Two Ashley, Drew & Northern boxcars separated by one car passing Union Station in Little Rock on Sunday, January 4, 2009. The mixed train was headed by UP 7011. A cold front had just passed, dropping temperatures from 55 to 49 in about an hour.


UP 7011, 8:21 a.m.


ADN-HS 30548.


A second ADN boxcar, HS-something (couldn't read the numbers due to graffiti).


About 100 Trumpeter Swans migrate to Magness Lake near Heber Springs, Arkansas each winter. They've come to this private late every year since 1992 and are the only Trumpeter Swans in Arkansas. They are the same 'family' of swans each year, coming from Wisconsin or Michigan in late November and fly back around Valentines Day.  It is thought that they were blown off course by bad weather in 1992 to this lake, since before that time they went to another part of the southeast U.S.  I took these photos January 1, 2009. You can see more photos, plus some sound Quicktime movies (.MOV) of their distinctive trumpet honks at this link:
http://thundertrain.org/trumpeterswans-arkansas.html
(Ken Ziegenbein photos)





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