OUACHITA RAILROAD - JANUARY 2002

The following were taken Tuesday, January 22, 2002 by Ken Ziegenbein. They show a working freight on the Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)  between El Dorado, Arkansas and Lillie, Louisiana. The OUCH runs on the former Rock Island between these two cities.

According to Mike Robbins, President of OUCH, the line owns the following:

Locomotives: OUCH 1151 (GMD1) on loan to CQPA; OUCH 1159 (GMD1); and OUCH 63 (SW7, former EACH)

Rolling Stock: 75 OUCH single door boxcars; 50 DR Centerbeams for use at Georgia Pacific at Anthony Forest

They run on a line (former Rock Island) 25 miles long between El Dorado, Arkansas and Lillie, Louisiana.

Customers: Davison Petroleum (El Dorado); Anthony Forest (El Dorado - lumber); Georgia Pacific (Catesville - lumber); Great Lakes Chemical (Catesville - chemicals); and Willamette Industries (Lillie, Louisiana - particle board)


LEFT - Ouachita Railroad's office in El Dorado. RIGHT - Engine 1159 at El Dorado


LEFT - Track at a crossing 4 miles southeast of El Dorado, 10:20 a.m., 1/22/02. RIGHT - Approaching crossing.


LEFT - Crossing 4 miles southeast of El Dorado. RIGHT - Distant shot approaching Junction City, 11:15 a.m.


LEFT - Closer. RIGHT - The train stopped at this crossing at Junction City. The engine #1159 went ahead where some OUCH/D&R workers were doing some trackwork. I noticed that lots of ties have been replaced.


Leaving Junction City, 11:35 a.m., January 22, 2002.


Leaving Junction City.


From the ConAgra crossing just outside Lillie, Louisiana, 12:15 p.m.


The end of the line at Willamette Industries, Lillie, Louisiana, 12:20 p.m.