Locomotives today: UP 1983, 4141 *** BNSF 8074, 5154, 7042
UP 1983, Western Pacific heritage unit, North Little Rock, Arkansas 2:13 p.m.
UP-X 251 crane.
UP 4141, George Bush Library locomotive under tarp at Downing B. Jenks locomotive facility North Little Rock. This locomotive is kept ready to run in case it's needed/wanted by the Bush Library folks in Houston and College Station, Texas.
4141 has lots of company.
Part of downtown Little Rock can be seen from Jenks.
The setting sun at 8:09 p.m. lighting the Arkansas State Capitol and downtown area. Taken as a passenger in a car heading east on Markham Street.
Sunset on Union Station.
Taken from the platform at Union Station looking at the State Capitol and sunset, 8:12 p.m.
Had to get the bird in the same shot as the Capitol.
The sun is setting at Union Station but the trains continue to operate 24 hours a day and the tracks are ready. It's 8:13 p.m.
A train stopped on Main 1 with green signals on Main 2 at 8:13 p.m.
BNSF 8074, 8:28 p.m. Love digital cameras that can get shots in almost dark situations like this. I just took the exposure reading on the ballast and locked the exposure then focused and took the picture using shutter priority of 400th of a second.
BNSF 8074.
BNSF 5154.
BNSF 7042.
IC 246005 blue gondola.
BNSF 406001 hopper.
BN 438477 green hopper.
PHMX 4414 8-axle heavy hauler.
Red signals reflecting on the heavy hauler.
BNSF 407905 hopper.