Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Union Station in Little Rock. There was a person at the station taking photos as well as another person doing the same thing in Kansas City for a special 'tale of two cities' story in, I believe, Railways Illustrated. We had the usual variety of  locomotives and trains. While I was there, I saw locomotives from 4 different railroads: UP, USAX, BNSF and GMTX. Earlier there were locomotives from CSXT, FXE, CN, NS. Of special interest is U.S. Army locomotive USAX 4671 being readied for its move to an Army base somewhere (I was told Fort Hood, Texas), and UP 4014, not the Big Boy steam locomotive, but the SD70M. I got a closeup photo of a ladybug on a camera strap, another MKT red gondola, and various other interesting freight cars..

Locomotives: UP 8609, 2310, 5194, 6676, 1974, 2003, 9361, 6021, 4014 (the SD40M, not Big Boy), 6938 (DD40X on display at Jenks Shops North Little Rock) *** USAX 4671 *** GMTX 2112 *** BNSF 8016, 4119, 5748, 9482, 8922.


UP 8609, 12:48 p.m.




UP 2310 and 5194.


NDYX 822324 hopper.


UTLX 64962 white and black tank car.


Photographer James for the magazine story.


No, I did not take this for the graffiti but for the old MoPac Eagle. Car is MP 724381. Really looks like a screaming Eagle.


TR 585647 blue gondola.


UP 6676, the dpu of this long mixed freight, 12:58 p.m.


UP 6676.


UP 1974, 1:24 p.m. The UP worker was doing something to the turnout between Main 2 and Main 1 (to the left of the dwarf signals).


UP 1974.


UP 1974 and GMTX 2112, regulars here.


GMTX 2112.


UP 2003, ex-Cotton Belt, also a regular workhorse here.


Dump cars.


Bright yellow cars approaching. These are Slot cars.


DRGW 56308 gondola.


UP 563055 yellow original UP boxcar with the UP emblem.


GREX 3550 Slot Machine cars, built 10-13. The words 'Slot Machine' appears on some cars.


Crane.


The slot cars on Main 2 going south are being passed by BNSF 8016 on Main 1 going north at 1:29 p.m.


My favorite old freight car, MKT 16381 red gondola, being framed by BNSF 8016.


BNSF 4119,


Passing trains always look great. My 1/1 scale model train layout.

 
BNSF autoracks always look so sleek with their various roadnames.


A Ladybug on a camera strap.


UP 9361, 1:42 p.m.


UP 6021.


CSXT 180174 hycube.


BNSF 5748 heading an oil train, 2:07 p.m.


BNSF 5748 and 9482.


BNSF 8922.


UP 4014 at UP's Jenks Locomotive Shops in North Little Rock at 2:28 p.m. This SD70M has the same number as UP's Big Boy steam locomotive 4014 and is rumored to be the locomotive that will help move that big steam engine from California to Cheyenne, Wyoming this year.  Eventually, this SD70M will have to be renumbered.


UP 6938 DD40X on display at Jenks Shops. Back decades ago, these were and I think still are the most powerful diesel locomotives on the UP system.


UP 6938 and the City of Little Rock downtown section to the right.


USAX 4671, United States Army locomotive, in North Little Rock March 30. I was told it was going to Fort Hood, Texas and that it used to be a passenger train locomotive when it was built in 1966. I was also told that it was shipped from Fort Hood in 2011 to be rebuilt.


Closeup of cab.


Are those horns on the roof?

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