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Included today:
1) UP 1536, 1917, 1722, 1704, 4506, 5187, 8723, 5671, 5622, 7190, 4316, 2239, 9514, 4997, 1356, 8470, 7721, 5193
2) UP/SP 6346
3) KCS 4545, 4525, 4561 grey and yellow
4) UP/CNW 9696
5) PTLX 342095 Allensville Grain Co. hopper
6) DME 5750 boxcar
7) CNW 178588 hopper
8) ALM 841567 boxcar
9) DGNO 479 blue gondola
10) GRR 2210 on a dump train
11) SP 228801 Golden West Service boxcar
12) CSXT 498611 and a Conrail coil car
13) NYC 627372 rusty coil car
14) CSXT 496060 Steel Pro coil car
15) MP 641676 MoPac buzzsaw gondola
16) NS 467054 boxcar with purple side
17) Devil art on car
18) HS 10118 Corinth & Counce Railroad Company boxcar
19) Top Cat drawing
20) SSW 6290 boxcar
21) CSXT 161775 SCL/LN Family Lines System boxcar, blt 9-77
22) SSW 62738 Golden West Service boxcar
23) AOKX 495505 new hopper and more, blt 4-12
24) FXE 872593 Ferromex boxcar
25) CP 344743 yellow covered coil service gondola
26) LRWN 1488 boxcar
27) HS 655887 boxcar with new paint
28) WC 27756 Wisconsin Central boxcars
29) WW 3080 Winchester & Western hopper
30) BN 467946 green hopper
31) BN 460792 hopper
32) CSXT 223073 hopper
33) WW 9576 Winchester & Western RR hopper, new
34) MKT 4392 hopper, grey
35) D&RGW 10032 UP hopper
36) SPMW7289 hopper, blt 1-87
37) SSW 66859 boxcar, Cotton Belt
38) MMMX 2076 3-M hopper (3-M has a facility in south Little Rock)
39) Blackberries at Amtrak platform
40) Killdeer bird
41) GNWR 24018 boxcar
42) YKR 931 boxcar/baggage car
43) EEC 2666 new paint
44) CNW 520068 CNW green boxcar
45) CSXT 180667 hi-cube boxcar
46) Faded Chessie Cat on CSXT 180756 Chessie System boxcar. Also had an old color barcode. It was built 11-77
47) NYC 239977 CSX hi-cube boxcar with fresh paint
48) MoPac 13064 red work caboose, which was painted at North Little Rock in 2009 to go on their work trains
49) MP 3646 crew/work car in North Little Rock, an old UP passenger car
50) UP North Little Rock Terminal marker on 13th Street.
A buttercup flower. These were always common in Texas when I grew up.
UP 1356 and 1917 at 8:50 a.m.
UP 1722, 9:02 a.m. April 22.
UP 1704.
PTLX 34206 Allensville Grain Company hopper.
DME 5750 and other boxcars.
CNW 178588 hopper.
ALM 841567 boxcar.
DGNO 479 gondola.
UP 4506, 9:21 a.m. with a dump train.
UP 5187.
Dump train, loaded.
UP 8723, 9:44 a.m.
This was a combined autorack and intermodal train. There was no DPU.
UP 5671 on loaded coal train, 9:57 a.m.
UP 5671.
UP/SP 6346.
UP 5622.
Boy and mom watching trains. There are almost always families here on Sundays.
My motley crew of railfans.
UP 7190, 10:06 a.m. DPU.
Busy place.
UP 4316-2239, 10:09 a.m.
UP 4316, 2239 and 9514.
SP 228801 Golden West Service boxcar.
CSXT 498611 coil car.
NYC 627373 rusty Conrail coil car.
CSXT 496060 SteelPro coil car.
MP 641676 MoPac buzzsaw gondola.
NS 467054 boxcar with lots of purple.
HS 10118 Corinth & Counce Railroad Co. boxcar.
Top Cat comic on RBOX 37885 boxcar.
SSW 62907 Cotton Belt boxcar.
CSXT 161775 SCL/LN Family Lines System boxcar.
SSW 62738 Golden West Service boxcar.
AOKX 495505 new hopper, built April 2012.
All new AOKX hoppers in a row, blt 4-12.
I had asked why new trucks had these blue caps on. Harry Edmunds, who saw the post, answered: "In one of your photos on 04/22 you asked "Why do most new railroad trucks have the blue axles?" These blue ends are actually the caps on new BRENCO Tapered Roller Bearings. BRENCO Bearings are found on most new trucks on new freight cars. You can go to http://www.amstedrail.com, click on Roller Bearings and view a cut-away picture of a BRENCO Tapered Roller Bearing assembly. I hope this answers your question. - Thanks.
FXE 872593 boxcar.
UP 4997, 10:24 a.m.
Three tank cars with blue domes.
CP 344743 yellow covered gondola.
KCS 4545, 4525, and 4561, 10:46 a.m. with a mixed freight.
KCS 4561 with onlookers.
LRWN 1488 boxcar on the KCS train.
HS 655887 newly painted boxcar.
WW 3080 Winchester & Western hopper.
WC 27756 Wisconsin Central boxcar.
BN 467946 green hopper.
BN 460792 green hopper.
CSXT 223073 CSX hopper.
UP 1917 returning south at 10:54 a.m.
WW 9576 Winchester & Western Railroad hopper, blt 9-11.
UP 1356.
MKT 4392 grey UP hopper.
D&RGW 10032 UP hopper..
SPMW 7289 hopper, blt 1-87.
SSW 66859 Cotton Belt boxcar.
MMMX 2076 hopper, plus 5 more, probably going to the 3-M plant in south Little Rock.
UP 8470, 11:36 a.m.
Blackberries starting to ripen on the fence line of the Amtrak platform.
My Killdeer birds were active today at the station.
Ripening blackberry.
This is where I see all the birds, rabbits, hawks on the west side of Union Station.
UP 5193 and 7721, 11:55 a.m.
GNWR 24018 boxcars.
YKR 931 boxcar/baggage car.
EEC 2666 newly painted boxcar. Could not read the built date.
CNW 520068 green boxcar.
CSXT 180667 hi-cube boxcar.
Faded Chessie the Cat on this Chessie hi-cube, blt 11-77.
CSXT 180756 Chessie System hi-cube.
The big picture.
UP/CNW 9696, original CNW unit.
MoPac red caboose 13064, used in yard service North Little Rock. This was freshly painted in 2009 at Jenks Shops in NLR.
MP 3646 work/kitchen car used in yard/work train service locally.
North Little Rock Terminal sign.