Arkansas River bridge from Van Buren to Fort Smith. Footage in the movie in- cluded shots on the trestles over Frog Bayou and night shots at Chester, Ark. Antique cars of the 1940s and actors in historically correct costumes completed
the period look for the movie. Footage from the week of filming in Arkansas with S&A No. 750 has also appeared in later movies like Seabiscuit and Fried Green Tomatoes.
Other movie productions have used
the railroad through the years includ- ing a remake of the Frank and Jesse James story and a World War II film, The Tuskegee Airmen. Public television programs about trains in America have also featured the A&M.
ABOVE LEFT: With A&M Alco C-420 no. 44 in the lead, this northbound Van Buren-to-Springdale excursion crosses the Grotto Hole Bridge over Frog Bayou and State Highway 282 on the afternoon of November 14, 2009. ABOVE RIGHT: A passenger on the first train of the 2007 season displays his ticket. BELOW: The A&M Christmas train has just completed the run from Fort Smith to Winslow and return on November 24, 2012. The dome car is the Silver Feather (Western Pacific no. 812), a former California Zephyr coach built by Budd in 1948.
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