It was a cold, wet day at the station in Little Rock on Sunday, March 2, 2014 but I wanted to get some train pictures anyway. I had to detour to get there because many streets were closed due to the annual Little Rock Marathon, which had over 11,000 runners from 50 states and 41 countries participating. They got soaked in the rain and sleet. There was even thunder. I was on my usual dry spot at Union Station, the balcony, but me and my camera still got wet. There were locomotives with 7 different markings, including: UP, BNSF, CSXT, NS, GMTX, KCS, LRWN. I also saw a Canadian-American hopper, Louis-Dreyfus hopper, some Southern Pacific gondolas, CNW blue hopper, NDTX gon, Santa Fe woodchip car, Cook Industries Inc. hopper, and other old freight cars.

Locomotives today: UP 5951, 6482, 6843, 9661, 4786, 8737, 5156, 6605, 5737, 3784, 7895, 7054, 2047(SP), 7941, 4187 *** NS 8056 *** CSXT 400, 5499, 7880 *** GMTX 2112 *** KCS 3942 *** BNSF 4637, 4194, 4034 *** LRWN 500.

Here's the Little Rock forecast for Sunday night, March 2:
Snow and sleet before 3am, then a chance of snow. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 16. Wind chill values as low as zero. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.


First train, 6:52 a.m.




UP 5951, 6:53 a.m. northbound on a coal train. CTUAT-01 (Coal-Fulton, AR-Antelope Mine, WY)


UP 6482, 5951.


My viewing area. It started out at 55 degrees at 6:30 and ended the day at 37.


UP 6843, dpu, 7:01 a.m.


UP 9661, 7:30 a.m. QTXAS-02 (Priority Manifest-Texarkana-Alton & Southern)


UP 5186.


HCSX 96024 old gondola.


All yellow, northbound, 8:03 a.m.


UP 8737,8:05 a.m. MEYNLX-28 (Manifest-East Yard/San Antonio-N. Little Rock-Extra)


UP 5156.


ATGX 742 hopper.


NDYX 814416 hopper.


IFRX 21609 Cook Industries Inc. hopper.


WSOX 805048 Winn Bay Sand hopper.


UP 230014 coil car.


NDTX 822310 hopper.


SMIX 9505 Santa Fe woodchip car.


SMIX 9016 green woodchip car.




Northbound 8:27 a.m.


UP 6603. The previous train on Main 2 had stopped. GSHPNI-28 (Grain-Galena Park, TX-Nebraska City, NE)


KCS 3942.


UP 5737.


Got the Santa Fe woodchip car, the KCS locomotive and the waiting hoppers.


Zoomed in on the two tracks full of train.


BNSF 4037, 8:39 a.m. leading another oil train. OSJEH-28 (Ore-St. James, LA-E. St. Louis)


BNSF 4037.


BNSF 4194 and 4034, 8:39 a.m.


UP 3784.




No dpu on this oil train since they put all 3 locomotives on the front.


UP 7895, 9:28 a.m. on an engine move. MVBPBX-28 (Manifest-Van Buren, AR-Pine Bluff-Extra)




Green signal and wet birds.


UP 8632 and CSXT 400, 9:40 a.m. GSNDEH-28 (Grain-Nacogdoches, TX-Elkhart, IL)


CSXT 400.


UP 7054.




CNW 171696 blue hopper.


My Droid Razr Smartphone's NOAA weather app showing the falling temperatures in graph form.


CSXT 5499, 10:04 a.m. QAGNL-28 (Priority Manifest-Angleton, TX-NLR)


CSXT 7880 and NS 8056.




Blue police car lights on the Cantrell bridge at 10:18 a.m.


UP 2047, former SP, and GMTX 2112, 10:28 a.m. YNL69-02


NDTX 354 gondola.


SP 227780 gondola.


SP 337781 Southern Pacific gondola.


SP 323116 Southern Pacific gondola.


CNW 178391 green hopper.


CNW 438055 yellow hopper.


CNW 174866 blue hopper.


LRWN 500, Bay Line locomotive, on a single engine move, 10:31 a.m.








UP 7941, 10:41 a.m. QHONL-01 (Priority Manifest-Houston-NLR)


UP 7721.






PLCX 277071 Louis-Dreyfus Corporation hopper.


CNW 437162 hopper.


CN 156127 gondola.


COER 801910 blue gondola.


Canadian American Railroad boxcar.


Closeup of the Canadian American Railroad trademark.


LRWN 500 closeup. Waiting on a signal to go into the UP yard in North Little Rock.


UP 4187, 11:23 a.m. KLDMN-01 (Priority Intermodal-Laredo-Marion, AR)




The brick driveway down to the station.


On my way home at 11:30 a.m., I had to take 2nd street through one of the Arkansas State Capitol's parking lots in order to miss the closed streets downtown due to the Little Rock Marathon. This would be a good place to take train pictures, but there's no place to park with a clear track view. There are no shoulders on this road and it's relatively busy. The overpass is Markham Street. I'm just to the southwest of Union Station, which is to the right about a quarter mile. I'm looking to the west-southwest.

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