Trains at Little Rock, Arkansas Sunday, January 2, 2011, including some old freight cars. I started the day at sunrise (7:16 a.m.) and got one train then, but it was 25 degrees and I decided to go home and come back in the afternoon after I went to church services.

Included today:
1) UP 7235, 7349, 7443, 2426, 9735, 9752, 5866, 5916, 3977, 4330
2) IC/CN 2716
3) BTKY 21490 green Katy gondola
4) TOE 3059 boxcar with blue end
5) NATX 57033 new tank car
6) NDYX 310 gon
7) JOSX 10349 old hopper
8) KCS 129155 boxcar
9) Unmarked hopper (?)
10) Dump cars
11) SP 286016 purple graffiti boxcar
12) MKT 4466 grey hopper
13) Herzog hoppers

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LEFT-Green signal at 7:25 a.m. RIGHT-7:25 a.m. Sunrise was just 9 minutes earlier and you can see sunlight on the hills to the right. It was a cold 25 degrees and clear skies. The approaching train is an empty coal train.


LEFT-UP 7235, 7:26 a.m. RIGHT-Jumping to early afternoon, 1:51 p.m.


LEFT-UP 7349, 1:51 p.m.


LEFT-UP 7443, dpu, at 1:53 p.m. RIGHT-UP 2426, 1:57 p.m.


RIGHT-BKTY 21490 green Katy gondola.


LEFT-TOE 3059 boxcar with blue end. RIGHT-2:13 p.m. The two photographers are filming a railroad special for AETN, the Arkansas Educational Television Network.


LEFT-UP 9735 and IC/CN 2716, 2:13 p.m. RIGHT-IC/CN 2716.


LEFT-New NATX tank cars. RIGHT-NDYX 310 gondola. Anyone know the original roadname?


LEFT-JOSX 10349 hopper. Looks like it came from the Model-T era. Anyone know the original roadname? RIGHT-KCS 129155 boxcar.


LEFT-Unmarked hopper. Anyone know the  original roadname? RIGHT-Dump cars.


LEFT-SP 286016 purple graffiti boxcar. RIGHT-Southbound at 2:51 p.m.


LEFT-UP 9752 on a 3-engine transfer to Biddle Yard in south Little Rock at 2:52 p.m. RIGHT-3:35 p.m. and another southbound approaches, this one a loaded grain train and a dpu. Some of the grain cars had ice and snow on top.


LEFT-UP 5866, 3:37 p.m. being filmed for a TV special on Arkansas trains. RIGHT-Into the sun.


LEFT-MKT 2266 grey hopper. RIGHT-UP 5916, dpu.


LEFT-Northbound UP 3977 at 3:46 p.m. RIGHT-UP 4330.


Herzog hopper cars.

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