Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas. It started out rainy but then just cloudy. Interesting trains today including one intermodal led by UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage locomotive. It was on the ILXMN-17. It got to the station at 10:40 a.m., sat there 30 minutes waiting for a signal so we had plenty of time to get photos and talk the the crew. It left at 11:10 a.m. toward Marion, Arkansas to the Intermodal Yard there (which is close to Memphis). There were several other trains with mostly UP power, but the Little Rock & Western also had a light engine move to the UP yard, and NS had some locos too. It was a fun day railfanning and I had fun afterwards also with friends doing non-railroad things. All in all, a good day. I think there were 6 fans there today waiting for the SP heritage.
   Also today is another green MKT hopper, which I always take pictures of and other old freight cars. Included locomotives: UP 7634, 8074, 9727, 3850, 4281, 6313 ex SP, 5173, 7367, 5228, 5492, 5154, 1996, 8478, 1655, 1718, 1948, 1787  ***** NS 8066, 9457  ***** LRWN 2017.


UP 7634 in the rain, 9:05 a.m. ALDAS-20


UP 7634 again. Didn't want to get my camera wet, so taken through windshield. The rain stopped later.


UP 8074, 9:14 a.m. MNPPB-20


NS 8066.


UP 9727.


UP 3850.


UP 4281.


This southbound had a lot of locomotives.


BAEX 897 ex Grand Trunk Western boxcar.


My built-in GPS map system includes railroads.


UP 6313 ex SP, 9:55 a.m. MDANL-20


UP 5173.


UP 7367.


CSXT 130005 newly painted blue boxcar.


MKT 554 short greet hopper, my favorites.


MOCX 412080 almost new red hopper, built 8-12.


CP 385432 hopper.


NS 9457, 10:19 a.m. QAGNL-20


UP 5228.


UP 5492.




SHPX 207321 black and white tank car.


Four blue tank cars.


LRWN 2017 engine move to the North Little Rock yard to pick up it's train, 10:33 a.m.


UP 1996 approaching with a stack train from Los Angeles, CA leading the ILXMN-17. 10:40 a.m. It will slowly pull forward and stop for 30 minutes waiting for a signal.






Stopped at 10:45 a.m.


Group getting photos.


There were 2 more on the station's balcony.


Your's truly.


Leaving at 11:12 a.m.


UP 5154.


UP 8478, the dpu, at 11:17 a.m.


UP 1655, 11:21 a.m. LWS53-22 (Hope local)


UP 1718.


UP 1948.


UP 1787.




Line of TTX yellow boxcars.


Old faded yellow UP gondola, could not read the car number (numbers painted on corrugated gondola's are always hard to read this number was severely faded. It was built way back in 1-63.


Early rose in downtown Little Rock.


A photo I took in the summer of 2008 at Grand Teton National Park. The Eagle flying on the right of center just happened to show up at the right time.

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