Sunday, August 16, 2009 at the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Two Ferromex units headed a train at sunrise. Included today:

1) Ferromex 4614, 4655
2) UP 9817, 8670, 5506, 7459, 1540, 2450, 5841, 6667
3) Ashley Drew & Northern Boxcar HS 30615
4) Cotton Belt hopper
5) Valdosta Southern Railroad Company HS 3868
6) Closeup of loud cricket
7) Large jet overhead
8) Closeup of pigeon

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Ferromex 4614 and 4655 head a mixed train northbound past the station at the crack of dawn, 6:50 a.m. The homeless man to the left was picking up used cigarettes left by Amtrak passengers taking a smoke break during the night.


RIGHT-Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar HS 30615.


LEFT-Cotton Belt hopper. RIGHT-VSRR-Valdosta Southern Railroad Company boxcar HS 3868.


LEFT-UP 9817 from inside the open Amtrak station at 7:19 a.m. RIGHT-UP 8670, 8:10 a.m.


RIGHT-UP 5509, 8:34 a.m.


LEFT-DPU UP 7459, 8:36 a.m.


LEFT-Good old UP 1540. RIGHT-Closeup of a noisy cricket.


LEFT-UP 2450, 9:40 a.m. RIGHT-Large jet overhead.


LEFT-UP 5841 with an empty ETRX coal train at 11:25 a.m. RIGHT-Coal train reflected in Amtrak station windows.


LEFT-Zoomed in on one of hundreds of pigeons that live on the station's roof. RIGHT-DPU 6667.

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