Streetcars and cheerleaders, Friday, September 4, 2009 in Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas.
The
Arkansas Razorback Cheerleaders rode a streetcar from the Verizon Stop
in North Little Rock to the River Market Stop in Little Rock about 5
p.m September 4. The football Razorbacks were in town to play Missouri
State the next evening in Little Rock. They came from Fayetteville,
Arkansas a day early for the RazorRock rally, which included the entire
Razorback band as well as the cheerleaders. U of A plays their home
games at both Fayetteville and Little Rock.
Walking to the Verizon Streetcar Stop about 4:50 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2009
Posing
for me....as it happened, I was one of only two photographers
there. The other picture-taker was with the group. This was not the
full compliment of the Razorback cheering squad.
Posing for the other photographer.
Streetcar 410 arriving at 4:56 p.m. heading south.
Boarding. Yes, I did get on with them.
Onboard. A sharp looking bunch.
'Calling the Hogs' cheer was very loud inside Streetcar 410!
Here's a short sound movie of this in Quicktime format (.MOV)
http://thundertrain.org/090409Cheer.MOV
Looking over the Arkansas River to downtown Little Rock.
'Who is that man taking the picture?' (They knew I was taking them for Central Arkansas Transit for possible use in their 2010 calendar, just as a hobby)
Exiting at the River Market Stop.
River Market Stop.
The
lush green is the result of being 13 inches above normal in rainfall
for the year. Our Summer was also the coolest since 1992.
Walking to the Junction Bridge (former Missouri Pacific RR bridge, later UP, which gave it to the city in 2001). The bridge is now a walking-biking path. There are no tracks remaining.
The cheer squad is standing on the old right-of-way.
Waiting
to go up the elevator on the bridge and walk to the other side for the
RazorRock pep-rally, where the Razorback Band was waiting. Any former
MoPac people seeing this who ran trains on this bridge? Could you ever
imagine seeing the Razorback Cheerleaders standing where your tracks
used to be?
This line of people was waiting for the free concert of KC and the Sunshine Band, which was to start in another hour.
Streetcar
409 passing the new Arkansas Studies Institute, which is in a renovated
building owned by the Central Arkansas Library System. The streetcar is
on President Clinton Avenue heading east.
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