Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Windy but sunny, 'Kodachrome' colored weather. Three CN red/black units today and several old fallen-flag freight cars.

Included:
1) Canadian Pacific, CP 8816, 9609
2) CN 2152, 5719, 2637
3) UP 4857, 7728, 6790, 6945, 6430, 3820, 4022, 4849, 1656, 4042, 8661, 4381, 6870, 6773, 6513, 9173, 7706
4) CSX 8020
5) GMTX 2100
6) UPY 663
7) BNSF 4510
8) Dark, black predawn at the station
9) Three SP boxcars in a row
10) SP 595592 flatcar built 4-27, recently repainted
11) New tank cars with blue crescents, one being UTLK 254509, built 8-11
12) AOK 6490 flat with wheel trucks
13) 'Hobos" graffiti on UP 14073 hopper
14) 'Oringe' graffiti
15) 'STRIKE' graffiti with painted match
16) BN 10124 boxcar or hopper
17) CNW 716135 'Smiley face with bad hair day' graffiti
18) ALM 5877 Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar
19) Colorful containers
20) China Shipping containers
21) GATX 210298 and other new tank cars
22) MKT red 14038 container car
23) Two SP gondolas with the Southern Pacific Lines emblem, one being SP 365083
24) 'Sad face' graffiti
25) 'ROCKLAHOMA-08' graffiti


CP 8816 and 9609, my one photo from January 10, at 11:30 a.m. The rest were taken January 14.


Predawn photo January 14 at Union Station. Note that it's really, really, really dark....LOL.


CN 2132, 8:52 a.m. Jan 14, northbound.


Nice "Kodachrome" colors  as CN 2132 and 5719 pass the station at 8:52 a.m. Yes, this is UP's tracks.


CN 5719.


Three Southern Pacific boxcars in a row.


UP 4857, northbound at 9:30 a.m.


UP 4857 and 7728.


SP 595592, built 4-1972, but repainted.


UP 6790 heading a loaded southbound coal train, 9:37 a.m.


UP 6790, 9:38 a.m.


UP 6945.


UP 6430, dpu, 9:45 a.m.


CSX 8020, 10:02 a.m.


CSX 8020 and UP 3820.


UP 4022.


UTLX 254509 new tank car followed by a string of these cars. Built 8-2011.


My third CN unit today, CN 2637, 10:21 a.m.


CN 2637, 10:21 a.m.


UPY 663 and GMTX 2100.


AOK 6490 flat with wheelsets at end of train.


UP 4849, 10:42 a.m. southbound.


UP 4849 and 1656, 10:42 a.m.


UP 4042.


UP 14073 with 'Hobos' graffiti


Southern boxcar with 'Oringe' graffiti.


'STRIKE' graffiti with a match. Yes, I know painting graffiti on freight cars is illegal, but you can't photograph many freight cars without graffiti these days. Some of the people who do the graffiti are quite good artists, but its too bad they couldn't put their talents to work in advertising or other paying jobs (I imagine some have).


BN 10124 boxcar, or hopper.


CNW 716135 smiley-face with a bad hair day graffiti.


ALM 5877 Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar. I really hate it when these old freight cars with the railroad's emblems get graffitied since they are so rare.


UP 8661, 11:10 a.m.


UP 8661 heading a colorful stack train. I had my Panasonic Lumix DH2 digital camera set on 'dynamic' color, which gives this photos a sort-of Kodachrome look.


Colorful containers.


Some of next year's Christmas presents could be manufactured from what's inside these China Shipping containers. Many of these containers and trains that carry them originate in places like Long Beach, California.


UP 7922, dpu.




UP 4381 and BNSF 4510, 11:17 a.m.


BNSF 4510.


GATX 210298 and other new tank cars.


MKT 14038 car.


Southern Pacific emblem on gondola SP 365083. I think the built date was 5-1956, but not sure of the year.


The following car also had this SP emblem.


Sad face graffiti.


ROCKLAHOMA-08 graffitied gondola. Thanks to Patrick Slayton for spotting the 'R'


UP 6870, 11:22 a.m.


UP 6773.


UP 6513, 11:33 a.m.


Two trespassers, bikers. This was the empty northbound coal train, stopped for a crew change on 13th Street. That's the DPU.


UP 9173, 11:58 a.m.


UP 9173 passing station.


Gusty north winds had the flag atop Union Station straight.


UP 7706, 12:59 p.m. The noon-hour is usually slow here.

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