Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15, 2009 at the station in Little Rock, Arkansas Lots of trains photographed (21). It was very warm, near 70, but rain and much colder weather will move in tonight and Monday with possible light snow north of the area by Tuesday morning. We're still over 25 inches above normal in rainfall, but no rain has fallen in November yet, but that will change tonight.

Included on this webpage for November 14 and 15:
1) UP 4950, 4353, 7631, 2426, 6996, 6535, 5885, 4803, 7211, 6565, 6509, 6393, 1540, 1539, 4723, 1930, 2482, 6909, 4163, 4393, 8186, 4644, 6060, 6595, 9396, 8310, 8017, 3928
2) GMTX 2157, 2156
3) Conrail 6745
4) SP unpatched 9755
5) Green cables load
6) MOW UP truck
7) Remnants of famous Honeydew vines
8) BN green boxcar BN 217731
9) Compared LT Weight of coal aluminum gon with steel gon (in this case, aluminum gondola was 1900 pounds lighter)
10) NFO Grain hopper
11) 1/160 N-Scale UP/Katy Heritage 1988 with 1/1 scale train in background
12) NS Hi-cube boxcar NS 487700
13) Union Station sign was hit by a car last week, knocking down the 'Union' part
14) Yellow fall leaf
15) Ladybug on yellow Amtrak platform
16) Large load TBCX 76708
17) Father and boy watching trains
18) Plus more

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LEFT-UP 4950 at 8:48 a.m., Saturday, November 14, 2009. RIGHT-Truck frames.


LEFT-UP 4353, 9:02 a.m. November 14. RIGHT-Cables or coils of some sort. These are used for the new giant Bernina Sewing Machines (lol)


LEFT-UP 7631, 9:17 a.m. November 14. RIGHT-MOW UP truck.


LEFT-UP 2426, 9:58 a.m. RIGHT-Lost dog.


LEFT-UP 6996, 10:23 a.m. with a loaded coal train. RIGHT-Aluminum coal gondola weighing 41,800 pounds light.


LEFT-Standard steel coal gondola weighing 43,700 pounds. So there's a net savings of 1,900 pounds using aluminum material. RIGHT-UP 6535, dpu at 10:30 a.m.


LEFT-UP 5885, 11:03 a.m. November 14. RIGHT-Early morning of Sunday, November 15, 2009. It was 7:55 a.m.


LEFT-Union Station and clouds. RIGHT-8:16 a.m. November 15, my first train of the day.


UP 4803, 8:18 a.m.


LEFT-The sun peeked through the clouds and fog. RIGHT-Another train at 8:49 a.m. Sunday.


LEFT-UP 7211, 8:51 a.m. with a loaded coal train. RIGHT-DPU-UP 6565.


LEFT-UP 6509 with an empty coal train at 9:05 a.m. RIGHT-DPU-UP 6494.


LEFT-UP 1540 and 1539 running light from Biddle Yard to North Little Rock's UP yard. RIGHT-UP 4723, 9:25 a.m.


LEFT-NFO Grain hopper. RIGHT-Clean NS Hi-Cube NS 487700.


LEFT-UP 1930 at 9:49 a.m. November 15. RIGHT-GMTX 2156 and 2156 and unpatched SP 9755.


LEFT-Yellow leaf. RIGHT-UP 2482 at 10:28 a.m.


LEFT-UP 2482 passing UP 6909 at 10:28 a.m. RIGHT-UP 6909.


LEFT-UP 1540, 10:58 a.m. RIGHT-UP 4163 and 4393, 12:49 p.m.


RIGHT=MOW UP truck, 1:19 p.m. November 15.


RIGHT-UP 8186, 1:38 p.m.


LEFT-UP 4644 and Conrail 6745. RIGHT-Father and boy watching trains.


LEFT-BN boxcar BN 217731. RIGHT-Our group this afternoon.


LEFT-Helicopter, probably going to Arkansas Children's Hospital. RIGHT-Ladybug on the Amtrak platform.


This ladybug comes to see me most days I'm at the station. I asked it to pose for me in the center of the tile.


LEFT-UP 6060, 2:42 p.m. with a loaded coal train. RIGHT-My N-scale KATO model of UP Katy Heritage 1988 with a 1/1 scale train in the background.


LEF-UP 6595, 3:15 p.m. RIGHT-UP 9396.


LEFT-TBCX 76708 load. RIGHT-UP 8310, 3:28 p.m.


LEFT-DPU-UP 8017. RIGHT-Update on the famous Honeydew Melon vine on the Amtrak siding at Union Station in Little Rock as of Sunday, November 15, 2009. You can still see the dried vine. This is close to where the Dining Car on Amtrak's Texas Eagle stops each night. This vine had two full-sized Honeydew Melons on it back on July 30, 2009.


LEFT-Another northbound at 3:39 p.m. RIGHT-UP 3926 at 3:40 p.m.


A car ran into the Union Station sign the previous week knocking down the Union part of the sign.

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