Locomotives today: UP 3783, 5964, 6838, 7226, 4283, 6172 (former SP), 7849, 6394 (former SP), 8025, 1958, 1784, 8455, 8796, 4286, 1697, 7736, 7993 *** KCS 3613, 4783 ***BNSF 7134.
Helicopters overhead at about 9:15 a.m. Could they be from the Little Rock Air Force Base in nearby Jacksonville, Arkansas? Arkansas Children's Hospital also has helicopters to transport injured children.
UP 3783, 9:19 a.m. KLDMN-22
UP 5964, 9:27 a.m. southbound. CBTTU-20 (Coal-Black Thunder Mine-Fulton, AR to the JW Turk plant in southwest Arkansas)
UP 6838.
Loaded coal train being switched from UP Main 1 to Main 2.
UP 7226, the dpu, 9:38 a.m.
UP 4283, 9:58 a.m. ZDUMQ-23
UPS trailers on this stack train.
Old pole with insulators just across the tracks. (Bill B. are these rare?)
Bird on a wire/insulator.
UP 6172, former Southern Pacific, 10:18 a.m. QEGNL-21
UP 6172, former SP.
UP 7849.
SRN 6356, Corinth & Counce Railroad Company boxcar.
SSW 62724 Cotton Belt hycube boxcar.
UP 6394 on the Amtrak siding northbound, 10:38 a.m. Our group of railfans were waiting. GSIGRK-22 (Grain-Corpus Christi, TX-Sterling, IL)
SP 6240, former SP.
UP 8025.
Both 6240 and 6394 in brief sunshine.
UP 8025 with the Amtrak sign and an old watering system fixture.
It was stopped here waiting for a signal, 10:57 a.m.
A southbound approaches on Main 2, 11:03 a.m.
UP 1958, 11:04 a.m. southbound. LWS53-23 (Hope Local)
UP 1958 and 1784.
11:05 a.m.
Both are stopped at 11:07 a.m.. The one on the Amtrak siding is blocking Main 2 around the curve in the distance so UP 1958 on Main 2 has to wait until the train on the siding has a signal to proceed. They were still having some trouble with switches locking in the yard.
UP 6394 leaving at 11:15 a.m.
NDYX 845914 green hopper.
UP 1958, 1784 at 11:24 a.m. moving south.
HPJX 1474 boxcar, is ex-Union Pacific boxcar that were used back in the 1970s to haul grain (thanks for the information from a UP source).
HPJX 14759 boxcar.
AEX 19776 boxcar is a ex-TO&E woodchip hopper fitted for cottonseed service.
HZCX 3212 gondola.
LRS 2517 boxcar.
UP 8455, 11:44 a.m. MNPPB-21
GLNX 23333 tank car with a blue crest.
SSW 70322 Cotton Belt hopper.
UP 8796 leading seven other locomotives onto the Amtrak siding at 12:06 p.m. It was an engine move, but they will park here for awhile waiting for other traffic to pass. ENLPBM-23
Passing my chair. We were all next to the fence.
KCS 4783.
BNSF 7134.
BNSF 7134. That's the widest angle I had.
Steps to the KCS Belle unit.
KCS 4783 and BNSF 7134.
UP 8441.
KCS 4613 and UP 4286.
UP 1697 and 7736. I don't know who these two people were.
UP 1697 with UP 7993 passing at 1:00 p.m. The train with UP 7993 QTXAS-23
UP 2047, former SP, 1:10 p.m., passing the still-waiting engine move. 2047's train is the YNL69-23
FICX 1004 Frontier gondola.
From the station's balcony at 1:14 p.m. showing all eight locomotives in the engine move: Left to right-UP 8796, KCS Belle 4783, BNSF 7134, UP 8441, UP 4286, KCS 3613 grey/yellow, UP 7736 and UP 1697.