Six 1970s-era Rio Grande hoppers in a row on one train, plus lots of old fallen flag freight cars today, Friday May 9, 2014 at Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas. There were 5 different roadnames on locomotives today, including UP, LRWN, CN (zebra striped), CSXT and KCS.  Some of the more interesting freight cars were CNW 110523 small green hopper, those six Rio Grande hoppers including DGRW 25106, CNW 520035 green boxcar, KCS 129106 boxcar, WC 54116 Wisconsin Central gondola, MKT 588 green hopper, WCHX 30215 rusty tank car, CCX 573 Columbian hopper, SP 65055 hycube boxcar built 12-67.

Locomotives: UP 6759, 7855, 4831, 3872, 8521, 8860, 5000, 4994, 9647-ex SP *** LRWN 500, 2017 *** CN 2412 black and white 'zebra' *** CSXT 3042 *** KCS 4619.


UP 6759, dpu of southbound coal train at 11:08 a.m.


UP 6759, dpu. CBTTU9-06 (Coal-Black Thunder Mine, WY-Fulton, AR)


LRWN 500 and 2017, 11:10 a.m.


LRWN 2093 boxcar.


LRWN 195030 ex-Detroit & Mackinac boxcar.


ALM 1616 boxcar.


UP 7855, 11:36 a.m. ZLAME3-07


UP 4831.


UP 3872, 11:57 a.m. with a CN striped locomotive in the consist.


UP 3872. This train will have lots of old freight cars some 40 years old. YNL75-09 (Yard job)


UP 8521.


CN 2412 with the black and white stripes.


Cropped closeup of the 2412's bell.'




UP 8860.


CNS 201855 hopper.


CNW 110623 green hopper, blt 4-59, rebuilt 8-92.


One of 6 Rio Grande hoppers in a row, DRGW 25106, blt 12-77.


DGRW 25146.


DGRW 25113 hopper.


DGRW 2514, blt 7-73.


DGRW 23177 hopper.


DGRW 25116, blt 7-73.


All six of the D&RGW hoppers. The train was southbound.


DRGW 310552 gondola.


CNW 520035 green boxcar.


KCS 129106 boxcar.


SSW 91029 hopper.


WC 54116 Wisconsin Central gondola.


AOK 112471 yellow and black boxcar.


CNW 437236 white hopper.


MKT 588 green hopper.


CNW 110563 hopper, no color.


Another CNW hopper, CNW 110506.


CNW 155755 reddish boxcar.


MP 641700 gondola with the MoPac red Buzzsaw.


TBOX 667393 boxcar.


COER 171528 green boxcar.


UP 5000, 12:04 p.m. QLWNL-09


UP 5000. Any significance to the number 5,000?


CSXT 3042.


WCHX 30215 rusty tank car.


CCX 573 Columbian hopper.


CNW 520096 green boxcar.


An old hycube boxcar, SP65055, built 12-67, rebuilt 12-92.


Another view of the boxcar.


UP 4994, 12:27 p.m. QSHNL-09


UP 9647 ex-SP C44-9W.


KCS 4619.


KCS 4619. Interesting consist.


DGRW 5780 old gondola.

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