UP 1995 leads a UP engineering special out of Little Rock in the early morning cold rain on Sunday, May 9, 2010, plus a long BNSF trackage rights train passes Union Station on the Little Rock & Western tracks on its way to Memphis. What's unusual about this train is the Santa Fe warbonnet on the point (No. 555), plus BNSF orange unit (No. 3199) and a Santa Fe blue and yellow unit (No. 8714) - it was a very colorful train and we had red, yellow and green signals, making for a colorful Christmas tree look at the station.
   
Included today:
1) UP 1995, 6844, 7301, 4871
2) BNSF/SANTA FE 555 (Warbonnet)
3) BNSF 3199 (Orange)
4) BNSF-Santa Fe 8714 (blue/yellow)
5) UP Engineering Special
6) TXUX single loaded coal car on the BNSF Memphis train
7) BMC hopper CROX 9675


Green signal for the southbound UP special. Time was 6:45 a.m. May 9.


The special, lead by UP 1995, the CNW Heritage unit) just crossed the Baring Cross bridge at 6:49 a.m.




It's now 6:50 a.m. and this train was zipping along, heading south toward Texas with final destination Houston.




The theater car, Fox River, at 6:50 a.m. The consist of this train: Here is the consist of this special train:
UP 1995 CNW Heritage ** UPP 2066 POWER CAR ** UPP 119 Kenefick ** UPP 314 Columbia River ** UPP 5779 Promontory ** UPP 201 Wyoming ** UPP 1610 Portola ** UPP 1602 Green  River ** UPP 8004 Colorado Eagle ** UPP 4808 City of Los Angeles ** UPP 420 Fox River.


A southbound freight passes in the rain at 8:00 a.m.


This is a loaded coal train headed by UP 6844, 8:01 a.m.


UP DPU 7301 is met by the Memphis-bound BNSF local out of the Pulaski siding of the Little Rock & Western headed by BNSF-Santa Fe warbonnet 555 at 8:07 a.m.




Consist on the BNSF train was BNSF-Santa Fe 555, BNSF 3199 and BNSF-Santa Fe blue and yellow 8714.




Cab of 555.




Colorful locomotives, colorful signals at 8:10 a.m.


We couldn't figure out why this loaded coal car, TXUX 05005, was in the middle of the BNSF train. Perhaps a bad-ordered car that was being returned?


It was an unusually long train for the BNSF train.


More of our railfan group. It was raining lightly and cold (54 degrees).


UP 4871, 8:30 a.m.


Lots of lumber.


BMC hopper CROX 9675.


Good ole' corn sweeteners.

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