Included today:
1) UP 2426, 351, 5267, 5270, 5151, 3867, 1556, 1553
2) HLCX 1029
3) GMTX 2137
4) CN 5704
5) CEFX 1014
6) NS 7681, 9061
7) Angelina & Neches River Railroad boxcar ANR 613
8) UP 8885 hopper with graffiti
9) FBOX 502170 boxcar with Face
10) EEC 245 boxcar
11) Seven yellow former CNW hoppers in a row, two being RCLX 169169 and 169206
12) TBOX 666100 boxcar
13) C&O-Chessie yellow hopper 604992
14) Brand new GATX 9136 hopper built this month, September 2010
15) FSRR 107--- boxcar
16) FSRR 106021 boxcar with graffiti
17) FXE 873787 boxcar
18) SSW 70439 hopper with graffiti
(note...you can't get photos of many freight cars without graffiti these days)
Angelina & Neches River Railroad boxcar ANR 613.
CEFX 1014 locomotive.
NS 7681 and 9061, northbound at 10:52 a.m.
UP 88857 hopper with colorful graffiti. It's difficult to get a freight car without graffiti, but at least some graffiti is more colorful than others.
FBOX 502170 TTX boxcar with 'the' cartoon face.
EEC 245 boxcar.
Sever yellow former CNW hoppers, one number being RCLX 169169.
RCLX 169206. Having all 7 in a row looked sharp.
UP 2426, 11:05 a.m.
HLCX 1029.
UP 351.
SP 247012 boxcar.
The daily southbound YNL75 arrives at 11:26 a.m. This train had 136 cars today and went into emergency as it was passing Union Station. A crew member had to walk the entire length of the train to determine if there was a broken air hose or other problem with a car. He walked all the way across the Baring Cross bridge over the Arkansas River before reaching the end of the train. The train was 8,298 feet long! A UP truck picked him up on the north side of the river and brought him back to the head end, which was around the corner at the south part of Union Station (called South UD by crew and dispatchers). It turns out that the problem was on one of the middle locomotives of the train, which had a brake problem that set the train in emergency. It took a little over an hour to get the train running again.
UP 5267 headed the local.
UP 5270 and 5151.
GMTX 2137 and CN 5704 made for a colorful combination.
CN 5704 and GMTX 2137.
Seventh unit was 3867.
Another train waits at 11:28 a.m.
TBOX 66610, The train went into emergency at this time, 11:30 a.m.
Walking down the platform, I got this shot of C&O-Chessie system hopper 604992.
Crew member walking the 8, 298-ft train to find the reason for the emergency stop. It's 11:39 a.m.
UP van in the center distance bringing the crew member back to the head end at 12:21 p.m.
The train left at 12:42 p.m., an hour and 12 minutes since it stopped.
New GATX hopper GATX 9136.
This hopper was built this month, September 2010 with paint applied at Paragould, Arkansas' freight car plant.
FSRR 107--- boxcar with graffiti.
FSRR 106021with ICH skull graffiti.
FXE 873787 boxcar.
SSW 70439 hopper.
UP 1556 and 1553, 12:55 p.m.
My Twilight Zone colors of the day.