February 19, 2012: A rare MKT green short hopper, TCWX 4111, built November 1979, plus a southbound UP local passing a northbound NS train and lots of 'fallen flag' freight cars and even brand new hoppers.  Per request, I'm trying to get the built dates of many of these freight cars, which means I take one photo of a car then a closeup of the built date placard so I can read the built date more clearly. I also have some pictures of seagulls over the Arkansas River taken from the parking lot of the meeting place of the Arkansas Railroad Club. And my 'artsy' shot today: "Plastic Fork on Fence with Passing Train." I also have a photo of UP 4141, the Bush Library Unit, in North Little Rock, which is rumored to be going back to storage at UP's Jenks Shop's here. Also, since I have so many pictures today, the size of each was reduced to 640x360 pixels for faster downloading. Original size is about 4900x2800 pixels.

Included today:
1) UP 4141, 4142, 1356, 5162, 4060, 4288, 3425, 7422, 5173, 4574, 1689, 1662, 7423, 4309, 1691
2) KCS 4786
3) LLPX 2203
4) Ferromex 4094, 4681
5) NS 7542
6) CSX 7645, 42
7) MKT green short hopper TCWX 4111, blt 11-79
8) MP 273152 hi-cube boxcar
9) GTW 126523 CN hi-cube boxcar
10) ATSF 313797 Santa Fe hopper, blt 2-73
11) DME 49348 hopper, blt 2-87
12) SATW 75047 Larinburg & Southern boxcar
13) YTGX 940792 BN autorack
14) HESR 662140 new boxcar
15) AOKX 493633 new hopper, blt 2-12
16) GACX 84247 Wisconsin Central hopper
17) BNSF 406904 hopper, blt 5-77
18) BN 44915 hopper, blt 6-73
19) CEFX 304462 hopper, blt 10-11
20) CNW 438161 hopper, blt 2-67, re-blt 4-88
21) NS 169761 coilcar, blt 6-75
22) Yellow CNW hopper RCLX 169342, blt 6-81
23) UP 93962 hopper, blt 6-11
24) TOBX 661267 boxcar, blt 8-11
25) MP 706507 hopper, blt 1-77
26) CNW 11773 dump car, blt 3-63
27) NS 473505 boxcar, blt 2-04
28) Frames
29) Empty high-end flatcars
30) NS 187507 gondola
31) WCX 01492 woodchip car
32) GROX 50862 yellow Union Equity hopper
33) SRCX 907 Richardson Carbon Co. hopper
34) MP 641439 gondola, blt 7-77
35) Dark black CABX 580512 repainted, blt 8-72
36) CITX silver hopper 200232
37) Seagulls on the Arkansas River


UP 4141 and 1356, North Little Rock, 8:37 a.m. It was rumored today at the Arkansas Railroad Club meeting that 4141 will once again be stored at Jenks. It may or may not be making one more trip to Pine Bluff and return on a local just to be sure it's in good shape before being stored.


TCWX 4111, a rare MKT short green hopper with big yellow MKT letters. It was built in November 1979.


Amtrak/Union Station on a Sunday morning. The parking lot is full on weekdays with personnel that work at rented offices inside.


UP 5162, 9:07 a.m.


MP 273152 hi-cube boxcar.


GTW 126523 CN blue hi-cube boxcar.


ATSF 313797 Santa Fe hopper, blt 2-73. Obviously it's been repainted at places.


DME 49348 hopper, blt 2-87.


SATW 75047 Larinburg & Southern boxcar.


WW 9577 Winchester & Western Railroad hopper, blt 9-11.


UP 4060-4288, 9:41 a.m.


Our resident hawk over the light tower.


"Plastic Fork on Fence with Passing Train." I didn't put it there, honestly.


YTGX 940792 BN autorack.


UP 3425 and 4142, 10:45 a.m.


UP 4142.


HESR 208824 boxcar, blt 4-78.


Two new boxcars, one being TBOX 662140.


AOKX 493633 new hoppers, blt 2-12.


GACX 84247 Wisconsin Central hoppers.


BNSF 406904 hopper, blt 5-77.


BN 449715 hopper, blt 6-73.


CEFX 304462 hopper, blt 10-11.


CNW 438161 hopper, blt 2-67, rebuilt 4-88.


NS 169761 coil car, blt 6-75.


Yellow CNW hopper RCLX 169342, blt 6-81.


Good group of railfans today.


UP 7422, 11:32 a.m.


UP 7422, 11:33 a.m.


KCS 4786.


Colorful consist: LLPX 2203, KCS 4786, Ferromex 4094, 4681, and UP 7422.


UP 93962 hopper, blt 6-11.


TOBX 661267 boxcar, blt 8-11.


MP 706507 hopper, blt 1-77.


Dump car CNW 11773, blt 3-63.


NS 473505 blue boxcar, blt 2-04.


UP 5173 and 4574, 12:20 p.m.


Frames.


UP 1689, 12:36 p.m., southbound on Main 2.


NS 7542, also at 12:36 p.m., but northbound on Main 1. The race was on, hoping I could get them passing before the train on Main 2 blocked the train on Main 1.


Perfect timing...NS 7542 and UP 1689 pass at 12:36 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2012.


UP 1662.


Nice when two trains pass.


Wood loads.


Lots of high end empty flats.


NS 187507 gondola.


MOW truck.


UP 7423, 1:03 p.m.


UP 4309.


Woodchip car, WCX 01492.


GROX 50862 yellow Union Equity hopper.


SRCX 907 Richardson Carbon Co.


Missouri Pacific gondola with Buzzsaw MP 641439, blt 7-77.


Dark-dark black hopper (repainted), CABX 580512, blt 8-72.


CSX 7645, 1:19 p.m.


CSX 7645 and 42.


UP 1691.


CITX silver hopper, 200232.


Baretables that usually haul intermodal containers.


Seagulls in the Arkansas River. This was taken from the monthly meeting place of the Arkansas Railroad Club about 2 p.m. today.


Wider view of the river.


Hundreds of seagulls hunting for fish. This one will become world famous.....


Interesting view of this gull. It almost looks like a little animal with fake wings climbing the pier.


The bridge you see is the UP Baring Cross lift-span bridge across the Arkansas River connecting Little Rock with North Little Rock.The river has lots of barge traffic.


A small rowboat.

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