 10 MPH speed restriction around the curve. Its a great way to start. The first several miles of the trip are all uphill.
Photo Date:  3/16/2007  Upload Date: 1/20/2017 3:46:12 AM
Location:  Monett, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 66(C420) AM 68(C420) AM 44(C420)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Starting the climb
Title:  Starting the climb
Description:  The Monett Turn has come around the yard connection and is now on the main. Still ahead is the climb to Purdy, seven miles ahead, though it will be less of an effort with this short 25 car train. MP 283, at far right, is mileage from St Louis.
Photo Date:  3/16/2007  Upload Date: 1/20/2017 3:52:46 AM
Location:  Monett, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 66(C420) AM 68(C420) AM 44(C420)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
Working the branch
Title:  Working the branch
Description:  I did not often catch a train on the Bentonville Branch, which leaves the main at Rogers, heading up to a cement plant near NWACC. T 6 #14 has a train of sand cars in tow as it heads back to Rogers and more local work.
Photo Date:  3/22/2007  Upload Date: 3/4/2017 3:30:37 AM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 14(T6)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
A&M 62
Title:  A&M 62
Description:  A&M 62 the "George Hockaday" leads the Monett Turn south near Seligman Mo
Photo Date:  4/1/2007  Upload Date: 2/26/2011 2:54:04 AM
Location:  Seligman, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 62(C420) AM 32(C424) AM 34(C424)
Views:  1018   Comments: 2
Back at the shop
Title:  Back at the shop
Description:  T 6 18 is on the shop tracks at Springdale awaiting attention. Almost ten years from now, I will see it working the Springdale yard. Only 55 of these units were sold in the us, with N&W getting 40. They were produced between March 1958 and January 1969, with a gap from 1959-1964 when none were built. The fact that it is still with us is in itself remarkable, not to mention working daily almost a half century after Alco quit.
Photo Date:  9/15/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2016 4:02:18 AM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AM 18(T6)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
Under the hood
Title:  Under the hood
Description:  A&M 46 sits outside the Springdale shop waiting for some attention from the mechanical department. Meanwhile, we get a good look at Alcos 251 prime mover.
Photo Date:  9/15/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2016 4:09:47 AM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AM 46(C420)
Views:  621   Comments: 1
Rogers local
Title:  Rogers local
Description:  A&M 30 and 50 southbound returning to Springdale Ark
Photo Date:  8/1/2008  Upload Date: 1/15/2011 1:08:17 AM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 30(RS32) AM 50(C420)
Views:  936   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  A&M 30 gets the Rogers local underway after switching Smurfit Stone
Photo Date:  8/31/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 2:26:56 AM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 30(RS32)
Views:  689   Comments: 2
A&M 15
Title:  A&M 15
Description:  A&M 15 sits in line at Springdale. The pilots are missing on both ends, and some of the parts have been removed. Looks like the end of the line.
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:09:53 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AM 15(T6)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
A&M 18
Title:  A&M 18
Description:  A&M 18 sits in a line of locomotives at the Springdale shop. It appears to be serviceable, but 62 has been out of service for a long time, and 15 has parts missing, so perhaps not??
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:08:17 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AM 18(T6)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
A&M 20
Title:  A&M 20
Description:  Partly blocked by flat cars, but noteworthy enough to shoot the picture, A&M 20 sits north of the shop at Springdale. I didn't think this unit was still on the roster.
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:11:22 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AM 20(RS1)
Views:  779   Comments: 0
A&M 62
Title:  A&M 62
Description:  A&M 62, the George Hockaday, sits in the line at Springdale. The unit has been out of service for an extended period, maybe headed for retirement??
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:13:29 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AM 62(C420)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
Dead line
Title:  Dead line
Description:  There was a line of parked power north of Huntsville in Springdale. All of the units in it had been moved there from the area around the office and shop. This is look at the south end of the line. Im assuming its a dead line since none of that power has been in service in a long time.
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:16:49 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IBCX 952(RS11)
Views:  1118   Comments: 0
Cal Zephyr dome comes the the A&M
Title:  Cal Zephyr dome comes the the A&M
Description:  This former Cal Zephyrdome was sitting south of the station with the two old coaches. Thanks Jerry La Boda for the history. Hopefully we'll see this on an excursion some time this year. Amtrak number was 800175.
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:20:19 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  1454   Comments: 1
BRC 605
Title:  BRC 605
Description:  Belt Railway 605 sits in the dead line at Springdale
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:22:09 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  465   Comments: 0
IBCX 952
Title:  IBCX 952
Description:  Another of the units in the dead line, IBCX 952 sits north of Huntsville in Springdale.
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 11:24:08 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IBCX 352(RS11)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
Five Alcos
Title:  Five Alcos
Description:  Five C 420s wait to put the train away after returning from Monett Mo.
Photo Date:  3/5/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 11:09:27 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AM 46(C420) AM 48(C420) AM 66(C420) AM 54(C420) AM 68(C420)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Monett Turn
Title:  Monett Turn
Description:  The Monett Turn has reached Springdale after a trip to Monett Mo and is now sitting at Randall Wobbe Rd waiting to put its train away.
Photo Date:  3/5/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 11:02:01 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 46(C420) AM 48(C420) AM 66(C420) AM 54(C420) AM 68(C420)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Old factory
Title:  Old factory
Description:  The afternoon local to Rogers passes an old factory building with an RS 32 and T 6.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 10:56:32 PM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 30(RS32) AM 16(T6)
Views:  992   Comments: 2
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  A going away look at the Rogers local as it heads south for Lowell and Springdale
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 10:57:57 PM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 30(RS32) AM 16(T6)
Views:  612   Comments: 0
Pulling down with the turn
Title:  Pulling down with the turn
Description:  A&M 34 and 56 pull the cars left by the Monett Turn down to yard the train. Lead unit is the recently returned 34.
Photo Date:  7/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 11:38:23 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AM 34(C424) AM 56(C420)
Views:  616   Comments: 1
A&M yard job
Title:  A&M yard job
Description:  The A&M yard job works at Springdale as seen from Randall Wobbe Rd
Photo Date:  7/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 11:36:42 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AM 34(C424) AM 56(C420)
Views:  619   Comments: 1
Headed for the house
Title:  Headed for the house
Description:  Road power for the Monett Turn crosses Randall
Photo Date:  7/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 11:39:45 PM
Location:  Springdale, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AM 46(C420) AM 58(C420)
Views:  231   Comments: 1


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