Labor Day trains at Little Rock, Arkansas September 2, 2013. I included a nice sunset over the rails and some cloud formations.

Included:
1) UP 9822, 4472, 5109, 4958, 7815, 5793, 8446, 6332-SP, 6783, 7194, 5156, 9715, 9691, 9798-CNW, 3826, 5930, 4915
2) NS 6605, 8915
3) BNSF 5974, 4194, 7632, 1102, 4768
4) White-capped oil tank cars
5) Dark, interesting clouds plus nice sunset
6) CSXT 491046 white gondola
7) WSOR 503213 Wisconsin & Southern boxcar
8) Amusement train carrying people around the Promenade Mall in west Little Rock - ATTN Skip Waters
9) TILX 263504 green tank car
10) Pigeon napping on a wire


UP 9822, 2:27 p.m.


NS 6605.


NS 8915.


Switching from Main 2 to Main 1.


BNSF 5974, up close, 2:56 p.m.


BNSF 5974.


BNSF 5974 with the Amtrak Little Rock sign.


BNSF 4194.


BNSF 7632.


White-cap oil tankers.


Cool shot of all the white caps.


UP 4472, 3:22 p.m.


UP 5109 and 4958.


UP 7815, 3:35 p.m.




Clouds and sun with a small halo. No rain fell today though.




Rainbow signals: L-R green, green, red, yellow, green, red, red, all set for northbounds at mp 346.


UP 5793, 4:01 p.m.


UP 8446 and UP 6332, former SP.


UP 6783 the dpu at 4:06 p.m.


UP 7194, 5156, 4212, 4:31 p.m.


UP 9715 and 4212.


CSXT 491046, white and yellow gondola.


WSOR 503213 Wisconsin & Southern boxcar.


Green tankcar TILX 263504.


Spooky clouds, 4:49 p.m.


Train ride at the Promenade, a shopping center in west Little Rock. They carry adults free and charge $1 for kids. Skip Waters, this is right up your alley.






Thumbs up! 6:41 p.m.


Sunset over the tracks at Union Station at 7:15 p.m.


UP 9691 southbound at 7:23 p.m.


UP 9691, 7:24 p.m.




UP 9798, former CNW.


In twilight, BNSF 1102, 7:29 p.m.


UP 3826 and BNSF 4768.


One of the station's pigeons relaxing on a wire.


Blowoff from an earlier building cumulus cloud.


UP 5930, 7:48 p.m.


UP 4905, my final shot of the day. Mosquitoes were beginning to take over and I was losing light. The station is only a few hundred feed from the Arkansas River so bugs some out at night. As I'm writing this at midnight Monday night, Amtrak's northbound Texas Eagle would have left on the platform tracks about 25 minutes ago. This is a fun place to watch trains, but you have to be aware of your surroundings, especially after dark.

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