Locomotives today: BNSF 8852, 5771, 8843, 5057, 1068, 8221, 8788, 9394, 5739, 6176, 9053, 8221, 4047, 7078, 7154 *** UP 1989, 4141 (tarped), 4653, 5036, 3877, 4820, 8811, 7608, 5590, 4370, 9354, 3973 *** CSXT 7526 *** NS 9854 *** HLCX 3859.
Interesting freight cars today included DUPX 80048 TI.Pure tank car, RJCW 5015 R J Corman coil car, SAN 583 Sandersville hopper, CCBX 59625 Elastol Flo Hopper, CNA 795928 CN hycube boxcar.
UP 1989 Rio Grande heritage, 11:23 a.m. North Little Rock.
UP 4141, the George Bush Library unit, at Jenks, 11:36 a.m.
DUPX 80048 TI.PURE DuPont tank car.
UP 4655. 12:25 p.m. at Union Station Little Rock. QSPNL-09
UP 4655.
UP 5036.
CSXT 7526.
NS 9854.
BNG 464269 green hoppers, 3 in row.
Bird at Union Station.
NDYX 845927 green hopper.
CNW 171864 blue hopper, built 1-76.
The built plate.
It's now 5:20 p.m. and I'm in Hoxie, Arkansas at the crossing of the BNSF Thayer Sub and UP Hoxie Sub. The crossing gates here are protecting the BNSF, which runs east-west at this point. The north-south track to the left is the UP's Hoxie Sub. Amtrak's Texas Eagles run through here on this sub.
My first train at Hoxie today was led by BNSF 8852 westbound at 5:28 p.m.
Crossing gates are down.
BNSF 8852, 5:29 p.m.
BNSF 5771.
It was a coal train.
BNSF 8843 was the dpu at 5:32 p.m.
BNSF 8843.
BNSF 5057 and 8905 eastbound at 5:38 p.m.
BNSF 1068.
ACFX 58448 ICI hopper.
RJCW 5015 R J Corman coil car.
SAN 583 Sandersville hopper.
SAN 606 Sandersville hopper.
A northbound UP train approaches at 5:51 p.m.
UP 3877, 5:52 p.m. MNLTT-10 (Manifest-N. Little Rock-Salem , IL) Interchange to the CSXT at Salem
UP 4820.
CCBX 59825 ElastoFlo hopper.
TCBX 240014 rusting tank car.
CNA 795028 CN hycube boxcar.
IFRX 21627 hopper.
Another UP train northbound at 6:18 p.m. I assume both BNSF and UP dispatchers have instant access to each other's trains in this area.
UP 8811, 6:18 p.m. ZMXYC-08
UP 7608. Afternoon sun gives UP's trains good lighting. On the other side of the road (Hwy 367) is a vacant lot where you can view the trains too, but the weeds were so high, you could barely see UP's trains.
Reflection of the train in this vacant business.
Looking north.
This a a view from the other (south) side of BNSF's tracks.
Another UP northbound passes at 6:27 p.m. I was inside the Citgo station for a drink and snack so didn't get the locomotive numbers.
A westbound BNSF train is waiting to leave at 6:40 p.m.
Meanwhile, an eastbound BNSF intermodal waits just west of the crossing at 6:43 p.m. The westbound will pass it in a few minutes.
This is where we are.
BNSF 8788 is heading west, 6:48 p.m., almost at the crossing.
BNSF 8788 westbound, 6:48 p.m.
BNSF 9394.
BNSF 5739.
BNSF 6176.
About to pass the eastbound, which is stopped. 6:49 p.m.
Taken from the gas station.
The coal train's dpu, BNSF 9053 at 6:52 p.m.
Coal train passing a stack train, 6:52 p.m. BNSF was a busy railroad today.
BNSF 8221 passed by BNSF 9053, 6:53 p.m..
BNSF 8221 starting eastbound at 6:55 p.m.
BNSF 8221 heading east toward Memphis.
BNSF 8221.
BNSF 4047.
BNSF 7078.
BNSF 7154.
All the cars that were backed up start to move at 7:00 p.m.
More cars.
I'm heading home to North Little Rock now and just south of Hoxie I caught another UP northbound led by UP 5590 and 4370 at 7:06 p.m. MNLASB-10
UP 4370, HLCX 3859, UP 9354, 1850.
Near Alicia, AR another northbound UP train, 7:18 p.m. Couldn't see the number.
UP 3973, 7:29 p.m. near Swifton. My last train shot of the day. Although Hoxie was very active, the 2-hour drive there and 2-hours back is a little long for me to do this very often. But National Train Day was a good excuse. AARAS-09