Like an old shoe

The North Dardanelle enginehouse of the Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad was everything you'd want a shortline enginehouse to be - poles propping up sagging walls, doorways rough sawed just big enough to admit an SW1, and a pair of mud covered tracks leading up to them. T'ain't pretty, but it gets the job done. "The barn" notwithstanding, the D&R clearly took pride in the appearance its five switchers with their bright yellow and orange paint. On this August 1993 day, the friendly staff was more than happy to let a visiting photographer take all the pictures he wanted.