Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas. A good day for old red MKT-Katy gondolas...I saw two (the Katy was the railroad I grew up with in Texas). Plus good UP train action as well with passing trains, including one SSW and one SP patched unit together on a local, and a mid-train DPU.

Included today:
1) UP 8705, 4451, 8489, 3818, 3983, 8414, 7802, 4707, 7293, 6658, 1745, 3543, 9729, 1744, 1751, 1982
2) UP/SSW 2003
3) UP/SP 2047
4) NS 9046
5) CSX 8357, 7631, 7504
6) Sunrise over Little Rock
7) HS 30044 Greenville & Northern Railway boxcar
8) Lumber load
9) COCX 286031 short tankcar Built 3-86
10) SHQX 6310 new tankcar Built 9-12
11) GNTX 295592 rail gon TTX gondola
12) CNW 490929 yellow CNW hopper
13) TBOX 661489 TTX boxcar Built 9-11
14) MWCX 462985 TMC hopper
15) AEX 358 GT hopper Built 12-73
16) UP 355026 yellow boxcar
17) CNW 741045 green CNW gondola
18) MKT 16019, 16369 red Katy gondolas Built 8-70
19) SP 338196 gondola Built 6-75
20) UP 96323 new gondola Built 9-12
21) EAMX 901309 gondola
22) SP 247955 Golden West Service boxcar
23) CSXT 493374 coil car


Sunrise taken from the Broadway bridge into Little Rock, 7:13 a.m. I had accidently had the ISO sensitivity set to 16,000, thus the grainy photo.


UP/SSW 2003, 8:04 a.m.


UP/SP 2047.


HS 30044 Greenville & Northern Railway boxcar.


Maintenance cars.


UP 8705, 8:43 a.m.


UP 8705, NS 9046.


NS 9046.


UP 4451.


Wood/plywood?


COCX 286031 short tankcar, built 3-86.


SHQX 6310 new tank car, built 9-12.


GNTX 295591 rail gon TTX gondola, built 9-12.


UP 8489, mid-train DPU.




CNW 490929 yellow CNW hopper.


TBOX 661489 TTX new boxcar, built 9-11.


MWCX 462985 FMC hopper.


UP 3818, 8:58 a.m.


UP 3818.


UP 8414-3983.


AEX 358 GT hopper, built 12-73.


Ties.


UP 355026 yellow boxcar.


CNY 741045 green CNW gondola, built 6-73.


MKT 16019 red Katy gondola, built 8-70.


MKT 16369 red Katy gondola (on another train, but I wanted to put both Katy gondolas together.


SP 338196 gondola, built 6-75.


UP 96323 new gondola, built 9-12.


EAMX 901309 gondola.


SP 247955 Golden West Service boxcar.


Light engine move, 9:54 a.m.


UP 7802, 9:54 a.m.


UP 4717.


UP 7293, 10:00 a.m.


UP 6658 and 6899.


Curiosity Kills Ignorance graffiti. While I no longer post graffiti pictures in general, I thought this was a pretty good saying.


UP 1745 southbound, 10:49 a.m.


CSX 8357 northbound 10:54 a.m.


CSX 8357 and 7631, 10:54 a.m.


CSX 7504.


CSX train passing the UP 1745 train.


Another southbound, light engine move, headed by UP 3543 following the CSX southbound at 10:59 a.m.


Getting ready to pass each other at 10:59 a.m.


UP 3543 slowly passing UP 1754, 11:00 a.m.


Nose to nose, almost. UP armour yellow anyone?


UP 1745 passing the stopped UP 9729, 11:01 a.m.


UP 1745, 1751 and 1744.


The engine move was waiting to cross over from Main 2 to Main 1.


CSXT 493374 coil car.


UP 1982, the Missouri Pacific heritage unit, North Little Rock, January.


Blue, red and black locomotives.


UP 1982.

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