Here's a few trains August 5 and 6, 2010 at Little Rock, Arkansas. I also included a streetcar photo and scenes of the former MoPac Junction Bridge, now a pedestrian trail. Included:
1) UP 7117, 5340, 4386, 8556, 4589, 4383, 4373, 3824, 5192, 4578, 9714, 5132, 2285, 5146, 4759
2) Skull graffiti
3) GMTX 2139
4) NS 9872, 7623
5) Rock Island blue and grey hoppers
6) Lumber loads
7) 2001 Census hopper DCLX 7449
8) Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar HS 30553
9) Little Rock Streetcar 412
10) Old hopper TCTX 118
11) New shiny Richardson PROX tank cars
12) The 'little rock' from which Little Rock got its name
13) Former Missouri Pacific Junction Bridge, now a pedestrian trail
14) Link to more graffiti shots

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LEFT-Interesting graffiti on a boxcar, August 5. RIGHT-UP 7117 on an empty coal train, 11:16 a.m.  August 5.


LEFT-It was a hot 100-degree+ day again. I stood in the shadow of the light pole. RIGHT-UP 5340, 12:14 p.m.


LEFT-UP 4386, 12:21 p.m. RIGHT-UP 4386 in shiny new paint, and UP 8556, 12:21 p.m.


LEFT-GMTX 2139. RIGHT-Blue Rock Island hopper.


LEFT-Several loads of lumber. RIGHT-NS 9872 southbound, 12:31 p.m.


LEFT-NS 9872, 12:32 p.m. RIGHT-UP 4589 and 4383.


LEFT-UP 4383 and 4373. RIGHT-Census 2001 car, DCLX 7444.


LEFT-Ashley Drew & Northern HS 30553. RIGHT-ADN trademark.


LEFT-Rock Island hopper CNW 752923. RIGHT-Green Line Streetcar 412 in the River Market, August 5.


LEFT-UP 3824 with a long pipe train, 2:15 p.m. August 5. RIGHT-UP 5192 and 4578.


LEFT-Faded UP 9714. RIGHT-These pipes are made at a factory at the Port of Little Rock on the Arkansas River.





LEFT-UP 5132, 2:36 p.m. RIGHT-NS 7623.


LEFT-Old hopper TCTX 118. RIGHT-UP 2285, August 6, 9:33 a.m. It was much cooler today, in the mid 80s.


LEFT-The signal at the end of the platform is green, indicating a train will use the Amtrak siding to pass the stopped coal train, which has fouled the switch between Main 2 (next to milepost X346)  to Main 1. It's 10:05 a.m. Friday, August 6. RIGHT-UP work crews.


LEFT-UP 5146 northbound on the Amtrak siding, 10:12 a.m. RIGHT-UP 5146, 10:13 a.m. As a courtesy to the engineer, I got on the other side of the fence to take these photos. 


LEFT-UP 4759.


LEFT-New Richardson PROX tank cars. These few were absolutely shiny. RIGHT-Looks like they were washed.


LEFT-Star-studded graffiti on boxcar RIOX 3291. RIGHT-Here's the old MoPac Junction Bridge across the Arkansas River, now a pedestrian trail.


A River Rail Streetcar on the Main Street bridge with part of the original 'little rock' in the foreground. The Junction Bridge is above.

Here are a few more graffiti shots I took August 5 and 6:
http://thundertrain.org/graffiti-080510.html

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