On
Thursday, September 24, 2009, Union Pacific ran a short Operation
Lifesaver train out of Russellville, Arkansas. It had two UP
locomotives, one on the front and one on the back (UP 9407and UP 5330), and 2 UP passenger cars usually sitting in the UP's North Little Rock yards (MP 3646 and MP 15802).
Here are some photos of this train in Russellville and going over the
bridge over Illinois Bayou near London, Arkansas, which is next to the
Arkansas River and close to the Arkansas Nuclear One power plant.
LEFT-Local
riders waiting for the Operation Lifesaver train at the restored
Russellville, Arkansas depot, 10:35 a.m. RIGHT-Arkansas
Railroad Club's official photographer, as well as the local Union
Pacific official photographer, John C. Jones was at the depot, as
usual.
RIGHT-These
old Rock Island commuter coaches are still sitting across the UP tracks
from the Russellville depot. If I recall, they were once used as part
of a restaurant.
LEFT-UP
9407 was on one end of the push-pull operation. RIGHT-UP 9407 was
dedicated to Larry Breeden, winner of the J.C. Kenefick Safety Award
in 1990.
LEFT-MP 3646, which usually sits in the UP North Little Rock yard.
LEFT-MP 15802. RIGHT-Lots of patrol cars, city and state. Most would ride this Operation Lifesaver train today.
RIGHT-Missouri Pacific Buzzsaw emblem on the depot.
LEFT-John
C. Jones in the cab of UP 5330, which was on the trailing end of the
train as it left the station but was the lead unit on the return trip.
RIGHT-Train left heading away from me to the west and the town of
London, about 10 miles west of Russellville.
LEFT-The Conductor Statue in front of the Russellville depot. RIGHT-While
waiting for the train to cross the railroad bridge across Illinois
Bayou (next to the Arkansas River), which is near London, AR, about 10
miles west of Russellville, I saw this crane and got a quick photo.
LEFT-Flyin' low.... RIGHT-Fishermen on a small boat below the bridge.
LEFT-The train was heading east back to Russellville at 11:49 a.m. RIGHT-Cropped.
Here's
a Youtube movie of this scene. Since I started the movie before I took
the pictures, the train doesn't come into view until about 40 seconds
into the movie (movies are always secondary to my photos). Click this link to view the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQiP81IBkTk
LEFT-The park
from which I took the previous pictures is the site of an old
Protestant Mission to Cherokee Indians in this area in 1820, the
Timothy Wright Mission named for the president of Yale University. RIGHT-Train back at the Russellville depot at 12:18 p.m.
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