Arkansas Midland RR (1-29-11)

Location: Warren, AR

I was out around 11 A.M this morning and I saw that AKMD had 16 loaded woodchip cars sitting on the main in town. This almost never occurs because they usually keep them on the outside of town. I happened to have my camera and tripod with me so I stuck around. I could hear them on the other side of town at Potlatch doing its usual switching. I was only expecting them to be about 1 hour. Turns out, it took them about 5 hours. I'm not sure what the hold up was, but I grew impatient. After going home for a while, I heard them report on the scanner that they were ready to pull out. So I went back up to the tracks with my friend Hunter along with me to catch them pass through town. It has been a long time since they have pulled a train this size through town. I decided to try out a new location this time. About 5-6 hours later, they finally come by and start their trip to McGehee, AR.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Arkansas
• Midland
• Railroad
• AKMD
• 908
• 707
• GP8
• K5LA
• Train
• Long
• EMD
• 567

[unkonshus]

Very nice catch. Those geeps were being asked alot with those big ass loaded hoppers.

[TezJ16]

@unkonshus Thanks man. I'm still wondering how in the hell those old geeps can still pull it off after all these years.

[Roadsurfergo]

Great video. Those are some huge hopper cars. What do they haul in those big boys?

[TezJ16]

@Roadsurfergo Thanks alot. They haul woodchips in there. They usually move around 50-70 loaded ones total in a week plus a few loaded centerbeams.

[sswcharlie]

Hi

Love the video. Good to see Arkansas rr at long distance from New Zealand

I am a SSW fan. Is this anywehre ex SSW trackage ?

[TezJ16]

@sswcharlie Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I also like the ol' SSW. This used to belong to Missouri Pacific about 30 years ago. There are many videos here on Youtube which have SSW trackage footage. If you go to my page, you will see a user named roundhouser. He has many SSW/SP videos from the old days. Thank you again.

[shay29772003]

eazy to pull if they took the hand brake off LOL

[pwalpar]

awesome video

[sswcharlie]

Hi

Love the video. Good to see Arkansas rr at long distance from New Zealdn

[TezJ16]

@therailfanman Thanks alot.