#103 rumbles out of the tunnel just east of Hillside Jct.
Engine 103 is an Athearn engine with a can motor, Ernst gears, and NWSL wheels. It can creep along as befits a small short line railroad.
The most modern engine in the Cedar Branch & Western's fleet is a GP 60.
The branch line to Breen's Mine comes off the main line here. Due to the low traffic engines are left sitting on the branch until needed for the...
Engine #103 eases into view while traversing the rocky Narrows through the Ozark Mountains.
A freight train swings through the "Narrows" head for Hillside Junction
This is the roughed in Gaskins Switch. Here the Mopac and CB&W cross. In this shot, the Mopac main runs left to right.
The only bay window caboose in the fleet. Its heritage is easy to spot if you look under the edge of the back roof above the door.
One of three identical cabooses owned by the railroad. They are numbered 12-14
Serving a handful of small towns in the Ozark Mountains, the shortline Cedar Branch and Western plods its way through hill and dale.