Monday, April 25, 2011. Dark clouds plus trains. Life doesn't get any better, right? lol. Caught UP 1988 in North Little Rock, AR after it came in on the Fort Worth to North Little Rock mixed train, MFWNL-24. Plus a couple of green MKT hoppers. And pictures of water....lots of water in places. Most of Arkansas will be getting rain, thunderstorms, hail and a few tornadoes today through Wednesday morning. Rainfall has already totaled over 8 inches in parts of west and north Arkansas and several more inches are possible statewide through Wednesday morning. Just like a few days ago, streetlights came on in the middle of the day due to the darkness. IF I could somehow transport some of this water to dry parts of Texas, I would...using long trains of water tank cars.  

Included today:
1) UP 1988, 2089
2) Dark clouds and water
3) MKT 570 and 535, green hoppers


UP 8566, dpu, on the Fort Worth to North Little Rock mixed train, MFWNL-24. I just missed UP 1988, which was one of the locomotives in the lead. However, I got a shot of this unit in North Little Rock later. Time was 10:10 a.m. April 25.


It had just tapered off raining.


More dark clouds moving in at 10:42 a.m.


UP 2089 from the top of the spiral staircase at Union Station at 11:19 a.m.


UP 1988 off Vine Street in North Little Rock at 12:02 p.m.




Artsy photo of 1988 in my rear view mirror.


Water almost over the road.


MKT 535, green hopper.


MKT 570, green hopper.

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