A strong cold front and strong storms passed the Little Rock area around 11 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2011. I decided to try to get a train in the storms from the east balcony of Union Station and got this rare NS short intermodal passing at 11:19 a.m. headed by NS 9584 and 9468.  I got a photo plus a video, which you can view by clicking on the photo I marked.  

The storms that occurred today blew down numerous large trees and had periods of heavy rain. No tornadoes, but the straight line winds gusted to near 45 mph in the region as the storms moved through. My tripod I usually use to get videos kept blowing over, so I hand held the camera while I took the video. Even with the camera's wind-shield operating, you can still hear the strong winds over the train (in stereo). I had a hard time keeping my balance when I walked down the spiral staircase to get off the balcony due to the wind. We had one inch of rain. Temperatures fell from the mid 70s to the lower 50s during the morning and will drop into the mid to upper 30s overnight.


Looking east from the balcony of Union Station at 11:03 a.m.


A rare southbound NS intermodal approaches the station at 11:19 a.m. It was led by NS 9584 and 9468. Anyone know the train ID of this movement and why it's moving south on UP's mostly northbound tracks?

Click on the photo below to view a movie of this scene:


To see this video directly from Youtube, click on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ7cQccmt3w



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