A 3-train meet (one being a light engine move) plus a 'new' Little Rock & Western locomotive, LRWN/Meridian & Bigbee 2017, a GP38, which just got to the Little Rock & Western the past week. Plus more trains passing Union Station in Little Rock, Sunday afternoon, July 1, 2012. It's been over 100 degrees here for several days and dry.

Included:
1) UP 5911, 4512, 3832, 8089, 4623, 1715, 1679, 6861, 97-0 (can't read 3rd number), 6859, 4608
2) BNSF 4095, 4725, 4583
3) LRWN 2017, 1544
4) FSR 253570 MoPac boxcar with buzzsaw
5) CNW 49057 yellow hopper
6) TTPX 604823 pipes
7) TOFX 887271 boxcar
8) TILX 263560 new tankcar and others
9) ADN 9711 Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar in good shape
10) NS 473595 blue boxcar
11) Railfans


Part of our group under a 'cool' shade tree.


UP 5911, 2:09 p.m.


UP 4512.


FSR 253570 MoPac boxcar.


Buzzsaw.


CNW 490857 hopper.


TTPX 604823 pipes.


New TOFX 887271 boxcar.


UP 3832 passing the freight at 2:19 p.m.




UP 8089.


New TILX 263560 tank car, among many.


Green dwarf signal plus new tankcars.




UP 4623, 2:32 p.m.


UP 1715, 2:42 p.m.


UP 1715 crossing from Main 1 to Main 2, southbound.


UP 1715 and 1679.


ADN 9711 Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar in good shape.




BNSF 4095 and 4725, heading a stack train northbound at 2:54 p.m. I don't see many BNSF stacks through here.


BNSF 4583.




JB Hunt containers.


UP 6861 heading a loaded coal train southbound at 3:09 p.m.


A light engine move stopped on the Amtrak siding at 3:14 p.m. as the coal train passed.


UP 97-0. I couldn't read the 3rd number.




UP 6859, 3:17 p.m.




UP 97-0 and LRWN 2017, 3:17 p.m.


One loco in the shade, one in the sun.


The Little Rock & Western train was heading west toward Perry, Arkansas and will used the former Rock Island tracks.


A northbound headed by UP 4608 snuck up on me at 3:24 p.m. This is the 3-train meet with LRWN 2017 and UP 97-0. It doesn't matter to me that others were in the picture. I always think that adds variety to train photos.


NS 473595 blue boxcar.


Other railfans.


Tube flowers.


Here's the LRWN train at the Pulaski siding of the former Rock Island, Rebsamen Road is to the right. This is about a mile west of Union Station.


LRWN/Meridian & Bigbee 2017, a GP38, which just got to the Little Rock & Western the past week.


LRWN/Meridian & Bigbee 2017 and LRWN 1544.



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