Locomotives: UP 1900 (ex-Rio Grande black and yellow), 7295, 9816, 3810, 4716 *** GMTX 2681 Operation Lifesaver *** IC 1007 Illinois Central black loco *** NS 8338, 5372, 2521 *** BNSF 4871, 7658
BNSF 7485, 10:26 a.m. OSJTC-23 (Ore-St. James, LA-Argentine Yard, KS)
BNSF 7485, 7658.
BNSF 4871.
Empty oil train.
UP 4716, 1:26 p.m. MEYBUS-23 (Manifest-East Yard/San Antonio-Butler, WI-Sand)
UP 4716 and 3810.
UP 3810.
MKT 570 green hopper.
SP 490187 hopper, no graffiti.
Another green MKT hopper, MKT 542.
CRDX 20102 hopper.
BNG 464291 hopper. May be ex-Penn Central
Track inspector, 1:40 p.m.
NS 2521, 2:06 p.m. northbound on Main 1. QSHNL-25
NS 9372.
MP 723132 hopper MoPac hopper with the Eagle.
Yet another MKT green hopper, MKT 556.
WWUX 4409 Winchester & Western hopper.
KCS 749351 boxcar.
UP 9816, 2:22 p.m. QLWNL-25
NS 8338.
FOBX 90002 long blue and white tank car. origination Longview, TX destination Seneca, IL on the CSXT. Carrying: Ethylene-Refrigerated Liquid
MKT 14029 red coil car.
CNW 178445 green hopper.
WW 3120 Winchester & Western hopper with the WW id.
CNW 437007 white CNW hopper.
MKT 4116 long white hopper.
UP 7295, 2:50 p.m. GSHOTH-25 (Grain-Houston-Thumel, NE)
IC 1007, 5:12 p.m. arrived on the QSPNL-24, departed on the QNLCH-26
The next pictures were taken Saturday, Mary 14, 2014:
GMTX 2681 Operation Lifesaver, May 24.
UP 1900, ex Rio Grande. This unit has been in Texas recently and used to be in North Little Rock on yard jobs. I don't know what's it's doing in North Little Rock now. It worked on yard job YNL75-25 yesterday. Hopefully it does not get repainted!
Colorful combination of locomotives. UP 1900 is hooked to GMTX 2296 on the next track over from GMTX 2681.
This is 2nd Street in Little Rock. The boxcars are on a spur track from UP's Biddle Yard and they hold newsprint paper for the daily Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper's printing facilities, which are in the buildings next to the boxcars. The tracks to the right (one in the left lane and one in the right) belong to the streetcars of the Central Arkansas Transit Authority. It's fun to ride the streetcars past an active railroad with freight cars. These tracks go to Heifer International and the Clinton Presidential Library. I'm looking to the east. The UP spur track curves to the right behind me and heads to Biddle Yard. UP bring the paper here every few days with a single locomotive. Unless someone tells me when they are delivered and picked up, it's almost impossible to catch one.
Another view. The track is in good shape for such little traffic. I assume it once belonged to Rock Island.
The two boxcars happened to be Canadian Pacific red boxcars complete with the Beaver emblem!
CP 220165 red Canadian Pacific boxcar filled with newsprint.
Closeup of the emblem/trademark. These cars were built relatively recently, in November 2001.
1881.
CP 200019 boxcar.
The overpass is Interstate 30, which begins in North Little Rock and ends in Fort Worth, Texas.
More details on the cars.
A last look.
Streetcars 412 and 311 on Main Street in North Little Rock May 24, shuttling visitors to the Riverfest celebration. Free today.
Loading at the base of the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
Changing the pole to the overhead wire to reverse direction.
411 following 412 across the Arkansas River on Main Street.
On board.
Markham and Scott, Little Rock, at the base of the bridge.