| Union Pacific Railroad B30-7A 247 at Cotter, Arkansas on October 8, 1989, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This bridge was built in 1904, featured a swing section to allow river navigation, never used. This train is climbing out of Cotter on an upward sloping 1% grade, and in a moment will enter the Cotter Tunnel, 1034 feet in length. This bridge was built by the White River Railway (the construction company) for the Saint Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, later owned by the MP, then conveyed to the UP in the 1984 merger, and became the property of the newly formed Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad (MNA) in 1992. |