The passengers boarded coach 2585 and took their seats, after which the engine cut off the front of the train, took the siding past us and made its way to the turntable.
Eureka Springs and North Arkansas SW1 4752 took a spin on the turntable.
Now the engine would return to the train.
The switcher returned to our train and the trip was about to begin. We left Eureka Springs and I was on my first trip on this railroad.
A sewer line runs along Leatherwood Creek to the treatment plant.
View through the trees with the creek and the sewer line.
Interior of coach 2585 which has a pot belly stove.
Leatherwood Creek.
Scenes along Leatherwood Creek.
Trees in blossom.
Interesting rock strata.
The sewer line runs along Leatherwood Creek on its way to the treatment plant.
Two more scenes along Leatherwood Creek.
An old steam channel that Leatherwood Creek once used.
The east leg of the wye as our train stopped and passengers could detrain.
The locomotive cut off of our train to be wyed.
Eureka Springs and North Arkansas SW1 4742 on the trestle on the west leg of the wye.
Passengers enjoying the fresh air.
The engine on the east leg of the wye.
The switcher had almost completed wyeing itself. I returned to the train for the ride back to Eureka Springs.
The unloading area at the wye.
The south switch.
Passing through the trees.
The trestle across the Leatherwood Creek.
Views along our route.
This was where the petting zoo was located but it was not succcessful.
Crossing another creek on a small trestle.
The lone grade crossing.
More views as we made our way back to Eureka Springs.
Crossing Leatherwood Creek.
We had returned to the yard where I thanked the crew for an excellent trip before returning to my car. I departed the town via Arkansas Highway 23 to near Huntsville, where I joined US Highway 412 to Springdale, then on Interstate 540 to Fayetteville. I stayed at Best Western Windsor Suites and had a KFC buffet for dinner then was working on the Branson Scenic story when the wild weather started. Pea-sized hail, pouring rain and 65 mile-per-hour winds was something to see through the window, as well as loud thunder and lightning. I was lucky as Mina, Arkansas was destroyed by a tornado. I then called it a night and had a good sleep.
4/9/2009It was lightly raining as I had a continental breakfast and drove to Springdale, Arkansas for my first ride on the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad.
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