Arkansas and Missouri RR Spring 2000 Notes

Spring 2000

find a new siding near Gateway AR, for unloading sand, AM 402, 409 in siding.
Several Gons at Avoca AR, AM 813, AM 806, AM 807, AM 959.
Further south, Couple of 50' box cars PAL 701, 191.
no CO2 cars by the Tyson Plant in Rogers.
Got in to Springdale about 6pm, new #70 C630M sitting there in new paint, but doors open, some covers on 251 are off, rats.
Fridays south consist bound from Springdale to VanBuren
- Led by AM 60, 46, 62, 64, 44
- BN 448063 3bay covered hopper, outside braced, flat exit.
- ACFX 96195 4bay CenterFlow, chalk color, exit pipes.
- DOWX 21714 CenterFlow, grey
- MDW 9003 50' OSB box car
- NLG 5562 50' OSB box car
- KCS 751138 50' OSB box car
- KCS 171522 50' OSB box car
- UTLX 900215 CO2 car
- AM 925 Gon
- CN 604929 empty lumber car (picked up at Johnson)
- AM 317 411 314 403 319 453 335 410 328 334 320 323 331 337 329 401 402 409 305 309 307 308 empty sand hoppers, 308 looks like a former 3bay covered hopper with its roof removed.
Poke around FtSmith
AM 18 Switching Ft. Smith.
AM 14 & 42 switching FtSmith and VanBuren.
See 5 blue Oregon Steel Mills gons loaded with wire coils ( CW 6583)
See several cylinder style CN 4bay grainers
There's a stub track for unloading CO2 cars for BOC gas.
In VanBuren a New track in SE quadrant of UP - A&M diamond, this allows the Ft.Smith switchers access to the sand loading area with out having to cross the UP main.
Another railfan and crew talk about the A&M getting the trackage to the AGP plant and the need for a 3rd switching crew out of FtSmith.
more later.
44 in lead going back to Springdale, consist as follows.
- AM 429, 417, 408, 412, 406, 418, 413, 404, 400, 427, 416 (loaded with sand).
- GATX 37363 blk Tank Urethane Polyol
- NAHX 470410 3bay Cov Hop 4 trough hatches grey 18 outside braces
- BN 466214 3bay Cov Hop 4 trough hatches - ditto
- BN 454211 3bay CntrFlow trough hatches
- CRDX 6045 4bay CntrFlow trough hatches yellow
- UP 20395 4bay airslide 10 porthole hatches grey 14 outside braces
- SRN 1302 50' Box 14+2 outside braces 10x10 door 5 hoz braces xpanel roof?
- UTLX 900219, 900203 Tanks CO2
- MDR 8536 50' Box 14+2 outside braced 10x10 door 10 panel roof hght extender
- ADMX 53140 4bay airslide grey
- AM 507 50' box outside braced 10x10 door
- bn 467875 3bay Cov Hop outside braced
- TRNX 500318 3bay Cov Hop OSB white
- BNSF 436471 ebay Cov Hop OSB
- BN 458671 3bay CntrFlw
Saturday 2AM, Springdale to Monett consist, it's stinking dark and cold.
- Head end AM 54,52,44,64,62,46,60
- BN 468275, 452317, NAHX 510204, GCCX 22417, PUNX 12287, GATX 37363
- NAHX 476410, BN 466314, BN 454211, ADMX 53140, AM 507, BN46754?
- TRNX 500318, BNSF 436471, BN 458671, BN 461862, BN 458750, BN 71049?
- TTZX 86481, CP lumber, MB 5246, RBOX 3376, CSXT 203431
- BNFE 19553, BNSF 799544, BNFE 18907, BN 3x5xxx, TTZX 37840, BNSF 779320
- ATSF 621897, 621983, WCCL 25186, 25433, 25252, 25261, 25231
- MP 723308, CNW 171334, BN 461140, BN 454291, TRNX 500177, ?, BNSF 790284
- PLCX 20688?, BNSF 430242, PLMX ???, BN 47298?, NAHX ??? BNSF 432148
- BN 462229, BNSF 429975, BNFE 11882, CGLX 10882, RBOX 32698, BNFE 11704
Saturday 3:30AM Monett to Springdale consist, still cold and dark.
- Headend AM 60, 46,62,64,44,52,54
- BN 431..., BNSF 433261, BN 468931, NAHX 510579, 480082
- BN 469502, BNSF 428084, BN 466756, BN 445581, CAGX 70?, cyl, TL ???
- BN 467203, FURX 82748, ITLX ???, BN 451670, FFMX ????, BNSF 429375
- BNSF 432185, 420241, BN 466137, 467475, ?, CRDX ?, BN 466154, PLCX ???
- BNSF 429271, BN 471..., ?, NAHX ?, NAHX ?,
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