The train left Hudson and proceeded to the Highway 37 bridge where everyone detrained for the next photo runby.
The reverse move.
Photo runby 2 at the Missouri Highway 37 bridge.
The reverse move to pick us all up.
The right bridge pillar has "Frisco" on it. Once we were all on board, we continued south to our next stop at Exeter.
The reverse move.
Photo runby 3. We all reloaded and made our way to Seligman, where the train pulled too far south so we had to reverse to the unloading zone where we stopped for lunch and static photos.
Two views of our train.
I went to Norm's Grocery to pick up some snacks and upon my return, walked back to near the train.
Our train with the Seligman water tower.
Our train with Frisco Street in the picture.
Bart put a sign on the front.
The sign read "For Sale".
A very nice-looking train. Once everyone was back aboard, we reversed to the old Seligman station site for our next static photo.
Static pictures.
The Missouri & North Arkansas used to reverse their trains at this platform. We all reboarded and returned to Springdale, ending the Daytime Meteorite Rare Mileage Trip early. Special thanks once again to the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad and to Bart and Sarah Jennings for an excellent weekend of rare mileage trips in Arkansas and Missouri.
The Drive to TulsaI left the Springdale station after saying goodbye to Bart and drove west on US Highway 412, stopping at KFC to pick up my lunch to go and continued west on US Highway 412 to Siloam Springs then went to a Kansas City Southern grade crossing, pulled off and ate. A few minutes later I started hearing a train horn so knew there was a KCS train approaching. I finished my lunch and the crossing signals started to flash.
The train came into sight with Union Pacific AC45CCTE 7246 on the point.
Halfway back were a pair of Kansas City Southern units cut into the train.
Kansas City Southern SD70MAC 3907, nee Kansas City Southern of Mexico 1607 built by Electro-Motive Division in 1999.
Kansas City Southern AC44CW 4612, nee Kansas City Southern 2037 built by General Electric in 1999.
The two mid-train DPUs. At the rear of the train was Union Pacific AC44CW 6528. I returned to US Highway 412, where, once in Oklahoma, I took the Cherokee Turnpike, which took me to Interstate 44, where I went through some slow road construction with people who did not know how to drive. I drove Interstate 244 for a mile and exited at Garnet Avenue, where I checked into the Best Western Airport, finishing the story up to the trip home before relaxing the rest of the evening.
9/13/2010 I arose at 5:25 AM after not getting a wake up call, had a very quick shower, checked e-mail and checked out then drove to the Tulsa Airport where I returned the car at National Car Rental, once the representative arrived. Security consisted of everyone going through the Puffer, after which I waited for my flight. Southwest Airlines 1570 9/13/2010The plane took off and after a bumpy flight through the clouds, it was a smooth ride the rest of the way to Denver, where I only had to walk two gates over to wait for my flight to Orange County.
Southwest Airlines 2731 9/13/2010The plane departed on time and it was a smooth flight. I saw the Colorado Railroad Museum, Black Mesa and Lake Powell, Grand Canyon and trains on the BNSF Transcon near Cadiz. We landed five minutes early and I was picked up and taken home by my mother, ending another excellent rail adventure.
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