Two days of trains at Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas on Thursday August 28 and Friday August 29, 2014.  I missed the 7th appearance of NS 8102 Pennsylvania heritage on a northbound BNSF oil train by 10 minutes, but I had a more important personal activity to attend. NS 8102 passed Union Station at 1:44 p..m.., the second of 3 units.  Five roadnames today, UP, CSXT, GMTX, BNSF and NS. Also I saw CNW yellow, blue, white and green hoppers, KWT 7004 Tamora Staplehurst Co-Op Co, Tamora, Nebraska hopper.

UP 1983, the Western Pacific heritage locomotive, has been in Jenks Shops in North Little Rock for overhaul  due to fire causing burn marks that occurred in July. It has a new engine and has been load tested. However, it is waiting to be re-painted, probably the week of September 1. From what I've been told, it will retain the WP heritage paint scheme.

Locomotives today: UP 4277, 4104, 6922, 5282, 6755, 8541, 4192, 5859, 8036, 6009, 5576, 7342, 8877, 7391, 9535, 7304, 5310, 6267, 8592, 6289-exSP, 3991, 2262, 3991, 1848, 5341, 4729, 1793, 1877, 1784, 5389, 5133, 9244, 1925, 4801, 0308, 7821, 9357 **** NS 2573, 9032, 9677, 6922, 9573 **** BNSF 9295, 8259, 9198, 6333 **** CSXT 9023, 8716, 5447 **** GMTX 2673, 2251.

The following are from Thursday August 28, 2014
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UP 4277, 11:19 a.m. Thursday August 28, 2014. LWS54-28 Hope local. Strange to see something besides SD40-2N's on this!


UP 4104. 




UP 6923 and 5282. QHONL-27


UP 6755.


TILX 301740 blue tank car.


SMX 608056 repainted boxcar, built 5-05.


CNW 520045 green boxcar.


UP 8541, 12:10 p.m. August 28 still.


UP 8541, 12:11 p.m. OCRKK-24 (Ore-Carr, CO-Korf, TX) Loaded Oil train


UP 4192.


Unit tank train, oil train.


UP 5859 and 8036, 12:19 p.m. GSHOVL-27 (Grain-Houston-Savage, MN) Empty Grain train


UP 6009.


NS 2573 stopped for a signal northbound, 12:35 p.m. Aug 28. QLWNL-28


Workers on Main 2.


NS 2473, 12:57 p.m.


NS 9032.


UP 5576 on Main 1 passing the train on Main 2, 1:03 p.m.




UP 5576 and 7342.


UP 8877, dpu of the northbound coal train, 1:11 p.m.


BNSF 9295, 1:20 p.m. U NWODND0 01 BNSF Trackage rights train that ran on the UP from Avondale, LA to Walsh Jct. IL


BNSF 8259.


UP 7391, 5:29 p.m. northbound. YPB71-28


CSXT 9023.


CSXT 8716.


UP 9235.


NS 9677.


BNSF 9198, 5:45 p.m. still August 28, southbound.


BNSF 9198 in the setting sun. OOTCSJ-26


BNSF 9198, leading a loaded oil train.


BNSF 6333.


BNSF 6036, dpu, 5:53 p.m.


UP 7304, 6:33 p.m. CWBWT9-26 (Coal-White Bluff, AR-W. Thunder Mine, WY)


UP 5310.


UP 6267, dpu, 6:41 p.m.


UP 6267.


UP train using the Amtrak siding northbound, 6:57 p.m.


UP 8592, 6:57 p.m. ZMXYC-26




UP 6289 ex-SP.




Final train of August 28, 7:01 p.m.

The following photos were taken Friday, August 29, 2914:
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UP 3991, 11:38 a.m. Friday August 29, 2014.


UP 3991 and 2262. YNL75-29 This engine is an ex SP SD70m!


NS 9511 and UP 6922.


BTCX 4093 gondola, ex-MKT?


SCRF 423 hauling scrap.


UP 3848, 11:52 a.m. August 29. MSANL-28


UP 5341.


UP 4729.


Ex-Tamora-Staplehurst CO-OP Co., Tamora, Nebraska hopper, KWT 7004.


Unknown xxx76 boxcar. Can't read the ID. Looks like ex-East Camden & Highland.


AM 511 Arkansas & Missouri boxcar.


First of 4 different color CNW hoppers. CNW 174827 yellow hopper, built 7-76.


CNW 178460 green hopper.


CNW 437275 white hopper, built 1-94.


CNW 174867 blue hopper.


UP 1793, 1:04 p.m. LWS54-29 Hope local with the regular power:}


UP 1877 and 1784.


UP 1877 looks new.


Train passing on Main 2 at 1:05 p.m.


UP 5389 and 5133, 1:06 p.m. QLINL-28


UP 5133.


UP 9244.


GMTX 2673 and 2257.


UP 1925.


Busy day. There'll be another two-train passing event after this one too.


UP 4801, 1:22 p.m. on Main 2 northbound. It was stopped for a signal.


NS 9573 on Main 1 passes the stopped UP 4801 on Main 2 at 1:25 p.m.


Clouds were moving in as they passed, which made for the light reflections on the NS train.


Both trains are now moving. On the right is NS 9573, UP 9308 and CSXT 5447. NS 9573 GSNDRL-27 (Grain-Nacogdoches, TX-Ralston, IA) Empty Grain train


UP 4801, 1:25 p.m. ALDASB-28


UP 7821.


UP 9357.


The sun came back out, but it started to rain lightly at  1:29 p.m.

From this point, I waited until 1:34 p.m. for the BNSF oil train that had NS 8102 Pennsylvania heritage as second unit (this was NS 8102's 7th appearance in Little Rock), but I needed to go. Turns out the 8102 arrived at 1:44 p.m., so I missed it by 10 minutes. But I already have 6 photos of it anyway, all on oil trains. 

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