Spavinaw Creek  Contributor's Pick!       
Sometimes out and back is a one sided event. We went out last Friday because it was a nice day-55 degrees and sun-too nice to stay in. I had not heard a train in several hours, so after lunch we headed north, figuring we'd run into something along the way. That turned out to be a southbound grain train, which we saw at Gravette. We chased down to Spavinaw Creek, where KCS must have cleared out some brush along the tracks, along with the usual die back in winter. A 100 car grain train rolls off the short through truss over Spavinaw Creek, between Gravette and the north end of Dorsey siding, in a view I have not seen before, and impossible when everything is leafed out.
Date: 12/30/2016 Location: Gravette, AR   Map Show Gravette on a rail map Views: 316 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Locomotives: KCS 4705(ES44AC) KCS 4577(AC44CW)    Author:  Tom Beckett
Spavinaw Creek
Picture Categories: Scenic,Bridge,Action This picture is part of album:  Out and back
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