Saturday, January 3, 2008 at Brinkley, Arkansas on UP's Jonesboro and Brinkley Subs. Seven trains today, including:
1) UP 4840, 9432, 4317, 4373, 4403
2) CN 5701, 8012, 2642
3) String of new CEFX hoppers from the plant at Paragould, Arkansas
4) String of CN boxcars including freshly painted CN414375
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Inspection truck passing the Brinkley Depot Museum at 8:32 a.m.
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It was a dark, cloudy morning looking east along the Brinkley Sub of the UP. It warmed up to 70 degrees today.
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UP 4840, 10:29 a.m. heading a UPS and other containers intermodal.
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CN 5701, 10:59 a.m.
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UP 9432 leading 4 other units, 11:25 a.m. This mixed freight was very long.
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This
train had a long string of new CEFX hoppers, including 300265. They
were built at Paragould, Arkansas, a couple of hours north of Brinkley.
![](010309BrinkleyNewCEFXhoppers-11R.jpg)
I'm looking to the north along the Jonesboro sub.
![](010309BrinkleyNewcEFXhoppersZoom-12R.jpg)
That's US Highway 70 at the crossing gates. I didn't count the new hoppers, but there were a bunch.
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At 12:15 p.m., a mixed train takes the siding just north of the depot waiting for another Z train. I'm looking north.
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A work/inspection vehicle getting on the rails on the Brinkley Sub looking east toward West Memphis.
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At 12:50 p.m., the stack train passes the train on the siding.
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UP 4517 at 12:51 p.m.
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At 1:00 p.m., the mixed train on the siding starts to move south.
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UP 4773 eases onto the main line at 1:01 p.m.
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CN 8012, 1:16 p.m.
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A
westbound train from Marion/West Memphis on the Brinkley Sub at 4:02
p.m. The sun broke through a little. This mixed had two UP and one
CN unit and many of its cars were CN.
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The first unit hits the sunlight at 4:04 p.m.
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UP 4403 at 4:06 p.m. starting to go around the curve that connects with the Jonesboro Sub.
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It's 4:07 p.m. This very long train took 9 minutes to pass this location, moving about 10 mph on the curve.
![](010309BrinkleyCN2642-42R.jpg)
CN 2642.
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CN gondola.
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Blue and white SHPX 221215 tank car.
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String of CN boxcars at 4:10 p.m.
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Shiny, freshly painted CN boxcar CN414375.
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Long string of tank cars, 4:12 p.m.
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End of the train finally, 4:16 p.m., nine minutes to pass the Highway 70 crossing.
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Waiting cars on US 70.
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