Here's
some Little Rock, Arkansas River Rail Streetcar photos with Little Rock
Marathon runners and crowds in the background, plus some train photos
at Union Station and 'my' Mockingbird at the station again, Sunday,
March 7, 2010.
Included today: 1) CAT's streetcars 2) Little Rock Marathon photos 4) UP 4145, 4629, 9674, 4698 5) UP/CNW 9741 6) Mockingbird 7) HATR 1220 boxcar 8) Rocks 9) CNW 520034 boxcar 10) CNIS hopper 368998
Central
Arkansas Transit River Rail Streetcar 410 at the Verizon Arena stop in
North Little Rock, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Thousands were in town for
the annual Little Rock Marathon, which started running at 8 a.m.. Time
of this photo was 1:15 p.m. This marathon has become a major event in
past years, and is in the same marathon circuit with the Boston
Marathon.
LEFT-Looking
down from the streetcar from the Main Street bridge at some of the last
runners of the marathon reach the finish line. RIGHT-The rubber tire
trolleys also were running.
LEFT-In the River Market. RIGHT-Passing the Flying Saucer.
River Market stop.
RIGHT-Taken from the Main Street bridge looking at Cantrell Road.
Northbound streetcar on the Main Street bridge across the Arkansas River about 1:30 p.m.
LEFT-Streetcar 412 on the bridge with the end of the Little Rock Marathon to the right.
LEFT-Looking north from the Main Street bridge. RIGHT-I'm heading north across the bridge.
LEFT-The
Arkansas River and Little Rock. RIGHT-Northbound Streetcar 410 on the
bridge. Verizon Arena is to the left (formerly Alltel Arena).
LEFT-North Little Rock park. RIGHT-At Union Station at 2:15 p.m. The cars all belong to railfans.
LEFT-Looking
at a railfan magazine, of course! RIGHT-Here's 'my' Mockingbird again.
It was hopping ahead of me along the fence next to the Amtrak platform
and went into this tree.
RIGHT-UP 4145, 2:41 p.m.
RIGHT-HATR boxcar 1620. HATR
boxcar 1620. According to Jimmy Barlow via email: "Like Ivory soap, I'm
99 and 44/100ths percent pure--I mean SURE--that it's the long-gone
Virginia Central. Like virtually all short lines of the '70s, they got
caught up in the boxcar per-diem craze, which could be described in
more modern terminology as "If you build it they will lease." AND
according to Roger West via an email: "That Boxcar your referring to is
Champion Paper. You can see a example Oddball Decals."
LEFT-UP 4629, 3:01 p.m. RIGHT-A southbound approaches at 3:10 p.m.
LEFT-UP 9674, 3:12 p.m. RIGHT-UP/CNW 9741.
RIGHT-Rocks.
LEFT-Wheelsets. RIGHT-CNW 520034 green boxcar.
LEFT-More railfans. RIGHT-My bird again.
LEFT-UP 4698, 4:01 p.m.
LEFT-Canadien National hopper CNIS 368998. RIGHT-More wheelsets.
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