Saturday,
December 13, 2008 at Brinkley and Little Rock, Arkansas. Cold and windy
today. Included are a couple of night shots at Union Station in Little
Rock and a photo of the Christmas-lighted Arkansas State Capitol taken
from the station.
Included today:
1) CSX 9008
2) UP 4641, 6466, 6455, 4376
3) NS 9545
4) CR 6743
5) BNSF 522 - night photo
(There
were several trains I didn't get to photograph due to visitors at the
museum, plus 4 that I did photograph but decided not to put on this
page due to very dark and poor lighting).
Or, to view all photos in a larger size, click on:
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This
time of year, we have lots of geese flying over Brinkley and the
surrounding White River National Wildlife Refuge (which has over 300
types of birds). Many birds spend the winter here.
LEFT-CSX 9008 passes the Brinkley Depot Museum at 11:33 a.m. RIGHT-UP 4641 at 1:34 p.m.
LEFT-NS 9545 at 1:50 p.m. RIGHT-A train coming from Marion-West Memphis on the Brinkley Sub at 3:07 p.m.
LEFT-A
train coming from Jonesbor on the Jonesboro Sub, also at 3:07 p.m. This
one will pass the depot at track speed (59 mph). The train from West
Memphis will move much slower. RIGHT-UP 6466 at 3:10 p.m.
LEFT-Looking
to the east along the Brinkley (Rock Island) Sub under the speeding
train on the Jonesboro (Cotton Belt) Sub at the train approaching from
West Memphis. I was well away from the tracks behind the fence using my
zoom. RIGHT-DPU 6455. This was a manifest train.
LEFT-The other train's headlight through the trees. RIGHT-UP 4376, 3:23 p.m.
RIGHT-Conrail 6743, 3:44 p.m.
Arkansas State Capitol Christmas lights taken from Union Station about 7:40 p.m.
LEFT-BNSF 522, 7:41 p.m. RIGHT-BNSF 522 taken with flash.
RIGHT-Artsy night photo of the state capitol - looks like an amoeba being shot into orbit.
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