A good day at Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas on Sunday, February 16, 2014. Lots of trains and lots of roadnames on locomotives including NS, CSXT, BNSF, KCS, CN, GMTX and UP. Plus old freight cars, like CNW X201618 maintenance of Way hopper built in December 1963, MKT green hopper 549, and Apalachicola Northern boxcar.

Locomotives today: UP 1743, 1827, 1787, 4018, 4449, 9756, 5088, 4762, 7408, 4332, 4519, 5172, 8441, 5621, 7020, 7226, 7741, 4436, 7495, 4295, 9651, 7234, 9404, 5319, 2485, 6274, 8035, 2047(SP), 1974, 2003(SSW), UPY 583, UP 6693, 6179(SP), 6631 *** NS 9273, 9688, 2631, 9748 *** CSXT 3042, 7850 *** BNSF 6063, 5955, 5310, 6717 *** KCS 4159, 4043 *** CN 2306 *** GMTX 2264, 2112, 2157.

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Humans can be railfans....guess these birds are 'carfans'


UP 1743 and 1827, 8:58 a.m.  LWS53-16 (Hope local)


UP 1787.


CCX 954 Columbian Chemicals Company hopper.  It came from Hamilton Ontario Canada probably with a load of lamp-black used in the tire industry.  (Thanks for this information given to me by Bill T. from Hamilton Ontario Canada)


UP 4018 and 4449, 9:14 a.m. QAGNL-14 (Priority Manifest-Angleton, TX-N. Little Rock)


UP 9756.


GATX 200952 tankcar.


UP 5088 and NS 9273, 9:25 a.m. MNPPB-13


NS 8273.


UP 4762, 9:39 a.m. YNL17-16 (14:30 X-Haul)


NS 9688.


CNW X201618 Maintenance of Way Department  hopper built 12-63.


Built date 12-63 or 53. Not sure.


MKT 549 green hopper.


EEC 8734 newly painted boxcar, built 6-81.


ATW 557008 Port St Joe Route boxcar.


Also known as Apalachicola Northern.


UP 355113 yellow boxcar.


TBOX 667587 boxcar, built 11-13.  It was built by National Steel Car  in Hamilton Ontario Canada. NSC has built hundreds of these cars and are still building them. It is very impressive to see a string of 20 or 30 leaving town in a CP rail train. (Thanks for this information given to me by Bill T. from Hamilton Ontario Canada)


Photoline sets up. Santa Claus is coming! 9:53 a.m.


UP 7408, 9:53 a.m. ILBMNB-13 (Intermodal-Long Beach-Marion, AR)


KCS 4159, looked new.


UP 4332.


Stacks.


UP 4519, 10:15 a.m. QTXAS-16 (Priority Manifest-Texarkana-Alton & Southern)


UP 5172 and 8441.


An autorack in mid-train.


Ready for the next train, 10:48 a.m.


UP 5621 and 7020, 10:48 a.m. on a coal train. CBTTU-12 (Coal-Black Thunder Mine, WY-Fulton, KY)


UP 7226, dpu, 10:56 a.m.


UP 7741, 11:03 a.m. QTXAS-15


KCS 4043.


UP 4436, 11:14 a.m. ALDASB-14 (Auto-Laredo-Alton & Southern)


GAMX 849 and four other Wisconsin Central hoppers.


CN 2306, 11:22 a.m. QLINL-15 (Priority Manifest-Livonia, LA-N. Little Rock)


CN 2306.


UP 7495.


11:30 a.m.


UP 4295, 11:30 a.m. QLINL-15 (Was on Priority Manifest-Livonia, LA-N. Little Rock-it's in this engine move consist today)


GMTX 2264.


UP 9651 and 7234.


UP 5319 and 9404.


UP 2485.


UP 6274.


Engine move.


Station pigeons always getting a feast with spilled grains.


UP 8035, 11:47 a.m. on a short stack train. KLDMN-15 (Priority Intermodal-Laredo-Marion, AR)


GMTX 2112, 11:56 a.m. All 5 engines show last used on the YNL69-14.


UP 2047, former SP.


UP 1974.


GMTX 2157.


UP 2003, former SSW.


UP 2003.


CSXT 3042, 12:18 p.m. MLIAS-15 (Manifest-Livonia, LA-Alton & Southern)


CSXT 3042.


CSXT 7850.


CABX 470558 shiny black hopper, built 9-73.


Built date closeup.


TILX 263526 green tankcar, built 4-12.


BNSF 6063 on an oil train, 12:32 p.m. OSNES-15 (Ore-St. James, LA-E. St. Louis)


BNSF 5955.


BNSF 5310 and 6717, dpu units.


NS 2631 and 9748, 12:43 p.m. QLWNL-16 (Priority Manifest-Longview, TX-N. Little Rock)




NS and BNSF take over the UP tracks at Union Station.


UPY 583.


UP 6693, 12:56 p.m. CWBBT9-16 (Coal-White Bluff, AR-Black Thunder Mine)


UP 6179, former SP.


UP 6631, dpu.

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