Here is My Plans for The E.S. & N.A. R.R.My Dreams/Plans is to purchase/buy the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad and restore the E.S. & N.A. R.R., back to operating conditions. My Plans for The E.S. & N.A. R.R. is as follow: My Plans: Is to restore the RR back to operating conditions, like it was in the glory days, and reconnect to the main RR line (the old Frisco line) in Seligman, Mo about 18 - 20 miles Northwest of Eureka Springs, Ark. and go to the old Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad tunnel about 3 miles East of Eureka Springs, Ark. Here are My Goals for The E.S. & N.A. R.R. is as follow: Goal 1: Buy Railroad E.S. & N.A. Railway, for sale $1.70 Million (1,700,000 Million) including the old icehouse. Goal 2: Clean up RR yard, and along right-of-way. Goal 3: REDO Main Depot (clean up, rework, repaint, etc.) including kitchen area and the icehouse. Goal 4: REWORK/REPAINT old RR & train cars (Passenger cars, Flat cars, Boxcars, Caboose, rebuild Locomotives, Etc.). Goal 5: REWORK (redo) bridges, tracks, ties, and turntable. Goal 6: REWORK (redo) all of driveways, and all 3 level of parking lots (upper, middle, lower), etc. Goal 7: Build a new roundhouse (4 stalls). Goal 8: Build a new gift shop and a new snack shop. Goal 9: Apply old RR right-of-way to the main RR line in Seligman, Mo. and apply the old RR right-of-way to the old M&NA RR tunnel. Goal 10: Keep excursion trains and lunch/dinner trains on daily schedules. That it, My Plans and My Goals for The Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad. My other plans are to return all Locomotives that served on The Scott & Bearskin Lake Railroad, The Eureka Springs & Beaver Railroad, and The Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad to The Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad in Eureka Springs, Ark., where they belong. The Locomotives are as followed: Locomotive #1 served on The Scott & Bearskin Lake RR and The E.S. & N.A. R.R., was Located at The E.S. & N.A. R.R., Eureka Springs, Ark., Now located at The Reader Railroad in Reader, Ark.
Locomotive #1 at Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad. Locomotive #2 served on The Scott & Bearskin Lake RR, now Located at The Reader RR, Reader, Ark. 
Locomotive #2 at Reader Railroad. Locomotive #3 served on The Eureka Springs & Beaver R.R., now located at About Face Photography, Springfield, Mo. 
Locomotive #3 at Springfield, Mo. Locomotive #4 served on The Eureka Springs & Beaver R.R., now located at Rusty Wheels Old Engines Club, Harrison, Ark. 
Locomotive #4 at Harrison, Ark. Locomotive #7 served on The Scott & Bearskin Lake RR, now located at The Reader RR, Reader, Ark. 
Locomotive #7 at Reader Railroad. Locomotive #8 served on The E.S. & N.A. R.R., now located at Railway Historical Society of Northern New York, Croghan, New York. 
Locomotive #8 at Croghan, New York. Locomotive #201 served on The Scott & Bearskin Lake RR and The E.S. & N.A. R.R., now located at The E.S. & N.A. R.R., Eureka Springs, Ark. 
Locomotive #201 at Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad. Locomotive #226 served on The E.S. & N.A. R.R., now located at The E.S. & N.A. R.R., Eureka Springs, Ark. 
Locomotive #226 at Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad. Locomotive #4742 served on The E.S. & N.A. R.R., now located at The E.S. & N.A. R.R., Eureka Springs, Ark. 
Locomotive #4742 at Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad. All of these Locomotives will be restored to operating condition and use on The E.S. & N.A. R.R.
Last update Jan. 12, 2012 |