Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Union Station in Little Rock. It was a sunny day and a steady stream of trains. Six roadnames today: BNSF, HLCX, NS, FXE, IC/CN and UP. Also, Central Arkansas Transit streetcars in Little Rock, a dove on a wire, new tankcars built 7-14, Two MKT red gondolas 1617 and 16398, DISX 3381 Wisconsin and Southern hopper, and GLC 4142 ex MKT short green hopper with large yellow MKT on side.

Locomotives: FXE 4668 *** NS 6627 *** HLCX 3859 *** BNSF 8168, 4147 *** UP 9263, 9175, 8078, 4305, 1793, 1844, 8630, 6032, 6801, 1778, 7255, 7174, 4543, 6839, 7132 *** IC 2457 blue ex-LMS.


This shot was taken on July 28, 2014 and I had misplaced it until now. GLC 4142 MKT green hopper. GLC is Great Lakes Central Railroad.(Thanks to Bob Loehne)


IC 2457 ex LMS (Locomotive Management Services) blue locomotive in North Little Rock. IC 2457 came into NLR on the QHONL-14, departed on the MNLAS-16


Front of IC 2457.


UP 4543, 6839 and 7132, 10:20 a.m. MEYBUX-14 (Manifest-East Yard/San Antonio-Butler, WI-Extra)


CNW 438074 faded hopper.


DISX 3381 Wisconsin & Southern hopper.


UP 7174, 5915, 10:29 a.m. CWBWT9-15 (Coal-White Bluff, AR-W. Thunder Mine, WY)


UP 7255, dpu, 10:38 a.m.


UP 1844 (newest SD40N), 1779 and 1793, 11:01 a.m. LWS54-16 Hope local


UP 1844, stopped until another train passes, 11:02 a.m.


Another train on Main 2 passing train headed by UP 1844 on Main 1, 11:08 a.m.


Passing trains, UP 6801 passing the stopped UP 1844, 11:08 a.m. Notice the contrast in the UP yellows between the new 1844 and older 6801. RRGOCS-14 (Rock-Refugio, TX-Clinton, IA-Sand)


UP 6032.


UP 8630.


From the shade tree looking at the trains.


Closeup of the cab of UP 1844.


UP 1793 and train leaving, 11:19 a.m.


Clean/no graffiti TBOX 667063 boxcar.


Lumber.


Part of our railfans at the station today.


UP 4305, 12:01 p.m. YPB88-16


Ferromex FXE 4668.


Front of FXE 4668.


Old green woodchip hoppers-GBRX.


Dove on a wire.


UP 8078, 12:25 p.m. YNL75-16


NS 6627.


Faded UP 9175.


UP 9263.


HLCX 3859.


MKT 16177 red gondola, built 2-70. Nice that it is right behind a red locomotive. You can almost imagine a red Katy loco pulling the red Katy gondola, but the red on the HLCX is too dark to be 'real' Katy red.


Another red MKT gondola, MKT 16398, built 3-70/


CTCX 718193 new tank car, built 7-14.


String of new tank cars.


Two more clean TBOX boxcars.


BNSF 4147, 12:36 p.m. BNSF 4147 nor 8086 trace on the UP


BNSF 8068.


BNSF autorack train. I like these autoracks more than what I see on UP.


126th Anniversary KCS autorack.


In downtown Little Rock now at 2nd and Main, 2:10 p.m. watching two Central Arkansas Transit streetcars going west. Saturdays and Sundays the streetcars have very good ridership.




Streetcar 408 crossing Main Street.


Moving east on Markham Street. The yellow almost looks like UP yellow I think.


Showing riders. It costs $1 to ride.

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