Down at Pine Bluff, there is the only two surviving steam locomotives from the Cotton Belt (St. Louis Southwestern) The 819 was the second part of group of Northerns, which that part was homebuilt( the first came from Baldwin, they ended their lives in California on the SP)and was built in !942. The 819 was put on display until in the 1980s, it was restored to operation. The engine ran many excursions until the UP bought the SP and said they couldn’t ran it on thier track. To date, the engine is being slowly rebuilt because a lack of people. One other steam locomtive is along side the 819. The 336, a 2-6-0 built by Baldwin in 1909, is in bad shape since it was exposed to the elements for a couple of decades. Right now it’s being cosmetically restored. Other locomotives are:UP Alco C-630 #2907-operable; LSI GE U23 #2300-operable, but most cab equipment is gone or knocked over; SSW EMD GP30 #5006-inoperable, prime mover removed; Rescar Plymouth or GE 25-tonner-operable, but parts stolen; West Tennesee Alco RSD12 #2054-operable; Indiana Hi-Rail 443 Alco RSD15 #443-operable; MRAX EMD E8/9 #513-inoperable, IS BURNED OUT, missing prime movers and is a shell, sides rusting out- bad condition; Wabash Alloys GE 25-tonner-is on way to be operable. The tender of 819 sister 814 is at the museum, and is to be used a water car. Also there is countless MW, passenger, and freight cars. The building id the old shop building, where the 819 was built, along with a still used wheel shop, everything else is gone.
PART TWO: THE MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS