On Thursday, May 27, 2010, I was driving home from downtown Little Rock and as I was crossing the Main Street bridge over UP's tracks, I noticed this long train with large white, circular, tarped wind power equipment waiting to head west on the Van Buren Sub from the Little Rock Sub. I made a  quick detour on 13th street in North Little Rock, crossed the tracks, and waited. While I was waiting for it, another train entered the Van Buren Sub from UP's main yards, lead by two KCS Belle units. After the KCS train passed, I decided to walk to the old wooden car and pedestrian overpass about a block away and wait on the wind train there.
   The covers over the wind equipment read "SUZLON." From the Internet: Suzlon Energy is a global wind power company based in India. In terms of market share, the company is the largest wind turbine manufacturer in Asia (and the 5th largest worldwide.  I don't know where this train was headed.
   Included today:
1) Wind turbine equipment
2) KCS 4104, 4047
3) UP 8462, 3789

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KCS Belle units lead a westbound train onto the Van Buren Sub at 2:42 p.m. May 27 in North Little Rock.


KCS 4104 and 4047 lead this mixed train.


LEFT-UP's wind train waits on the curve off the Little Rock Sub. UP's Jenks Shops is to the right beyond the trees. RIGHT-Crew change on UP 8462, which leads the wind train, at 2:53 p.m.


The train starts to leave at 3:15 p.m. I am now on the wooden overpass looking south toward Little Rock.


LEFT-There is a walking path on the overpass on the north side, which is where I'm standing. The south side of the overpass is in the right lane of the bridge and it's a pretty busy roadway. Standing on the south part means you're within inches of cars passing, plus there's those power lines in the way anyway. UP 8462 leads the train. RIGHT-Taken from the walkway looking north at 3:16 p.m. The track makes a sharp left turn about a mile ahead, heading northwest. The second unit is UP 3789.


RIGHT-Looking south. I know it's wind turbine equipment, but what do these parts do?


RIGHT-Taken from the walkway, looking south across the overpass.


LEFT-A little red color on one of the containers.
RIGHT-Into the woods it goes.


LEFT-Different shaped objects on the curve. It's 3:18 p.m. RIGHT-Lots of green and trees.


The end of the train, 3:21 p.m.

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