Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25-26, 2014, trains at Little Rock, Arkansas including UP 2003 and 1962, both ex-Cotton Belt. Also a Western Pacific hopper, ballast train, a bird peeking out of a can, and my cat Tigger. Plus my usual old and new freight cars, including my favorite MKT green hopper. There were locomotives with ID's from UP, NS, CSXT, GMTX and LRWN.

Locomotives today: UP 1762 (SD40-N), 1686, 4309, 4336, 4627, 7844, 4285, 7842, 8600, 4970, 8856, 2003 (ex-SSW GP-60), 1962 (ex-SSW GP-60) *** NS 8875 (C40-9), 2641, 2603, 9970 *** LRWN 500 (the Bay Line), CSXT 7547 *** GMTX 2281, 2167.


Clean and shiny GMTX 2281 and 2167, March 25. These are GP38-2's.


An old SP hycube, SP -1652-- (I just drove up and didn't have time to get to the platform).


NS 9347, 3:50 p.m. March 25. MSANL-24


UP 5172, March 25.


MWAX 3294 hopper.


MKT 599 green hopper.


My 13-year old cat Tigger.


This and the rest will be from Wednesday March 26. UP 1782, 1:13 p.m. LWS54-27 (Hope Local)


UP 1762 and 1686, 1:13 p.m.


UP 1686.


WP 12098 Western Pacific hopper, built 5-80.


CNW 178587 green hopper, built 3-80.


ITLX 40799 hopper, built 4-74.


ITLX 40799 hopper, built by United States Railway Mfg. Co., Washington, IND in 4-74.


As the train stopped, the Amtrak platform signal turned green at 1:17 p.m. That means a northbound train will be on the track next to the platform.




The northbound train arrives at 1:28 p.m. going slowly on the Amtrak siding.


NS 8875 passing the stopped train at 1:31 p.m.


1:32 p.m. A crew member of the stopped train will inspect the passing NS train.


NS 8875 up close and personal. I usually get behind the fence for safety reasons when a train is on the Amtrak siding and because the train is too close for freight car pictures. QTXASX-23


NS 8875.


UP 4309.


An Amtrak baggage cart was left on the platform the night before.


TCIX 30015 blue tank car, 1:43 p.m.




The train on Main 1 is leaving, 1:43 p.m.


AKMD 2033 green centerbeam.


CSXT 496364 coil car.


SP 50952 flat hauling wood.


LRS 2513 express car.


LRS 2512 express car.


TILX 353003 white tank car with LRWN 500 passing on the LRWN track.


LRWN 500, The Bay Line at 1:47 p.m. It was going into the UP North Little Rock yards.


UP 4336, 2:18 p.m. with an engine move southbound. ENLPBM-26


NS 2641 trailed the engine move, which also had locomotives UP 4336, 4627, 7844, 4285, 7842, 8600.


Bird peeking over the edge of a can. Looks like 'Kilroy'




The whole bird, and nothing but the bird...lol.


Bird in the grass.


NS 2603, 3:09 p.m. was on power move ENLBKM-26 (Engines-NLR-Bald Knob) where they got on the MNLAS-25


NS 9970.


AEX 363 with a "Paint Me' sign.


CNW 174743 blue hopper.


GATX 266 short tank car.


GFSX 4382 hopper.


SBLX 14064 new black and white tank cars.


Loads of something.


UP 4970 with a ballast train, 3:34 p.m.


UP 4970.  WNLBRA-25 (Work train-Granite Mtn/NLR-Brookland, AR-Air Dump)


CSXT 7547.


MP 55248 ballast car.




Zoomed into the ballast train.


UP 8856, 3:43 p.m. on a short container train. KLDMN-25


End of train, 3:44 p.m.


UP 2003, ex-Cotton Belt.


UP 1962, ex-Cotton Belt, a GP-60.


GMTX 2281 with their webpage address.

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