Satuday,
November 8 at Brinkley, Arkansas and Sunday, November 9, 2008 at
the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Catch of the Day: KCS belle units
4129 and 4121 together with UP units on a mixed southbound. Included
today:
1) UP 9285 (C40-8), 3874, 9512, 9643, 2459, 6539, 5748, 2402
2) KCS 4129, 4121
3) NS 7555
4) Ashley, Drew & Northern boxcar
5) Arkansas Queen Riverboat under UP Baring Cross bridge.
![](110807Brinkley-9285-851am-1R.jpg)
UP 9285 passing the Brinkley Depot Museum at 8:51 a.m. November 9.
![](110807BrinkleyADNboxcar-5R.jpg)
Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar HS 30702.
![](110807BrinkleyAPCHG-337pm-10R.jpg)
Approaching NS train to Brinkley, 3:37 p.m.
![](110807Brinkley-12R.jpg)
![](110807Brinkley-339pm-13R.jpg)
![](110807Brinkley-14R.jpg)
![](110807Brinkleyns7555-339pm-15R.jpg)
NS 7555, 3:39 p.m. November 8.
![](110908-928up3874-am-1R.jpg)
UP 3874, 9:28 a.m. November 9, 2008 at Little Rock with an intermodal.
![](110908truckLoad-2R.jpg)
Tractor-trailer
load on this intermodal. The trailer has the UP reporting marks.
According to Tom Balzen: "he UP trailer on a flat car with the
containers on it looks to me like a traction motor transfer. I
have seen these before. I suspect that the NLR shops refurbish
and repair traction motors. I am sure that there is a intermodal
lift around Little Rock somewhere where the trailer could be unloaded
from the flat car. I would suspect that the trailer is coming
from a west coast shop, or is destined for a west coast shop."
![](110908greenLoad-4R.jpg)
![](110908upsp2712-952am-5R.jpg)
UP-SP 2712, 9:52 a.m.
![](110908up9512-1012am-%206R.jpg)
UP 9512, 10:12 a.m.
![](110908up9643-1047am-7R.jpg)
UP 9643, 10:47 a.m. Note the KCS Belle units.
![](110908kcs4129-4121-8R.jpg)
KCS 4129 and 4121.
![](110908kcsbellesAway-9R.jpg)
![](110908passingNbound-11R.jpg)
Passing a northbound on the other track.
![](110908mpBuzzBox-12R.jpg)
MoPac buzzsaw in good condition on a MP box.
![](110908passing-1052am-15R.jpg)
The northbound passing the southbound.
![](110908up2459-1048am-17R.jpg)
UP 2459, 10:48 a.m.
![](110908gons-18R.jpg)
Long string of gons.
![](110908up6539-1117am-19R.jpg)
UP 6539, 11:17 a.m.
![](110908dirtyLocoup5748-20R.jpg)
A dirty, hard working UP 5748.
![](110908-1250pm-21R.jpg)
UP 2404 and others pulling the empty gondola train south to Biddle Yards, at 12:50 p.m.
![](110908gonsAmtSiding-22R.jpg)
Close up as the train moves on the Amtrak siding.
![](110908gonsGround-23R.jpg)
From the ground up.
![](110908mpBuzz-gon-24R.jpg)
MoPac gon with a buzzsaw.
![](110908arqueen-drawbndup-wide-34R.jpg)
At
the parking lot of the second Sunday meeting place of the Arkansas
Railroad Club at 1:30 p.m., I caught the Arkansas Queen paddleboat on
one of its Arkansas River cruises. The UP Baring Cross drawbridge can
be seen raised to let the boat cross under (left center).
![](110908arqueenUnder-35R.jpg)
![](110908arqueen-after-38R.jpg)
![](110908arqueen-close-43R.jpg)
![](110908arrqueen-45R.jpg)
![](110908arqueen-paddlewheel-46R.jpg)
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