Included today:
1) UP 7177, 5073, 5225, 9416, 8238, 4057, 8037, 7157, 6566, 6502 (most on one train)
2) UPY 705
3) GATX 210281 new tankcar
4) UP 93750 new hopper
5) Mockingbird eating bread
Ready to eat the bread I threw down.
Yumm! This piece of bread was leftover from a meal at Mike's Place in downtown Conway, Arkansas earlier in the day.
UP 7177 heading a loaded southbound coal train at 3:45 p.m.
Stopped for a train at 3:48 p.m. The upcoming train will use the Amtrak siding to pass this train.
The northbound mixed train gets on the Amtrak siding at 3:54 p.m.
UP 5073, 3:54 p.m.
UP 5073 followed by UP 5225, 9416, 8238, 4057, 8037 and UPY 705.
Passing the stopped coal train. The coal train had to stop until the mixed freight completely exited UP Main 2 onto the Amtrak siding. Note the ribbon rail next to Main 2.
The Amtrak siding at Union Station in Little Rock is 900 feed long and this consist of engines almost took up that whole length.
GATX 210281 new tankcar.
New UP hopper 93750.
Passing UP 7177 at 4:01 p.m.
Red dwarf signals at South UD, the west side of Union Station.
UP 7177 finally leaves at 4:04 p.m.
DPU, UP 7157, 4:10 p.m.
Another coal train southbound at 4:35 p.m. headed by UP 6566.
DPU, UP 6502, 4:43 p.m.
Shiny rails in the sunset.