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

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LEFT-Green signal for the southbound UP special. Time was 6:45 a.m. May 9. RIGHT-The special, lead by UP 1995, the CNW Heritage unit) just crossed the Baring Cross bridge at 6:49 a.m.


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


RIGHT-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.


LEFT-Cab of 555. RIGHT-Colorful locomotives.


LEFT-Colorful signals at 8:10 a.m. RIGHT-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?


LEFT-It was an unusually long train for the BNSF train. RIGHT-More of our railfan group. It was raining lightly and cold (54 degrees).


LEFT-UP 4871, 8:30 a.m. RIGHT-Lots of lumber.


LEFT-BMC hopper CROX 9675. RIGHT-Good ole' corn sweeteners.

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