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VOLTME 33 NI]MBER 2
FEBRUARY2OO2
Little Rock & Western(LRWIo #7736leadsa westboundfreight through Houston,Arkansason its'
retum trip from Little Rock, January9, 2002. This line runson th€ former Rock Island"Sunbelt"line
that until 1980lan from MemphisthroughLittle Rock to OklahomaCity, terminatingin Tucumcari,
New Mexico. The line today runs asfar west asDanville,Arkarsas- the rest ofthe track west ofl-ittle
Rock wastakenup in the mid 1980s.(KenZiegenbeinphoto)
"MOONED"ON THE SANTA FE IN 1899
EngineerHaas,ofthe SantaFe OklahomaDivisior! was runninga northboundfreight
train a *ays southof Mulball {'hen he.oundeda curveand sa\r the h@dlightofan
onoomingtrain. Haasappli€dthe air, reversedthe engine,ard was aboutto jump for
his life wher he rea.lizEd
his mistake.The headlightwas actuallythe mooq which was
just
the right heightandposirionto fool him. Haask not the first engineerto be
at
fooledin this way. fcrt ie, OK Dailey Leadel, Decenber 1999.via Philip Mosele!)
REMEMBERINGRULES
by: P. B. wooldridge
Back in the good old daysbeginningin late Augustthe Cotton Belt would assembleall the emptybox ca.s it
could find, in preparationfo.1he annualfall rush.Out on the TrumanBranchit would fill everysidingwith
empties,in anticipationofthe fall harvestofcotton, soybeans,com, wheatand oats,plus all our regular
movements.
Theyalsofilledthe ysrdtracksat Gideon,Missouri,andI hadto classifyeachcarasto its
suitabilityfor loading.Many ofthe carswere "dogs," rough andbeatup andin needofconditioning before
loading,if not r€j€cted
At the heightofthis 3 monrhfall rush,FannersG4 a halfmile from the depot, ordercd5 carsfor bulk soybean
loading.Soybeanloadingrequircda very tight car. I hadvery few soybeanemptiesin th€ yard, but oneUnion
Pacificbox ch€ckedsuitableand I listedit to the local to be spottedat FarmersGin.
Later that day I checkedFamers Gin anddiscoveredto my dismaythat anotherlJ? mty, a "dog" hadbeen
spottedby mistake.
GdeonAndersonLumberCo hadits own switchengine,No. 80, a gasolineengine.In a quandary,
I decidedto
breakall the rulesandregulations.So I approachedFred,the brak€man,and"Shine" the engineer,andgave
lhemeacha $l bill.
With my heartin my throat andnearinga nervousbreakdown,I linedthe mainlin€ switchandheadedGideon
AndersonEngineNo. 80 a.ndthe properlJ? box car out on the Cotton Belt mainline, hopingagainsthopethat
the trainmasterandHomer, his motor car driver, wouldn't showup. In 30 minutestime the deedwasdone,but
I sweatedblood in the interim.The prop€I L? emptyhadbeenspottedfor loedingandthe "dog" hadbeen
shov€dbackinto the yard.
All thiswasneverknown,but hadit beenall 6 members
ofthe localcrewwouldhavebeenentitledto 100
milespay, andI'm qujte sur€an Agentwould havebeenseverelydemeritedor eventerminated.
gonethewayofprogress.
That'stheway it wasbackthen,backabout1949 Todayall thishasdisappeared,
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OFFICERS/POSITIONS
OF TIIE ARKANSASRAILROAD CLUB
SRESIDEM - FredFillers, 29009Bandy Rd, Linle RockAR 72223-9720(50t-821:2026t
(501-331-2030)
VICE PRESIDENT- RonEsserman,
326Ess€rman
Ln, DoverAR 72837-7754
- WalterB. Walker,8423LindaLn, LittleRockAR 72221"5983
(501-225-0826)
TREASURER
Tammy
Hodkin,
506
(501-945-2128)
Gordon
St.,
N
Little
Rock
AR
721l7-4713
lEgBET43y
1023ClaycutCir, N Little RockAR 721l6-3728(501-758-1340)
EDIIQB - KenZiegenbein,
- DavidP.Hoge,3721ldlewild,
NRHSDIRECTOR
N LihleRockAR 721l6(501-771-1025)
- JohnC. Jones,I l7 Coltonwood,
PHOTOGRAPHER
(501-835-3729)
Sherwood
AR 72120-4011
TzuPADVERTISING- DavidP. Hog€,372i Idlewild,N Little RockAR 721l6 (501-771-1025)
U.lgIQ&lAN - C€neHull, 350?E washingtonAve lr3l, N Linle RockAR 721l4 (501-945-?386)
BOARD'02 ' Bill Bailey,8318Reymere
Dr, Linle RockAR 72227-3944
(501'224-6828)
Dr #26,LittleRockAR 72212-1412
Bq\&L103 - RobinThomas.10980Rivercrest
(501-664-3301)
BOARD'04 - StanleyWozencraft,
108N PalnrSt,LittleRockAR 72205-3827
Leonard
Thalmueller,2l
(s0l-562-8231)
HanoverDr, LittleRockAR 72209-21s9
Bq\8L!5
(501664-0232)
BOARD'06 - Jim Wakefield,3l6AubumDr, Little RockAR 72205-2769
RAILROADCLUBisa non-profitorganization
of rsilroadandtrainenthusiasts
TheARKANSAS
that wasfonnedin 1969.We
areallotheLittleRockChrpt€rofthe NationalRailwayHisloricrlSociety,
Wemeetonth€second
Sundsys
ofmostmonthsat 2
p.m.Anyoreidterested
in trainsiswelcome!
RAILROADCLUBarecurrently$20a year,whichinclud€s
Duesto joiDtheARKANSAS
thenonthlyA ansfsRailnader
ncwsletter.
Ifyou'd liketojoin theNRHSthroughour club(thusbeinga memb€rofth€ LittleRockChapter
NRHSand
nationalNRHS),younust pay$20a y€srnore,bringingthetotalto $40a yearfor both.Duesrre alwayspryableonJanuary
l" ofeachy€ar,butyoumaypayat anytine (memb€rship
will exteodthroughth€followingyear).
rnd phonenumberplusdu€sto th€ARKANSAS
Tojoin or ren€w,sendyournane,address
RAILROADCLUB,POBOX
9151,NORTHLIT'TLEROCKAR 72119.
Call501-?58-1340
for information.
Thenewsletter
editorrsemailaddress
is:
trainsfdtraitrweather.com
TheArkansas
Railroader
is put ontheWebmonthly,andthataddress
is:
httpJ/www.lrainwerth€r.com
Thenextmeeting/program
RailroadClubwill be heldSL'NDAY.FEBRUARY10.2002at our usualsite,
ofthe Arkansas
PulaskiHeightsPresblterian
Church,4401WoodlawnDrive,Little Rock.Time will be2 p.m.Th€programwill begiven
by PETERSMYKIA, JR andis called"lslandRailroading."He will showslidesofhis manytripsto variousislands
aroundtheworld.
FUTUREPROGRAMSincludea speaker
from theLittie RockPortAuthority,possiblyin Marchor April, andTom
Shookwill givea programon gaselectricsin April or June.
SHOWAND Tf,LL - Club VP Ron Esserman
saidhehopesto havea ShowandTell tableat all meetingsin thefuture,
includingtheFebruary10meeting.Ifyou havean).thinginvolvingrailroadsyou'd liketo sharewith otherpeople,call Ron
at 501-331-2030,
I'm suremostofyou do.
NEW MEMBf,RS WANTED - Ask a friendtojoin theArkansas
RailroadClub.Ifyou needextracopiesofnewslotters
10
share,let me knowandI'll mail you some.
TRAINWATCHING WEBSiTE - A groupof ArkansasRailroadCIub membershavebeengoing to Union Station
mornings(sometimes
I comedress€d
Sunday
in a suit,readyto go to churchat I l) to photograph
trains.Sometimes
trains
ARKANSASMILROADER - Little Rock Chapter National Railway Historical Society
VoluneXXXIILNumber
02- February
2002
passthrough
onceeveryl5 minutes,
othertimesless.I've beenputtingsmall-sized
w€bphotos
ofthisactivity,alongwith
olhercuffentrailphotography
around
thestate(including
theLiftleRock& Westedwestof Perry),
onthefollowing
rvebpager
Check
it
out
often.
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- G€raldHookofRussellville
saidthatonpage9 oftheJanuary
2002Arkansas
Railroad€r,
CeneHull
C.&S-!4EANIIG
talksaboutDeltaandColorado
& Southern
Air Linesproviding
2 hourservice
between
LittleRockandKansas
City.
Aclually,DeltaAirlinespurchased
Chicago& Southern
Air Linesin the1950s
wbichgavethemaccess
to Chicago.
C&S
to usrailroaders
Dreans
Colorado
& Southern
whileto airlinefansit's Chicaso
& Sout|€lr.
LETTERTO THEEDITOR- OearEditof.
ihrs is an Qpenletter to the membershrp
of the Arkdnsas
RailroddClub. i havebeenthredteningto
,rf te thrs letter for sometrl]]e,no\,/is the time As I afi nol a "formal officer of this gredt club
at this time. I dman honoraryboardmember
to keepanypnoJectsslarted duringmytermas
P.esrdentThis is lllysecond
two term sessjonas PresidentdndI hdvebeena member
of the Boardof
s a l a n a j o rc r o s s T o a d s
D r r e c t o r sa n dI h a v ec o m teo a c o n c l u s i o nT.h i s o r g a n i z a t i oj n
2 0 0 2f r r d s t h e A r k a n s aRsa r l r o aC
d l u bs l a r t i n gi t s 3 3 r dy e d ra Sa n 0 r g d n i z a t i o nT.h i sw a st h e l i t i e
that this groupstdrted as d chapterof the NationalRaill,lay
Historical Society.This group as
r t ' s l ] ] a i nf u n c t r o n r. s t o p r e s e r vaen dp r o m o lrea i l r o a dh i s t o r y .0 u r c l u b h a sd o n et h i s A l b e i t n o t
to the extentof othersandbetter than others. Hereis the problem.Dowe continueto do this
half-heartedattemptor do we do this a ljttle better thar lvehavebeendoing?Howdo !,/edo this?
jnto pldy.
J h i s i s w h e r ye o u .t h e m e m b e rcso, m e
Theserangefronl
over the years l,lehavehadnumenous
excuTsions.
fie havehadplenty of exciternent
great
on the UniorPdcific to thosesnaller club outrngsto the tureka
those
steamexcursions
l,Jehaverot doned trip, as a club. 1n sol]]e
ti|le 0h. the.e havebeer
Springs& NorthArkansas.
trips in this areathat thrs club didn t pdtronjze.If that keepsup. there rvill not be anyaround
to go to. YOuask the question "whyhdven'tthere beendnytrrps l,/ecouldgo or? . Thereare two
a n s w e r sF.i r s t . t h e o n e si n t h i s a r e an o t s p o n s o r eb dy t h i s c l u b . a p p a r e n t ldyo e s n ' tr a t e a s
. p a t h yT h a tJ u s t a p p l i e st o e x c u T s i o n s
s o r i e t h i nt hg a t n e e d tso b e r i d d e n .S e c o n d 1i yt ',s s i m p l e a
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to sell moreof thesetoo. As a matterof fact, an updatedversionof this bookwouldbe a
for sofileone
to think ab0ut
undertaking.
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our flembership
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ARKANSAS RAILROADER - Little Rock Chaptel National Railwqt Historical Socie\)
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o r s o m eo f t h o s ei n i t i a t i v e s a t l h e b e g r n n i n o
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nert Presidentcdn keepit moving l,ie\^rrll needall of the members
to ircrease the membership
P l e a s et h i n k o f h o vyr o u c d n h e l p a n d g e t w i t h a n o f f i c e f o f l h i s c l u b .
T h es e c o n d
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mte e t i n gp l a c e . I h a v ed l m o s tb e d t e nt h i s t o a p u l p t h e t h r ol i a e s I
h a v eb e e f P r e s r d e n tT. l r a n ktso t h e g r a c i o u s n e sosf T o ms h o o k .\ \ r eh a v ea p l a c et o h o l d o u r m o n t h l y
m e e t r f g sd n d a s m d l lp l d c e t o h o l d v J h ast m a l l h i s t o r i c a l c o l l e c t t o nw e h a v e .I ' i h yd o l ' i en e e da
p e r m a n e lrot c a t i o n ?J u s l t h i n k o f a l l t h e A r k a n s a rsa i l r o a d h r s t o r y t h d t h d s l e f t t h i s s t a t e ?T h r f k
o f t h e h i s t o r y t h a t i s s t i l l h e r e a n dw e l , . / i l lr o t b e d b l e l o s d v eb e c d u slea ed o r o t h d v ea l o c a t r o f
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R d i l r 0 a dC l u bt 0 b e l h e c l e a r i n g h o u s ef o r d l l A r k a n s a rsa i l r o d d h i s t o r y T h a l s i f l p l e . J u s t t h i n k
dboLrtit no!./ If you were to resedrcha subJect.\,rherewouldyou starl? l,,lho
vtouldyou call? That r:
a l l I s e ef o r t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n .
T h i s l e t t e r h d s g o n et o o l o n g P l e a s ed c c e p tr n , d p o l o g r e sI h o p et h e m e m b e r s hsrepe st h e s ep o i n t s
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'sippin
d n d p a o f e s s i o n dTlr d n n e ro r t o c o n t i n L roen \ , r i t ha
a n s t ! ] g l t g s o c i e t y . I a mr e a d yt o d c
\'rhatit takes t0 co|llpletelyengulf this hobby Thdnkyou fof your time.
Re!ards.
J o h nH o d kni J r
CHARTER MEMBERS - Here'sa list ofcharlermembers
ofthe ArkansasRailroadClub.Any corrections
appreciatedi
- -- -. W.E.COUCH- LeROY
W.M.ADAMS-- DAVID B. BOGARD-- C.R.BYRD-- WENDELI-CHESSHIR
JR. ANTHONY GRIGSBY-- RICTIARDGRIGSBY JOHNBASKIN ILA.RPER.-GI]ORCEHOI,T,JR
GARR]SON.
.- RUBY HOLT,JR. CLIFTONE, HUI,L -- NAOMI HULL .. JOHNL. KEMPLE LOUISR. KOEPPE-- T.W,M.
LONC-- JOHNMARTIN, JR.- R.W.MCGUIRE-- JOHNA. MILLS - PAUL F. MOON WALTIIR J. O'ROURKE
C.H.OSl' BILL POLLARD-- PHII, POWLEDGE-- BOYD T. PYLE . WILLIAM K. ROBBINS,JR,-- JERRY
-- JACK F. SEE,]R. -. THOMASE, SHOOK JIM WAKEFIELD-- J. HARLEN
RUSSELL EARL SATJI\IDERS
-.
WILSON CAROLWILSON STANLEYWOZENCRAFT-- ROBERTB. WRIGI]T.
J. IARLAN WILSON;Vice-President,
Originalofficersin 1969were:Presideni,
CI,IFTONE. HULL; Secfetary,
C. R. BYllD. OriginalBoardofDirectors:zuCHARDGRIGSBY' Chairman.
GEORGEHOLT; Treasurer,
W.M.
NewslottercditorwasJIM WAKEFIELD.
ADAMS,ANTIIONY GRIGSBY,EARL SAUNDERS.
REMEMIIERING TIIE 40S/50S Got au email ltom Kcn Elliotl ofColuDlbus. Texassayirg he saw a copy ofthe
AfkansasRailroaderand that he grew tLpin the sameneck ofthc woods thal your edilor did, narnelythe Colun1bus.New
Ulm areasofsoutheastToxas.He sent in the fbllowing story about his youthful lrain watching in that arcaof lexas. It
soundslike someofthe things I did, also, and perhapsothersin our group had similar childhood experiences.
''l gfew up in llouston but spentmany summerswith kinfolks in the FrclsburgareaiD the late 40s and 50s. I caDwell
fem€mbergoing to New Ulm and staDdingon the back loading dock of Weige storc watching,betweenthe outhouses,the
passenger
traiDsslop at the depot.It we were going to be iD town loDgenough,I would hang out at the stationwith AgcDt
Robertsto get a closehand view ofthe Kaq, steamersthat passed.Many a nighl I would lay in bed and listen to the engines
ofthe Kary working hard 1()get over a large hill approachiugtown. The whistle soundsstill haunt me.
Being nearCumminsCreek I could also hearthe trains ofthe SouthernPacific crossingthc river bridgeand going
throughColumbuswidr the soundsechoingup Cummins Creek-I was also a regular at tbe ColumbusDepot in the heyday
ofsleam. I can toll you plenty of storiesabout my expedonces.Perhapswe both were prcsenland saw the samethings but
did not know it at the time.
My love oftrain developedat an early age.Perhapsit was becausemy father,who died when I was 5 yearsold, *,as a
retiredengineerofa SugarTrain that ran liom Sugarland(Imperial Sugar)to Eagle Lake, through the ColoradoRive
ARKANSAS MILROADER
- Little Rock Chapter National Railwaf Historical
Society
VolullleXXXIII, Number
02 February2002
bottomsofthe CaneBelt RR ofEth€ridge,Matthews,Bonus,Eqypr,andBayCity. Theywouldpick rrprhecanefromthe
farmsandtakeit backto the mill in Sugarland.
This trainalsocarriedsomelocalpassengers
andI believeit alsowasthe
trainthatfolksin ColoradoCountycall€dthe WANGDOODLE.You couldseethe carfor passeng€rs
directlyhooked
behindthetender,with a singlefront andrearfacingbenchseaton top ofthe car with no safetyhandrailor an)thing.
(Perhaps
thiswasfor blacksifthere werewhitepassenger
ridiDgbelow?)Theseatis right in line with the stacksmoke.
I havea pictureof th€ locomotive,
ImperialSugarNo. I , dozingat the stationin Sugarland,
takenfrom the firemanside,
wilh my father,theengineer,
lookingout thefiremansidecabwindowfor the photo.It is a laryephotothatI displayover
my fireplaceandI havemisplaced
theoriginalandnegativefrom whichthiswasmade.Perhapsifyou wouldbe intereste
in se€ingthisphoto,Iwouldbe happyto showit to you wheneveryouarein theNew Ulm areaandperhaps
I couldeven
getyou a copy.It is a woodbumingAmer;can2-4-2or possibly2 4-2,hardto tell from the angleofthe pho1o,thatwasin
seNicewh€nlhe picore wastakenprior to 1925.An old timesugarmill employeetold me20 yearsagothatthesugarmill
buildingalsoin the picturewasremodeled
in I 925so thepictur€hadto havebeenmadeprior to thattime.
I grewup in theeastendofHoustonandtheyardsofHardy Street,Settagast
andEnglewoodweresomeof my favorite
placcs.I guesssteamrunsin my bloodas my grandfather
hada steampoweredcottongin in theZimmerscheidt
areathat
my motherfiredsteamboilersto produceelectricity(l retireda little over2 yearsagofrom LCRA).Also 2 or rny3
(KenElliott, RRI Box 1683,ColumbusTX 76931,
chiklrenwer€in yourfath€r'sclassat ColumbusElementary.
t]tut \'sueaitrctreLne!)
MINUTES Ociober l4th 2001(TammyHodkin)
the meetingwascalled!o orderby President
JohnHodkinJr. @ 2:00P.M. Reportsweregivenby Treasurer
Walter
Walker,NRHSrepDavidHogeregarding
theNationalNRHSduesincreaser
CottonBelt Museumspokesman
Bill Bailey
about819'srebuilding,LeonardThalmuellerreportedthe BoardOfDirectorsapproved
purchase
anda generalreporton members
healththatwerenot in attendance.
ofa TV/VCR combination
wasdiscussed.
N€w business
wasintroduced
with thefollowingreponed.PJ&S103ranon October2nd
Old business
weremeetingeverySundaymorningat
2001.Thiswasthe first trip in a year-lt wasmentioned
thata few club members
trackage
rightson the UP form the STBto beginrunningcoaltrains
llnion Station.It wasreportedthe BNSFhasrequested
to theEntergyWhiteBluffpower plant.JohnJonesreportedon cufientUP items.CuestLarry Hamiltonaskedfor support
fromtheArkansas
RailroadClubto stopthedemolitionofthe Choctawfreighthousethatwashiddenundemeath
theMay
just beforethe ArkansasSupreme
Courtruledagainsttheownerof theMay
Supplybuilding.This factwasdiscovered
Librarycommission
couldstartdemolitionofsaid building.Theclubagreed,
Sripplybuildingso thePresidential
editorKen Ziegenbein
to do so.
overwhelmingly,
thata letterofprotestbe mailedandaskednewsletter
& EdwardBubniak.After those
After a break,the Show& Tell programbeganwith Bill Bailey,RonEsserman
presentod
presentations,
a slideshow.Theme€tingwasadjoumed.
Dr- BartJennings
November
ll,2001
WalterWalker,Cotton
Them€etingwascalledto orderby JohnHodkinJr. @ 2:00P.M. Reportsweregivenby Treasurer
Bill Baileyadvisingthatthe 819hada targetdat€to run ofApril 2003anda reporton members
Belt Museumspokesman
hcalthwasgivenDinn€rbeingheldon December
l5th 2001andthatthe
This involvedtheChristmas
wasdiscussed.
OIdbusiness
Trainwasgoingto be in
New business
includedtheKCS Christmas
Choctawfreighthousewasbeingdemolished.
Heavener
OK, thatthe AmtrakReformCouncilvotedthatAmtrak'sbestbetfor the futurewasto liquidatethe current
JohnJonesreport€don cunentUP acrivity.This includedthe specialUP torchtrainthatwasto runthrough
operations,
Also
JohnJonesalsoreportedthattheUP companystorewasgoingto beopenedspecialhoursuntil Christmas.
Arkansas.
year
are:
wereannounced.
They
at thismeetingthe slateofofficersfor thecoming
- TammyHodkin,Treasurer
- walt€r walker
- RonEsserman,
Secretary
Preside[t- FredFillers,Vice President
- DavidHoge,Dewsletter
editorfor life Ken Ziegenbein,
Historian GeneHull, BoardOfDirectors
NRHSrepresentative
- StanleyWoz€ncraft
thatwerenot presen
Especiallyihose
andJim wakefield.This list wasapprovedby the m€mbership.
given
in
Hope
that
was
located
in
the
old
MOPAC
trainstation.Aftel
program
was
by
Gary
Johnson
ofthe
Museum
The
a very informativeprogram,the meetingwasadjourned.
IRK4NSAS MILROADER
Litle RockChapterNalionu! Railv'ay Historical Societ))
V o l u mXe X X I I I .N u m b e0r2 - F e b r u a r2y 0 0 2
Decemb€r
15,2001
was
fhere
no formalmeetingheldat theannualChristmas
dinnerexceptthattheoflic€rswereofficially installedAs in
thepast.a greattime washadby all-
WANTEI,:
FON SAI.E ONTNAI'E
'l'ha*s.
anyinformation
onJohnD. Rushing.
Hewas
A. B. Simpkins.60l
CedarSheer,
cmployedby rhc railroadin the late 1800s Box 162,CarlrrNV 89822-0162.
inro the 1930s.Sendany informalionto
j9!99!!ye$igq!ig$!@q!u.9e!l or send the WANTED - Pre-WoddWar II photosol'
information
to thc Arkansas
RailroadClub. railroad activity around Fclsenthdl.
Arkansas,
onccabmnchlinclc ninalonrhc
MissouriPacific.Alsoanyloggingrailroads
WANTf,D - I gavesomeonea blackand or railroadsaroundArkansasCir).'-no$.
Informalion
on
H€nry
Meek
while photo of a steamengire (of the allnosiaghosl
losn butoncca tfuivingriver
WANTf,D
'I
Rushing.
H€lvasemploy€d
by theMissouri M&NA) with two menstandingin fionl or pon andsawmilltown. hesearewantedlbr
PacificRailroadin Okoloma,
Arkansas.
I do sides.it wasthelasttrainoutofHanisonin my oun photocollection.Sendinfbrmation
but 1946.The menwereA.A. "Ma" Simpkins ro Russ Harrison,726 LakeshoreDr.
notknowtheexactdales
ofemployment,
with themon July I 9, andD. E. Alexander,
Asst.Superintendent. MonroeLA 71203.
surehewasemployed
will If anyon€runsacrossit,I wouldlike a copy.
1928.Any informalionor photographs
ly appreciated.
I anlalsolookingfor
begrear
Thefollowingis fbr thosewho wanl10find
ceftainrailroad-related
items,information,
or \yanlros€ll0rtradesuchitemswith other
railfans.We reservethe right lo refuse
listings if deemed inappropriate.The
ArkansasRaihoadClub is not responsible
for misleading
ads.
MILROADA
DON NT PROPOSALS
Boardis: Officeofthe Secretary,
CaseControlUnit, 1925K Street,Washington
Theaddress
ofthe SurfaceTransportation
(Officeof PublicServices)
procedures
is: 202-565-l592.
Ifyou
DC 2042i.TheSTB phonenumberfor abandonment
is: http://r.R'w.stb.dot.gov
ifyou'd like the
conlacrthem,it wouldbehandyto usethe DocketNumbors.Their Wcb address
colnplete
listings.
proposals
havebeenprintedin the FederalRegisleror havecomedirectlyfroDrthe Surface
Theseabandonment
Board.Theywi ll go in effectunlessoncof thefol lowirrgoccurs:I ) an offerof fi nancial assistanceis
Transportation
rails-to-trails);
3) petitionsto reopenthecaseis
received;
2) a requestfor publicuseofth€ landis receiv€d(for instancc,
fil€d.Railroads,
beforetheycanfile these"noticesofexemptionunderCFR I I52 SubpanF," mustcerti$/that l) no local
trafflc canberoutedoverotherIines;3) no fornal
lraffichasmovedoverthe line for at least2 years;2) anyoverhead
reports,historicreports,lransmittallelter.newspaper
conplaintfiled by a useris pendiig and;4) environmental
publication,
agencies
havebeenmet.Eventhoughapprovalis grantedfor therailroads1()
andnoticeto govemmental
ycars
beforetrackis actuallytakenup.
it maybe monthsor
abandon,
a 0.95-mileline oirailroadbetweenmilepostMN-O.0al
WEST VIRGINIA - NORIOLK SOUTHERN- To abandoD
Mccarr,in MingoCounty,WV, andmilepostMN-0.95at Nampa,in PikeCounty,WV. Eflectiveon January19,
20,200) )
2002.(STB DocketNo. AB-290(S b-No.228x, decidedJanuaryDecember14,servedDecember
Natchez
betwcen
Spur,
milcpostI-N
MISSISSPPI ILINOIS CENTRAL To abandona line ofrailroadknownasthe
AdamsCounty,
MS.A finaldecisioD
will be
of3.9milesin Natchoz,
94.48andnilepostLN 98.38,a distance
21,
issuedby March22, 2002.(STBDocketNo. AB-43(Sub-No.l72X), decidedDecenber14,servedDecember
2001)
by New York
NEW YORK - NEW YORK CROSSHARBOR RAILROAD,INC - Askedto authorizetheabandonment
"First
(aAla
AvenueYard")andtheHarborside
CrossHarborRailroad,Inc.(NYCH),ofthe BushTeflninalYard
ARKANSAS MILROADER-
Li le Rock Chapler National Rail\9ay Historical Society
Volu|ne
XXXIII.Number
02- February
2002
'Brooklyn
lndustrialCenler(a./k/a
Army Terminal")0ointly theTracksandFacilities),in New York,Kings
County,NY. (STB DocketNo. ,48-596,decidedDecember14,servedDecember
2l, 200I)
ALABAMA - CSX - To abandona 0.56-mileline ofrailroadbetweenmilepost000-290.2andmilepost000-290.76
in
Athens,Limestone
County,AL. Effectiveon January22, 2002.(STB DocketNo.AB-55(Sub-No.602X.decided
December
I l, serv€d
December
2l, 2001)
VIRGINIA - NOMOLK SOUTHERN- To abandon
a 3.03-mileline of railroadbetweenmileDost
A-0.0.at Amo Jcr..
aDdmilepostA-3.03,at Derby,in WiseCounty,VA (line).Effectiveon January22,2002.(STBDocketNo.AB290(Sub-No.220X,decid€dD€cember14,servedDecember
21, 2001)
WEST VIRGINIA - NORIOLK SOUTHERN- To abandona 2-28-mileline ofrailroadbetweenmilepostCR-o.0,at
Cedar,MingoCounty,WV, andmilepostCR-2.28,at Majestic,PikeCounty,KY (line).Effectiveon JanuarJ24,
2002.(STB Dock€tNo. AB-290(Sub-No.226X,decidedDecember14,servedDecember
21,2001)
VIRGINIA - NORFOLK SOUTHERN- To abandona 0.9-milelineof railrcadbetwe€nmilepostRC-0.0,at Russetl
Creek,andmilepostRC-0.9,at Caledonia,
in WiseCounty,VA (line).Effectiveon January
23,2002.(STB Docker
No. AB-290(Sub-No.221X,decidedDecember10,servedDecember
21, 2001)
KINTUCKY - NORFOLK SOUTHERN- To abandon5.6milesof its lineofrailroadbetweenmilepostHL-15.0at
BaneandmileposlHL 20.6at LevisaSpur,in PikeCounty,KY. Effectiveon Janr.rary
25,2002.(STBDocketNo.
AB-290(Sub-No.225X,decidedDecember18,servedDec€mber
26, 2001)
NEW MEXICO - BNSF- To abandona line ofrailroadbetweenBNSFmilepost196.00nearLoving,NM, andmilepost
2 i 7.20nearPecosJunction,NM, andbetwe€nmilepost0.00nearPecosJunction,NM, andmilepost25.34near
RustlerSprings,TX, a totaldistanceof46.54miles.Eff€ctiveon January29, 2002.(STB DocketNo. ,{8-6 (Sub
No.390X.decided
December
18.served
December
28.2001)
VIRGINIA - NORFOLK SOUTHERN- To abandona 0.63-mileline ofrailroadbetweenmilepostKP-0.0andKP-o.63
218X,
at Kopp,BlchananCounty,VA. Effectiveon January30,2002.(STBDocketNo. AB-290(Sub-No.
19.served
December
31.2001)
d€cidcd
December
Kf,NTUCKY - NORFOLK SOUTIIERN - To abandonl.0l mil€sof its lineof railroadbetween
milepostFC-0.0at
FlanaryandmilepostFC-l.01at ApacheCoal,in PikeCounty,KY. Effectiveon January30,2002.(STBDocket
No. A8-290(SuFNo.224X,decidedDecemberI7, servedDec€mber
I1, 2001)
WfST VIRGINIA - NORIOLK SOUTHERN- To abandona 2.8-milelineofrailroadbetweenmilepostOH-o.0at Oak
Hiil andmilepostOH-2.8at Carlisle,in FayetteCounty,WV. Effectiveon January31,2002.(STBDocketNo.
232X,decided
DecenberI8, served
December
3l, 2001)
AB,290(Sub-No.
LT-o.0andLT-0.66
VIRGINIA NORFOLK SOUTHERN To abandona 0.66-mileline of railrcadbetweenmileposts
at BaDner,
WiseCounty,VA. Effectiveon February5, 2002.(STB DocketNo. AB-290(Sub-No.2l3X, decided
January
4,2002)
December
2?,2001,served
To
abandona 2.23-mileIineof railroadb€twoenmileposlHS-o.0at Oakwood
VIRGINIA NORFOLK SOUTHf,RN
County,VA. Eff€ctiveon Febtuary6, 2002.(STBDocketNo. AB-290
andmilepostHS-2.23at Mills, in Buchanan
( Sub-No.2 I 9X, decidedDecember
27, 200I servedJanuary7, 2002)
anddiscontinue
serviceovera 3.72-mil€line ofrailroadknownasth€Bell
tOwA - UNION PACIFIC - To abandon
AvenuelndLrstrialLead€xtendingfrommilepost22l.l0nearSEl8thStr€€ttomil€post2l?.38nearSW
in the 1880sandincludesa railroad
Streetin DesMoines,PolkCounty,IA (theline).The linewasconstructed
bridgethatwasbuilt betwe€nl89i and l90l. ]'he bridge,locatedat milepost219.79,spansthe DesMoinesRiver
andis knownastheDesMoinesRiverBridge.The DesMoinesRiverBridgehadbeenin servicefor
conditions.The
line
100yearsbeforeit wastakenout of serviceon May 1, 2001,dueto inoperable
approximately
primarily
amounts
of
115-pound
rail,
with
small
of90The
line
is
constructed
sincethattime.
hasbeenembargoed
poundrail. It hasa maximumspeedof l0 m.p.h.,exceplat milepost219.?9wh€rethe line wastakenout ofserviceto meetFederal
Up statesthatthe line,exclusiveofthe DesMoinesRiverBridge,doesnot requir€rehabilitation
(FRA) safetystandards.
thattheDesMoinesRiv€rBridg€wouldcost
UP estimates
RailroadAdministration
ftat the
approximate
ly $ 1,500,000to bringbackinto service.l'he StateI{i storicSoci€tyof lowa hasdetermin€d
eligible
for
listing
on
architectural
interest
and
may
be
historical
and
Bridge
is
ofconsiderable
DesMoinesRiver
requiring
UP
to
that
a
condition
be
impos€d
SEA recommends
ofHistoricPlaces.Therefore,
theNationalRegister
retainits interestin andtakeno stepsto alterthe historicint€grifyofthe DesMoin€sRiverBridgeuntil completion
ARKANSASMILROADER - Lit e Rock Chapter National Railway Historical Society
V o l u mXeX X I I l .l l u m b e0r2 F e b r u a r2y0 0 2
Act. 16U.S.C.470f.EffectiveFebruary15.2002.
ofthe section106processoflhe NationalllistoricPrcscrvation
(STB DocketNo. AB-33 (Sub-No.170,decidedJanuaryI5, servedJanuary16,2002)
ARKANSASRAIL NEWS
consideralionin adding Hope as a stop on
SouthwestArkansasRegionalArchives.
the Tcxas Eaglc routc thal runs between (H1pe Stut, ria Ray Dwbdr)
C h i c a g o a n d L o s A n g e l eIsh.c c i t y h a s b e c n
couning the rail line to add Hope for about A & M P A S S E N C E R / F R E I G H TC O U N T
a decade, according to leaders with the
The Arkansas & Missouri Railroad
handled 17,8,17passengersin 2001 aDd
Areas iD and around Hope otTer many m o v e d3 8 . 3 6 4c a r l o a d so f g o o d s ( u p f r o m
opportunitiesfbr joint pronlotions,the study 22,806 in 2000). Accordirg io Presidcnt
notes.TheClnrtonbithp lacehonrehasbeen Lany Boucbct. thcy should handle ovel
restored and is already a viable tourist 40.000 car nrovesin 2002. (A&!,1E\prcss.
altraction, and the adjacent visitor center
offers interaclivccxhibitsand interpretative
progmmson history.OthersitesincludeOld
JENKS SHOP CUTS SHIFT
(Notth Little Rocb -Urian Paciilc's Jcnks
washington Historic SratePark, the Civil
War capital of Arkansrs. and a park thal
Shops,l{hich repairslocomoLivcs.cut their
HOPE WANTSAMTR{K STOP
rvantsAmtrak offers insight into a lgth Cenlury 3'" shift JaDuary8"' sayirg there was nol
TheciryoiHopc,Arkansas
to nop the Texas Eagle there a1 tbe communiq, and events of the Territorial. enough repajr businessto keep it open all
Antebellun, Civil War and Rcconslruction night. Six0 machinlsts, l9 boilcrmakefs.
MissouriPaciucdepoi.
renovaled
The Univenily of ArkansasCooperative eras of ArkansashistoD. Millwood State clccbicians. aDd laborcrs wcre laid off
the nudy for Park is 19 miles away. The Crater of indefinitely,at leastthrough2002.The) had
llxtcDsion
Serviceconducted
its
To
rism
and
Pronotions Diamonds State Park is also nearby,as is only 70 rcbuildsschedulcdwhcn:00 to,100
the ciry and
finaldralt Lake Decray Reson and State Park. Also
lloardlastyearandpresentedthe
alongto p r e s e n i i s l h e G r a n d v i e r v P r a i f i e
h December.
Thestudywaspassed
dre goveming board of Anhak for Conservation Educaiion Cenler and the
A&M MAY STARTDININGSERVICE
(Sprinsddle,
Decenbelt3. )04I) -'11L
Arkansas
& MissouriRailroadboughttrvo
Anrtkk louDgccars in early December,
2001,and plansto lsc them in informal
diningserviceon ils' passenger
excursjons
betweenSpringdaldand Var BuredFort
Snith ifthe cilieshelppromoteil andare
inlerested.The trains would run tiom
Springdale
to van Buren and reiurn and
tiomVanBurento winslo* andrctum.plus
olher possibleoptions.(,!io,rlD!err/in"s
Record,rla RdtDunbur).
RAIL-AMERTCASTATS
lnc.,theworld'slargestshon
RailAn1erica,
curently
lineandregionalrailroadoperator,
owns39 shortline and regionalrailroads
I 1,000routemiles
approximately
operaling
Canada,
Australiaand
in theUnitedStates,
Chile.In North America,the Company's
railroadsoperaiein 22 statesand sjx
Canadianprovinces.Intemationally,the
4.300route
operates
anadditional
Company
milesundcrtrack accessanangenenlsln
AusiraliaandArgentina.In October2001,
RailAnericawas ranked85th on Forbes
magazinc'slisr of the 200 B€st Small
in America;in July 2001,the
Companies
Company
wasnamedto theRussell2000@
(RdilAnerica
pressretease)
lidex.
repodedthefollowingcumulative
totalsfbr
U.S.railroadsduringthe first 5l wceksof
2001: 17,02'7,842carloads,down 0.7
percent
liom laslyear;iniennodai
volumeof
down2.4
8,831,394
trailersandcontainers,
percentandtotal volune of an estimated
1.4689trilliontonmiles,up 1.1 percent
Fom lastyear'sfirst 5l weeks.Railroads
pfovidemoreihan40 percenlofthenation's
more than
intercitylieight tmnsporlation,
anyothermode,andrail trafficfigurcsarc
regarded as an impodant economic
proposals-l1 in
all--currently under Board rclicw. Ihe
proposalsvary in size.scope,and localion
and involve both Class I and shortlinc
railroads. These rail construclionprojecls
have been proposcdh enablerailroadsto
continueto providesafeandelficientlicight
transportalioDserviccby addnrgfieighl rail
Pendingnew constructroncasesar€: 1) A
Burlington Nonhern Santa Fe Railway
(BNSIi) proposalto constructa 7.8-nrilemil
lineto provide altemativerailsenice to the
Union Carbide Coeoration industrial
complex in Seadritt,Texas; 2) an lllinois
LOTS OF NtrW CONSTRUCTION
SurfaceTransponation
Board (Board) CentralRailroadproposal1()constNctal.2today mile line in East Balon Rouge Parish in
Chajman LindaJ.Morganannounced
wirh an evolvingtrend in t-ouisianato provide altenative railservice
that, consistent
recentyears.there is an unprecedentedto an ExxonMobil chemical plant; 3) a
U.S.RAILROADSTATS2OOI
of AmericanRailroads number of railroad line construction Norfolk SouthemRail.oadproposaltobuild
The Associaiion
ARK4NSASRAILROADER- Litle RockChapterNational RaihaayHistorical Society
l0
V o ul n eX X X I I I .Number
02- February
2002
4.75milesofnew trackandrehabilitate
I I the articl€, without apparently attracting
To blamethe railwaysfor a tuck beingiD
miles of an existing lin€ to provide your attention.You seemto haverc qualns a location whe.e it is not intended or
ahemalive rail service to the Keysrone about lhese trucks causing a disaskr by exp€cled would be sirnilar to blaming a
ElectricalGenerating
Siationin Shelocata, runiing offthe roador otherwise
b€coming motorist who struck a pe$on who was
Pcnnsylvania;
4) a I.8-mile construction involv€din an accident.
illegallywalkingin the drivinglanesofaD
proposedby CSX Transportation,
Inc. in
In conFast,I am very wonied abourthe lntentate highway. Your solution Walbridge,Ohio to connectrhe fomer safetyof trucks and prefer to seeas much loweringtherail speedlimit would beakin
ConrailStanley
YardEastemRunning
Track fteigh!aspossibletravelby rail. Whilerail to allowingpedestrians
ontheInterstate
bul
to a CSXmain
Iine;5)DakotaMimesora& crewsoperate
underastricthoursofs€rvice loweringthespe€dlimitto 35mph.Thetrue
HaslemRailroadCorporation's
proposalto Iaw, which is violatedexceedingly
rarely solutionto incidentslike thaiofDecember
buildapproximately
280 milesofnew line becausethe fines are in the thousandsof 28th is not to slow doM the viral rail
andrehabilitate600
milesofils€xistingline dollars and the Federal Railroad cornmerc€
of the nalionbut ro ensurerhar
to providenewrailaccess!othe
low-sulphur Administration
is stringentin enforcemenr, peoplesimplyobeytheexistinglaw anddo
coalrcserves
in tbePowder
RiverBasin;6) truckers operateunder a more liberal not(l) trespass
onth€linewherethereis no
proposalto construct regulation
MidwestGeneration's
thatis ofienenforcedonly when crossingor (2) usea crossingwhenthegates
a rail lineapproximately
4.000feetlongto a policeofficerhasoccasionto examinea are down andsignalsare waning ofan
the Jolietpowerstationin lllinois; 7) the driver's(sometim€s
forgedor non-exhtent) approaching
train.Manypeople
whowould
AlamoNorthTexasRailroad's
proposalto logs.Due to the overworked
natureofour never dreamof walkingon an Interstate
provide new rail serice to limestone trafflcpolice,thisis mostofteninthecourse walk along active train tracks. Many
-. a true motonsls who never run red raffi€ lighrs
quarriesin Texasby construcdng
arail line ofa post-accident
investigation
approximately
2 miles long; 8) the San exarnpleofclosing the bam dooraflerthe feelthe needto ignorethered lightsofrail
JacintoRail Limired-BNSFproposalto horschas
escaped.
Theresultis along,well- crossings
andgo aroundthe gatesrhatare
provide ahernativerail service to lhe documenled,
seriesofaccjdenlscausedby blockingthetracksfor theirownprotection.
Baypo.tchernicalcomplcxnearHouston, truckers asl€epor drowsy al fie whe€l of Onth€otherhands,
thecrewsoftmins have
lcxasby constructing
a 12.8-mi1e
linej9)a trucks- vehiclesjustas
deadlyasthemuch- absolutely
no desireto becomeinvolvedin
Six CountyAssociationof Covernments heaviertrains
whichscareyou.But because a collision,andoftenfeelthetraumaofgLrilt
proposal
io construct
a43-milelin€between truckaccidents,
like all roadaccidents,
are for "causing"
a deatheventhoughthere
was
Salinaand Levan,Utah lo provide rail so common,they hardly make the news nothing they could do to prevent the
serviceto shippersin lhe region; l0) a unlesstheyare unusuallydeadly,andthey collision."(Writtenby JohnBredin' parts
I)emiscotCountyPon Authority plan to aretakenabsolutely
for grantedasthe cost omitted).
construcla s-mile line lo connectPort ofdriving.Ontheotherhand,derailments
are
Aulhorjryfacililieswith a BNSF line at relativ€lyrareoccunences
compared
to the TItrS-TIf,S-TIES
Ilayti, Missouri;and 1l) the Creat Sak number of trains fiat operaE across the
Here'sa rundo*nofthe numberofnew
l-akc and SouthernRailroad'sproposed nadon, and most people have littl€ €rossti€s
six ClassI railroadsplanto install
consrruction
of a 32-nile line in Tooele connectionto the fieight raikoads.and in 2002: BNSF will inslall a total of
colnty, Utah ancillary to the creation ther€foreeachattrac$attentionandappears 2,224,128,.just
behind2,490,900
in 2001.
(subject to approval by the Nuclear to be a considerable
problem requning Ofthose,lherailroadwill be puttingdolvn
1,873,788
woodties.
RegulatoryCotunission)of an interim
downftom2,170,415,
I am especiallyconcemedbecause
lh€ and350,340concrete
storage
facilityfor spentnuclearfuel.
ties,up fiom 320,435
incidentofDecember28ththatresultedin in 2001.- CN will beputting
down901,100
your
comments
was
not
the
result
of
any
2002,
up
SAFETY
crossties
in
from
821,000.
That
TRUCKS/CROSSING
onthepartoftherailway includ€s 850,000 wood ties, up liorn
Hcreis an excerptofa lenerto theeditor er.ororn€gligence
recentlyregardingan bui becausea lruck was blocking the 765,000;20,900 concreteties. up liom
to som€newspaper
ties.
edito.ialby thepaperblamingrailroadsfor crossingat a time when th€ gatesand 16,000,and200 plasticor alt€mative
to 10.000iiom
crossing
accidenls
whentrucksareinvolved. wamingbellsand lightswere tunctioning. Relay rics will decreas€
while I didn't seelhe original edilorial, Whetheror notthekuckwasin lhatlocalion 40,000 lasl year. - CPR plansto install
in 2002,rp kotl]193,237
sometimesI wonder where som€ anti- dueto an enor or sheerbadluck,trainsare 808,000crossties
to stopfor objectsblockingthe lastyear.This includes798,000newwood
writersget their brain notdesigned
railroadnewspap€r
cells. .maybe th€y were cloned liom tracks.Thaais the casewhethera train is tiesand 10,000relayties.- CSXT plansto
going l5mph or 50mph- a heavytrain, install3,051,595new crossties
in 2002,a
distance slightdrop from 3,199,976
in the evenat slowspeeds,
hasa stopping
lastyear.This
" I rcadwithconcemyourcommeDts
or thousands
of includes2,976,595woodties,down liom
in several
hundred
SumterCouniy"Times"ofJan. 3rd. 2002. measured
that
feet.
The
laws
ofphysics
are
absolutes
3.125,000, and 75,000 concrete ries,
l housandsof trucks carry hazardous
the
cannol
ignored
or
contradict€d
by
vinually the sam€as 74,976 installedthis
nation,
at
be
on thehighwaysofour
materials
you
however
well-intended.
pastyear.- NS will install2,669.122
r€f€r
to
in
laws
of
man,
riesir
50mph
speeds
exceedingthe
ARKANSAS MILROADER - Little RockChopter National Railway Historical Society
V o l u mXeX X I I LN u m b 0e 2r F e b r u a r2y0 0 2
2,580,000
2002, includingapproximately
new woodties and 89,122rclay ties.The
2001 total was 1,500,182,including
I,455,962newwoodtiesandM22O rclay
ties.- In 2002,uP will install4,860,000
tiesin
ti€s,a majorjump from 3,6575,000
2001. The greatmajority will be wood,
totaling4,450,000,
up from 3,400,000last
year. Also included are 250,000 concrete
ties,up from246,000,10,000sleelties,up
from5,000,and 150,000plastic/alternative
ties,up from I 5,000.Therailroadalsoplans
to pr$ in 20,000relay ties, an increasefrom
| 5,000 Iastyear.
NEW CROSSINGHORNS
A new type of warningdevicewill be
inslall€dat severalcrossings
in Illjnoisthis
year to see if they can improve crossing
ROCK ISLAND GRILL
(Oskaloosa,Iowa) -The old Rock Islanddepotat Oskaloosa,Iowa wasrenovatedalld tumed into a restaumnt
of 2001.It wasbuilt in I 876andservedastheRocklslanddepotuntil thelatel9l0s
by MikeNolanin December
andsincethenwasusedat differenl timesasa fieight warehouseand fbr storage,It satvinually emptysincethe
An tmusualfeatureis thecurvedchimney.Oskaloosa,
1970suntil boughtby Mr. Nolanin 1996andrenovated.
County
News,
No|ember20, 2001ria Jim.lohnsok)
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AMTRAK 'LOSES' ,INVESTMENTS'
HIGHWAY
Sunset,
for example,witl vastlydistortthe Council said "Our highway and civjl
profit or lossof the Sunset.The only way avrationsystensarc not profitable, nor do
ljnder Amtrak\ accounting
methods,it's thatyou will gera truepictue of whethera we expectthemto be,!'he says.,'why then
hard lo separatenational and regional train is profitable or not is by directly shouldwe placethis conmercial burdenon
overhcadexpensesfiom train operaring allocatingoniytherevenueanddirectcosts Antrak?" Michael Dukakis, the onelime
coslsAs aresult,thefiguresdon'lprovidea of operating
thetrain.Revenue
is simpte....i1 presidential
candidate
androw chairman
of
clear indicationof how the trains would is the amountoftick€asal€sofa parricular Amtrak,said asmuchin
perfom ifthey wererun by someone
else. tralnp[6 anyrtailardexp€ssre!€nueilrEcei]€s. Chicagothisweekat rheCiry Club.Coston
Amlrakcrilicsfocusonhowmuchtaxpay€n
Expenses,shouldbe labor costs of likens Arnlrak's order to make a buck to
contribute
for rail s€rvice.Rail backerssay operalronj equlpment costs, station forcinga shoemanufacturer
to beprofitable
publicinvestment
in Amtrakis dwarfedby maintenancecoslsandpa)'rnentsto the host using1920stecbnolo$/.What is needed,he
govemment
spending
on roadsandairports. railroads-Equipmentcost should be a says,is seriousinvestmentin equipm€nt
"No railroadin the world recoversits costj straightforward charge per unir-per mile_ suchas tracks,which would allow faster
ifthey'reall addedinto theequation,"said ThisistbewayMetro-Northdoesir. Thusif trainsandreducetimewaitingin comfietds
Ji RePass,presidenrof the bipatisan the Sunset has 12 cars and tbree for Feighttrainsto go by. SaysCosron:
NalionalCoridors lnitiative.He said the tocomotives,
it wouldbe chargedI5 times "Transportationis Do differenr rhan any
ideathattaxpayerssubsidizerail and not "X", where"X" is the costper unit, rimes other areaof humanactivity: you may no(
highways"hasbeensold by the highway "Y", whichis thenumberofmilestraveled. always get whar you pay for, but you
lobby and rhe Libertaria Cato Institute Verysimple;nohiddencosts.
defrnitelydo not getwhatyou don'tpayfor.',
peoplewho jusi hate rail
on ao
Ifyou follow this scenario,the cosrof (AbowlakenjiomtheDecenber3A,200tideological
basis."
operating the Acela Expressor any high- CHICACO SW-TIMES, part lom the
'I-here
is also the fuffry way Amtrak speedconidortrainis goingto bemorerhan MtuaukeeJosnal Sentihel- Dec 27, 2001
allocalescoststo individualtrains.You'd the cost of operatinga train suchas the andpal fram Hawie Dash, an acco ntant
think the) would just allocatecosts of Sunset,
becaus€
everything
beingequal,rhe on a rcil-oriebtedenail lis,
direclly operalingeach train, but lhey Sunsetonly getschargeda fix€d cost ro lhe
apparentlydon't. Take the cast of rhe host railroad,which diminisheswith poor FORT WORTH SANTA FE DEPOT
fliawatha.It's not clear how much of on-time performance,where th€ Acela
With the completionof the new
Amtrak\ overheadh charged to the Expressg€tschargeda costolmaintaining IntermodalC€nterin Fort Worth, where
pointofconc€m theveryexpensive
Hjawatha,
a long-standing
NECrightofway in lieu conmuterscannow rakea rain all rhe way
amongpassenger
advocates
andstatesthat ofa raihoadcharge.
ftom Fonh Worth to Dallas and Amtrak
help pay for trains. Although Amtrak This is why I truelybelievethat the long passengers
will boardanddisembarkrheir
aftributes
S3miUionofHiawathaexpenses distance,interegional
trainsarecbeaperto trains,the old SantaFe Depot,us€dby the
to "systemcosts,irthatonly covers tbe opera@than the high-cost, infrastrucnre TexasEagl€and suchrains of the past as
routc'sshareof €xpenses
for the national intensiv€so calledhigh,speedcorridors.
the Texas Chiel will be left vacant (bur
headquarters
in Washingtonand intercity
tunlrak has clearly bent the figures to probablydevelop€dinto somerhingelse).
unit headquart€rs
in ChicaSo,Amtrak showthetrainstheywantto promotedojng Yes, the SantaFe deporwill pass into
spokesman
Bill Schulzsaid.All othercosts well andthe aainsth€ywanl1oget rid of history as an operatingpasseng€r
d€pot.
are dividedamongeachtmin's operating doing poorly, by allocating overheadand Constructedin 1899, Union Depol ivwas
expeNes,
hesaid.ThatmeanstheHiawaiha infiastructure costs to ali trains, wbether th€ oldestdepotin Texasfor continuous
budgetincludes
a shareofAmtrak'snational theyapplyornot.GAOj usttakesthefigures uninteffuptedservice as a "passenger"
reserlalionsystem even though the Amtrak givesthem and spitsout a r€pon station.Future plans for the depot a.e
Hiasatha runs dont tak€ r€servations.
uncertainat this time.
Becauseof that kind of accounting, Thosewho arepreoccupied
with Anrak
Wisconsin
officjahdont believethefigures operating without public tundjng are 'UTU WEIGHS IN ON PASSENGER
reallyshowhowprofitable
eachlrainis,said doomingit. Govenm€ntpours
billionsinto TRAINS
Ron Adams, slate Department of oth€r forms of transponation-roads The UTU newsl€lter
saidCongress
musl
primarily,at $10millionto $20millionper corunit to providing Amrrak with a
Transpodation
rail chiei
ln the cas€of Amtrak,tbey allocateall milefor highways,
andtheairlinesjustgot
a perman€nl,reliable and sufficient form of
lheir overhead10 all their individual nice $15 billion kissfron UncleSam,too. direct f€deralfmding that includesenough
productsj
whichin tbis caseis theirtrains. Y€t rail hasto pay its own way?JEERSto money to hire competentmanagerswith
Allocationof NEC relatedcosts to the ihat. JamesE. Costonofthe Amtrak Refom appropriate experiencein mil-service
ARKINSAS MILROADER - Little Rock Chapter National Railway Historical Society
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planning, operations and marketing.
lnd€pend€nranalysistoo offen has found
Amtrak'sWashington,D.C.-basedmanagers
lackbasicskillsn€cessary
to reduc€travel
time,increase
servicefrequency
anddeliver
customer-driven,
world-classservice.So
many lawmakers have lost faith in
preservingAmtrak that it is unlikely
Congress
willever provideAmtrak,asit h
curently structured,with a reliableand
suflicientformof funding.
FRtrICHT
RAILROADS
IN
PASSENCERBUSINESS?
The UTU has leamed that two of th€
EXGURS
l3
nalion'sIargestprivately ownedFeight-rail
systems- Norfolk Southem and Union
Pacific- havecommenced
int€ma,sodies
to determine how and under what
cfcumstanc€s they might again operate
passengertrains. At KansasCity Southem,
anolhermajorfreight-railsystem,CEOMike
HavertysaidthatKCSsupports'the concept
partnerships,
ofpublic-privat€
" whichcould
benefiirail passenger
servjce.(ByronBayd
ol UTU,Jan Z 2002r.(Anyon€elsehave
anyknowledge
ofthis?)
Janwry t5, 2002 - DennisCorsale,the
Number One seniority conductor on lhc
Amtrak syst€m,pass€dawaythis morning.
He wasstill anactiveconductor
workingon
the Renss€laer-NY
Pennroutedaily ar 80
yearsold. Dennis suffer€dhearttrouble at
Christnastimeandspentthe lasl few weeks
inintensivecare.Dennhpreviously
worked
for th€ D&H, werehisyoungerbrotherJoc
(age66) slill worksin Feighipool service
fiom Saratoga
to Monftal. l'rulythe€ndof
NATION'S OLDEST CONDUCTOR
DIES
H
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ERCLUBS
TEXAS - FORT WORTH - MARCH 16' 2002- RegionIX ofthe NationolAssociationofRail Passengers
will be
havinga very important meetingin Fort Worth March16,2002,andANYONEinterested
in promotingrail travelis
invitedto attend- you DON'T haveto bea NARPmember.It will be heldat thebrandnew Intermodal
Transportation
Center,901JonesStreet,whichservesastheTrinity Rail Expressstationon thenewlyopenedFort Worthto Dallaslight
'Ihe
rail system. hotel:ClarionHotel,600Commerce
Street,817.332.6900,
Ask for NARP/TXARPrate,whichis $69.
Contact:[email protected].
or write:Tim Geeslin,2205Mar,,inGardens,
Arlington,TX 7601L Or call Bill
Potlatdat 501-327-7083.
RegionIX ofNARP includesArkansas,
Missouri,Oklahoma,
KansasandTexas.Themeetingis
scheduled so that membersfrom other statescantravel to Fort Worth via the TexasEagleon Friday March I 5, attendthe
meetingon Saturday,
andretumhomeon SundayMarch16.Fort Worthjust openedtheirnewIntermodalTransportation
Center,an impressive
newtrainstationwhichis the largestconstructed
sinceNew OrleansUnionPassenger
Terminalin
1954.TriDityRailwayExpressoffersfrequentservice(usingdoubl€deckercars,push'pull)betweenFortWorthand
Dallas,andbeautifullyrestoredBuddRDCcarshandleshorterschedules
out from Dallas.TheDFW metropl€xon March
l5-16-l7 offersa geat opportunityfor a weekendofrail advocacy
work,trainriding,andvisitingwith othersofsimilar
interest.
AXJGNSAS - PINII BLUFF - AIRIL 6, 2002- Raihosdianaand Modbl Train Show- TheCottonBelt Rail Historical
Society,lnc.will hav€it's annualshowandsaleon Saturday,
April 6, 2002from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m.Locationwill bethe
Arkansas
RailroadMuseum,Hwy 65I}andPortRoad.Tablesareavailable(8-ft)for $15each.Admissionwill be$4. Door
prizeswill beawarded.Fortablerentalor for moreinformation,
contactJoeMcCullough,CBHRS,PO Box 2044,Pine
BluffAR 72613-2044
or call theArkansasRailroadMuseum,870-535-8819
or GeraldCooper.870,839-2501.
TENNESSEE- OAK RIDGE - APRIL 6-7,2002- TheSouthernAppalachia
RailwayMuseumwill conducttheir4d,
AnnualRailroadPhotographyWeekendon April 6 and7,2002.Theirbaseis OakRidge,T€nnessee
at theformerK 25
Manhattan
Projectfacility.On the 6", therewill beregulartripsat l0 a.m.andnoonwith the phototrip at 2 p.m.wirh
frequentstops.Theyhopeto usethe S-2andhavea workingfreightbehindthepassenger
trainusingtheirRS-!. On April
?d,a photofreight,with ridersin th€caboose,
will run on theKentucky& Tennessee,{Big
SourhForkScenicat Steams,
Kentucky.Pricesrangefrom about$20on Saturday
tdps to $40for th€ Sundaytrips.ContactformerArkansas
Railroad
Clubpresident
BartJennings
for morcinformation- bi€nninlAutk.eduor SARM,PO Box 5870,KnoxvilleTN 37928.
Theirwebsiteis: httptlwww.techscribes.con/sarm
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ffiil#;;;it
that was demolishedin Little Rock
shows
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LITTLEROCK& WESTERN
MILWAY, L.P.
The following Little Rock & WestemRailway informationcamedirectly from the web site,
httpr//www.rail-manaqement.com.
The Little Rock& WesternRailway,
L.P.,a Classlll revenuecarrier,was
formedand beganoperationson June 1,
1980as an interimoperatorownedby
Green BayPackagingCorporation.
Operations
beganin the old Rocklsland
Depotat Perryuntil fall of 1983,when a
new office was completedsouth of the
tracks acrossfrom the old deoot.
All trackfrom Little Rockto Danvillewasformerlyownedand operatedby
the RocklslandRailroadbut wasabandoned
whenthe Rocklslandclosed
down. The track betweenLittle Rockand Perry, Arkansas(44 miles)was
purchasedfrom the Trusteeof the RocklslandRailroadin October. 1981. In
198'l/1982the trackwas rehabilitatedand up-graded
to FRAClassll track
standards
at a costof Sl.5 Million. In 1986,an agreementwas madewith
Continental
Grainfor the LRWNto leaseand oDerate35 mitesof track
betweenPerry and Danville,Arkansas.
An engineinspectionpit and engineshedwere completedin late 1984and
early 1985and the old depotwasconvertedinto the locomotiveshoD.LRWN
handlesmostrepairsand inspectionsin housewith largerrepairsbeing
completedby UnionPacificin North Little Rock,Arkansas.
The railroad'smajor customersare ArkansasKraft Divisionof GreenBay
Packaging
Corporation,whichoperatesa linerboardpapermill nearperry and
WayneP,oultryand Feed,a divisionof ContinentalGrain,which operatesa
feed mill at Danville,AR.
Facilities
Office, Perry, AR
LocomotiveShop,Perry,AR
RailYard, Perry, AR
eonDccthgiailrcads
UnionPacific,NorthLittte Rock,AR
BurlingtonNorthernSantaFe, putaski,AR
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Little Rock & Western Railway, L.p.
306 West ChoctawAvenue
Perry, AR 72125
,dailingAddr€ss'
P.O.Box 146
Perry,AR 72125-O146
PAoneNumbers:
(501t 662-4878
FAx: (501) 662-4783
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Perry-,
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O.A.(Alan)Wagoner,Manager
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DeanWhattey,customerService
DavidEdmonson,Sr. Trainmaster
Steverrtarsh,Trainmaster
Ed Price,MechanicaISupervisor
Consultant
BobSandage,
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Pulaski,AR
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Maumelle,
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Roland,AR
160
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Bigelow,AR
172
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Houston,AR
177
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Perry,AR
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Amerigas
Koch
Chemicals
Homewood,AR
Ota,AR
Danville,AR
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209
219
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5000ft. storagetracks
75Oft, storagetracks
5000ft. storagetracks
3400ft. storagetracks
500 ft. storagetracks
6500 ft. storagetracks
GeneralOffices
Locomotive5hed,
InspectionPit and
DleselFuelingStation
103
3500ft. storagetracks
115 DelticTimber 1000ft. storage
tracks
120 WayneFeed 2500ft. storagetracks
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ARKANSASRAILROADER - Febr'uan 2002
Thesephotosalong the LRWN were taken by Ken Ziegenbeinon January9 and 1,1,2002.
now usedby theLRWN asa
UPPERLEFT - TheoriginalRockIslanddepotat Perry,Arkansas,
goingthough Houstoq
LRWN
point.
RIGHT
Westbourd
UPPER
storageandcrewchange
Arkansasreturningftom Little Rock,January9, 2002.MIDDLE LEFT & RIGHT - Westbound
whichis westofPerry,goingto Danville,January14,aboutI l:05
throughAdona,Arkansas,
a.m.LOWER LEFT Crossinga smalltrestle1 mile eastof Casa,January14.LOWER
RIGHT - ThroughBirta,1l r40a.m.
ARKANSASRAILROADER - Eebru,^ry 2002
UPPERLEFT - Ente ng theeastpartofDanville, 12:20p.m.,January14,2002.UPPER
RIGHT - Therearestill old RockIslandtrackswestofDanville.Onerail hada dateon it of
1923,LOWER LEFT - Endof theline.LRWN hasstoredsomecarson this section.LOWER
RIGHT - Looking west ftom fte endofthe line. The highwaybridgeis stateHighway 27.
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December28, 2001wasthe last day Union Pacific ownedthis bridgeacrossthe ArkansasRiver
betweenLittle Rock andNodh Little Rock (the JunctionBridge).This wasa former Missouri Pacific
line. Now UP only hasthe Baring Crossbridgeto op€rateon, althoughthey haven'thadbut oneor two
trainsa monthcrossingthe JunctionBddge in rccentmonths.UP gavethe bridgeto the City of Little
Rock afterrhe STB approvedits' abandonment.
The City iook it over officially December29,
accordingto onesource.It is to be madeitrto a pedestrianbridgewith an elevatorin the middleto get
over the spanlift, which will remainpermanentlyopendue to bargetraffic. You canseepartsofthe
track going to the bridgetakenfrom the fuver Market in Little Rock aswell asthe Alltel Arenaacross
th€ river in North Little Rock. The threephotoson the next page,taketrby JohnJones,showsthe
abandonedMissoud Pacific tlack slatedto be takel up for the Clinton Library in Little Rock looking
easttowardLittle Rock plus two sc€nesof bridges...theupperone showsthe JunctionBridge ftom
ArkansasRiver level with a barge...thelower right one showsthe old Rock Islandbridgeftom a
distanceeastof the bridee.
ARIUNSAS RAILROADER - Febrtaw 2002
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ARII.INSAS RAILROADER - Febru^rv 2002
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Cla <sville,ArkansasMissouri pacifc depot,takehin I96l by GeneHult.
DEPOTSlN ARKANSAS- CLARKSVTLLE
(Missouripacific)
bf.: Gene HuLl
This standardMo. Pac.station,red brick with red clay tile rool servedthe JohnsonCountytown
of Clarksville,a prime peachproducingarea,which requireda 24_hout_a_day
switch engine
duringpeachharvest.
Thistownwasjusta smallvillagein 1836,whenA,rkansas
becamea state.It wasnamedIbr one
ofthe earlysettlers,
LorenzoN. Clark.TheLITTLE ROCK & FORTSMITH RAILROADlaid
railsintotown in 1873,andtheplacebecamethewestemteminal for four years.
Iluring the"peaceful"daysbeforeWorld WaxII, Claxksville
wasseruedby two namedpassenger
trains - RAINBOW SPECIAL(Nos. I24 & ll'l) witha sleeper,dining car and coach,and
SOUTHERNER
(Nos.116& 125)with a sleeper,
coaches
anda diner-lounge.
Thefirst trainatrivedin 1873andthelasttrainran2g March1960.A Aeightremainedat the
depotandthe waiting roomswere leasedby ContinentalTrailwaysbuscompany.Whenfieight
business
ceased
in the 1970s,the Chamberof Commerce
took overthedepol.Rarlswere
removedon the ClarksvilleBranchin May 1989..&
A.rkansas
Rail-roader
ARKANSAS RAILROADER -Febru rt 2002
ARKANSASPRryATB NNTERPRISE
by: Gene HuI1
On26 October1918,UnitedStatesCommissioner
E. P. Math€sofJonesboro,
assisted
by specialagentsofthe
MissouriPacificanda localpoliceofraer,boardedMissouriPaciflcpassenger
ftainNo. 5 andNo.l7
southboundsearchingfor bootl€gg€.s.
Theyanestedonewhite man,six blackmenandthrce blackwomen.They all lad suitcasesandgrips illed with
250 bottlesofwhiskey. Oneblackwomanwore a gament like slipoverwith pocketson Aont andback fllled
with bottlesw€ighing100pounds.,
Thosearrestedsaidthe whiskeywas neededto preventthe influenza.(Eady flu shots?AUTHOR).
From theArkansasGazette26 Oclober 1968
PAY BY THE TON
by: cene Hull
P.ior to 1892,most railroadsin the United Stateshada very inefrcient methodofoharging for ileight
shipments.Theychargedby the carload.This madeit impossibleto checkreportsoflost freight andover
charging.
At that time, JohnH. Harris was an assistaltgen€ralsuperint€ndent
on the Denver& Rio Grandein Colorado.
He knewtheremust be a betterway ofcharging andreducethe financiallossfrom the flood ofclaims.
He finally decidedto establishfreight rat€sby the TONI This provedto be very successful,andeliminatedone
ofthe geatest leaksin railroadmanagement.
TheRockIslandput the systemin useimmediately.
TheUrdonPacificquicklydid the same.By theyear1900
practicallyeveryrailroadin the nationwas usingthe tonnagefreight rate.
On December13,2002,the SaltLake Olynpic Torch RelayTrain, run by Union Pacific,camethrough
fukaosas.The top sceneshowsthe CauldrcnCar torch in Texarkan4in a predawg densefog. The
bottom photo showsthe fain pulling into Malvern about2 p.m that sameday after ceremoniesin
TexarkanaandArkadelphia.It ar.ived in Little Rock at 4 p.m. (JohnJonesphoto)
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