Included today:
1) UP 7099, 8038, 1631, 1635, 1620, 1633, 9396
2) BNSF 6714, 4378
3) LLPX 2203
4) Halloween graffiti
5) Pretty ladies at lunch
6) Hawk with a hidden rabbit for lunch
7) MKT 515 green hopper
8) New shiny tank cars
9) Old watering device at station
10) BN 621257 green flat car
11) End of train coil cars
12) Dark clouds
13) Guru man graffiti
UP 7099, 12:27 p.m.
BNSF 6714 is passing UP 7099 at 12:27 p.m.
The BNSF-headed train was baretables and moving much faster than the one headed by UP 7099.
This was sorta neat in that you could see the other train over the baretables (that will carry containers on Intermodal trains).
Click the photo above to see a short movie of this scene or click the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBjFGSHIiAU
Halloween graffiti on the train on Main 1.
It was 12:30 p.m. and I decided to go to lunch...but will return later for more photos.
These are the two ladies I had lunch with at a nice Mexican restaurant in North Little Rock.
A plate full of food. I like taking pictures of food.
Back at the station again at 5:09 p.m. with NS 9750 and 6683 heading a northbound. It was cloudy-bright all day. It had rained most of the morning. Yes I know it's not fair for us to be getting all this rain when most of Texas and other nearby states are dry as a bone.
We have lots of tall, green weeds around here.
Here's the first of 3 photos of a large hawk that has captured and was eating a rabbit at the station. This hawk lives close as we see it scare the pigeons at times.
The rabbit was right below the hawk. Sorry I couldn't get closer.
Mmmmm....yummy rabbit for Sunday dinner!! Although I had a 32X zoom, the bird obviously didn't like me and another person taking photos of his private gourmet meal.
UP 8038, 5:41 p.m.
MKT 515 green hopper.
Shiny new tank cars.
Old water device at the station.
BNSF 4378 at 6:06 p.m.
BN 621257 green flat.
End of train coil cars.
A southbound at 6:13 p.m.
UP 1631 and 1635, 6:13 p.m.
UP 1620 and 1633.
Clouds at 6:16 p.m.
Sun is almost setting at 6:52 p.m. with shiny rails in the foreground.
6:54 p.m. The sun broke through the clouds. A southbound heading toward us is about to pass the signals.
Nice, peaceful scene at the station at dusk.
UP 9396, 6:56 p.m.
Crossing over from Main 1 to Main 2 heading south toward Malvern, Gurdon.
6:57 p.m.
Passing me at 6:57 p.m.
LLPX 2203.
Station cloud.
Guru graffiti.