I tried experimenting with high ISO settings to get some night shots of trains, allowing me to use a high shutter speed so the trains would not be blurry. I used an ISO setting of 16,000 and shutter speed of 1/325th second. Even though you can see the trains ok, due to the high ISO setting, there will be some noise in the photos and if you try to enlarge them, they become worse. So, here's the results, all taken at Union Station in Little Rock on the night of August 28, 2012. Included is UP 1996.


8:55 p.m.


BNSF 4521.


UP 8706, 9:14 p.m.


9:14 p.m.


UP 5856.


Passing trains.


UP 6669, dpu 9:22 p.m.


UP 6669.


NS 9006, 9:33 p.m.


NS 9320.


9:45 p.m.




10:17 p.m. This train was headed by UP 1996, the SP heritage unit.


UP 1996.






The BNSF local was backing onto the siding at Pulaski when a UP train was heading north at 11:12 p.m.


BNSF/BN 2760.


BNSF/Santa Fe 3197 in blue/yellow.


Although noisy, I can read the engine numbers clearly. All the lightning I had was the Amtrak platform lighting.





UP 7355, 11:13 p.m.


UP 5765.


Amtrak 22 on the next night, August 29, at 11:15 p.m.


11:15 p.m.


11:15 p.m. August 29, 18 minutes early.

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