Friday, March 6, 2009 at the station at Little Rock, Arkansas and across the tracks on the hill. Included today:
1) IC, SP, CSX, CN Hi-Cube boxcars
2) CNW/UP Operation Lifesaver 6737
3) UP 4266, 7921, 9583, 9680, 2460, 2426, 4339, 5120
4) Long rail-train
5) 'The Rock' gondola repainted another color but you can still see the "R"
6) Large cable storage rolls with the cable
7) HLCX 3801
8) GATX 2152
9) CSX 5417

I also did a separate page on UP 1983, the Western Pacific Heritage locomotive, which also passed the station today. To see those photos (3), click on:
http://thundertrain.org/up1983-030609.html

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LEFT-IC 650135 hi-cube on the BNSF local at 7:07 a.m. RIGHT-Two CN blue h-cube boxcars.


RIGHT-SSW 65045 Hi-Cube (or is is HY-Cube?). These things are huge! Anyone know the square footage?


LEFT-Former CNW 6737, 8:29 a.m. RIGHT-UP 4266, 8:51 a.m. with a rail-train.


Welded rain train. How must stress is there on the long rails when the train goes around curves?




LEFT-'The Rock' can still be seen on this gondola, as can the R, but it has been repainted and lettered EAMX 511. RIGHT-Some sort of cable. Hey, someone could use this to wire their n-scale layout! (ha ha)


RIGHT-UP 7921 on along train train at 9:19 a.m. It had a DPU.


RIGHT-UP 9583 on the YNL75 train to Pine Bluff at 10:22 a.m.


LEFT-HLCX 3801, GATX 2152. RIGHT-UP 9680, last of 10 units.


LEFT-Two CSX blue hi-cubes. RIGHT-UP 2460, 10:45 a.m.


LEFT-An intermodal at 11:08 a.m. taken from the Cantrell Road bridge. RIGHT-UP 2426 waiting to go south, looking under the bridge. Taken at 11:38 a.m.


LEFT-UP 4339 at 11:44 a.m. RIGHT-CSX 5417.


UP 2426 moving south at 11:52 a.m.


UP 5120 at 12:14 p.m.
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