| Missouri Pacific bridge over the White River at Cotter, Arkansas on an unknown day in October 1995, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The train is (was) the White River Railway tourist operation, no longer in business, but on this date it was on a 1% upward grade about to enter a tunnel. Power for the day was leased MNA GP35m 4211. The train is pictured on the 1904-built bridge which included a turn span. The river was navigable at the time the bridge was built, however it was never turned except for the acceptance test. By the date of this photo welded rail had been layed over the entire bridge. The train is on a 1% grade up out of Cotter and once over the bridge, the train will enter a 1034 foot long tunnel. The arched bridge in the foreground is the Marsh Rainbow Bridge (James Marsh designed and patented it in 1912, it was completed in 1930), which carried US 62 over the river. As of this photo date US 62 bypasses this bridge, and the arched bridge was renamed R.M. Ruthven Bridge (the county judge who obtained the bridge) and today hosts Business US 62. |