Tuesday, June 3, 2008. A rare meet of the Little Rock & Western (coming from Perry, Arkansas on their own line)  and a Ferromex locomotive heading a train on the UP Main passing Union Station. Had I had one more glass of water for lunch, I'd have missed them.  Included are: Ferromex 4637 *** LRWN 7736 *** AKMD 722 *** NS 2665 *** UP 9407 *** String of Candian hoppers *** KCS coil car 720118 being hauled on a flatcar with its trucks on the flatcar as well.



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LEFT-Two green signals indicate that the line is clear for the Little Rock & Western train to head across the Baring Cross bridge as it comes from the west on the far line. LRWN has its own tracks in the UP yards in North Little Rock and they interechange and store cars there. RIGHT-A LRWN train, headed by LRWN 7736 and Arkansas Midland 722 rounds the curve from the line that goes to Perry (former Rock Island line), just as Ferromex No. 4637, heading a long mixed freight, rounds the curve on UP's Main No. 1 from southwest Arkansas and Texas.  It's 12:02 p.m. June 3.


The UP train was stopping to wait for the LRWN to get across the bridge.








LEFT-KCS coil car 720118 carried on a flatcar with its trucks. RIGHT-Frog eating boy.


LEFT-A string of Canadian hoppers ended the train with the Ferromex unit. RIGHT-At 1:12 p.m., an auto-train moved through headed by NS 2665.