Finally a sunny day and warmer temperatures at Little Rock, AR on Sunday, March 15, 2015. We had seven different roadnames on locomotives today. Included today was a string of new hoppers built this month, March 2015, including SHPX 434659, hopper OGEX 2718 hauled on flatcar ITTX 912682, Cotton Belt Hycube SSW 65102  built 2-78 rebuilt 12-98 lettering applied 11-14.

Locomotives today (2 taken on March 14): UPY genset 2632 **** Dardanelle & Russellville DR 1143 (it's a EMD GMD1 built for the CN in 1959. You can still see the faded CN lettering) ****  LRWN 1541 ****  NS 1139, 9961, 2741 **** CSXT 170, 7306 **** BNSF 8580 **** UP 6357, 4915, 6318, 6064, 6721 ex CNW Operation Lifesaver, 7177, 5391, 8320, 5313, 7175, 6214, 8736, 8447, 5797, 7012, 5609, 6949.


This was taken yesterday, Saturday March 14, 2015 in the rain at UP's Downing B. Jenks Shops in North Little Rock, What a difference a day makes with the sunny skies on Sunday.


UPY 2632 genset in North Little Rock on March 14.


DR 1143 in a freight in North Little Rock March 14. It's a EMD GMD1 built for the CN in 1959. You can still see the faded CN lettering. It was at the Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad since 2006 and is on its way to  Evergreen Packaging Mill at Pine Bluff.


Now it's Sunday March 15. LRWN 1541 running to the UP's North Little Rock yard at 10:42 a.m. to pick up a train. It's passing Union Station in Little Rock.


UP 6857, 10:43 a.m. March 15.  IHOG4-14


UP 4915.


UP 6518, 11:02 a.m. OSJCR-14


UP 6064.


UP 6721 ex CNW Operation Lifesaver unit.


UP 6721.


Empty oil train.


UP 9627, 11:18 a.m. ZMXYC-12


UP 8681.


Still no signs of greening in these trees because of all the ice the snow a week ago. Night temperatures have been too cold so the vegetation hasn't awaken, but with 60s today and 70s this week, it won't be long.


Railfans today.


Red berries, which are year-round.


I had lunch at Capital Bar and Grill.


The 100+ year old Pulaski County Courthouse, still in use today. The tracks in the foreground are the streetcar tracks for the 3.5 mile system here, which started in 2014.


NS 1139, 1:43 p.m. MDANL-14


CSXT 170.


CSXT 170.


UP 7377.


UP 5391.


SIRX 525463 blue hopper.


MP 706786 rusty hopper with the MoPac buzzsaw trademark.


KCS 129694 hycube, former CSX Big Blue.


Old Protected Temperature Coil car, now NS.


NS 16877 coil car.


Flatcar hauling a hopper.


ITTX 912682 hauling OGEX 2218 hopper.


Red ATW 84174 boxcar.


DUPX 80001 Du Pont Ti-Pure tank car.


UTLX 23315 blue tank car.


UP truck on the Amtrak siding.


UP 8320, 2:03 p.m. AARAS-14


UP 5313.


Old Cotton Belt hycube boxcar SSW 61502 built 2-78, rebuild 12-98, lettering applied 11-14.


You can see 'Cotton Belt' faintly center of photo.


UP 7175, 2:27 p.m. 2CTUBT-14


UP 6214.


UP 8736 dpu, 2:32 p.m.


LRWN train coming the the UP yard at 2:39 p.m.


LRWN 1541.


LRWN 2097 boxcar, probably ex-Rock Island.


SHPX 434646 plus other new hoppers, built 3-15.


Consecutive numbered cars SHPX 434659-658 and 657.


UP 8447, 2:43 p.m. QHONL-14


UP 8447.


BNSF 8580.


UP 5797, the dpu, 2:48 p.m.


Light engine move of NS 9961 toward us, moving from the North Little Rock yard to Biddle Yard in south Little Rock at 3:17 p.m.


NS 9961. NS 9961 was power for the WNLKCW-13 (Work train-N. Little Rock-Kansas City-Work equipment) This train was a Derrick for Kansas City. The train originated at Granite Mtn. and was annulled from NLR to KC.


NS 2741, 3:29 p.m. AEGAS-14


UP 7012.


CSXT 7306, 3:47 p.m.  QEGNL-14


UP 5609.


UP 6949.


FXE 930221 gondolas carrying coils.

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