Also, a rare passing of two KCS locomotives in Little Rock, KCS 4579 passing KCS 4689 about 5 p.m. And, BNSF 4807 also passed KCS 4689 just after the other train did.
Included today:
1) CSX 5255, 4008, 9036, 7654
2) UP 3818, 5885, 5588, 6811, 6881, 7274, 7808, 5179, 5101, 4354, 1632, 4110, 8476, 6519
3) KCS 4689, 4579
4) BNSF 4807
5) SF 608 Warbonnet
6) NS 9821, 9137, 2616
7) UP/SP 6160
8) UP hi-rail truck
9) High school girl getting photos of herself as a train passed
10) Ken (me) with my white hat and a Thomas the Tank Engine pillow
11) Red and white tank cars with dark blue sky
12) 'Teddy bear holdup' graffiti
13) BNSF unit crude oil train from North Dakota
14) Wild berries
15) UP K-9 police car and agent
16) Music from a Union Station ballroom I could hear trackside
CSX 5255, 8:33 a.m.
Yep, that's me in the white hat and a Thomas the Tank Engine pillow (for a small boy I know - really-lol). After this I left for the morning to do other things.
UP 3818, 1:49 p.m. northbound.
UP 5885 and UP/SP 6160, 2:05 p.m.
UP 5588.
Hi-rail UP truck at 2:09 p.m.
UP 6811 and 6881, 2:21 p.m.
High school girl getting ready for a train to pass while her family took her picture at 2:50 p.m.
UP 7274 at 2:50 p.m.
UP 7274 will be seen in a high school yearbook.
CSX 4008.
CSX 9036. Yes, I deliberately had the girl in the photo. I could have easily gone on the other side to get a clear shot of the locomotives, but why?
Posing still.
Final shot.
NS 9821 at 3:08 p.m.
NS 9137.
Red, white and blue.
Teddy bear holdup!!
UP 7808, 3:19 p.m.
UP 5179, 3:28 p.m.
Here's a brief video I made of Union Station and the tracks with music coming from a party in the ballroom inside the station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wc0fxG8PkQ
UP 5101, 3:36 p.m. Backlighting was getting intense.
UP 4354.
Stacks.
Colorful wild berries on the fence line.
UP 1632, 4:13 p.m. stopped on the crossover.
Zoomed in closer on UP 1632.
Fellow railfans Sunday afternoon.
KCS 4689. 4:43 p.m.
UP 4110 and KCS Belle 4689, 4:43 p.m.
A southbound train approaches the stopped UP 4110 at 4:56 p.m. headed by UP 8476 with KCS 4579.
Passing at 4:57 p.m.
UP 8476 passing KCS 4689.
KCS 4579 passing KCS 4689. How often do you see two KCS locomotives pass each other at Little Rock, UP territory?
A BNSF train with a loaded crude oil train from North Dakota heading south at 5:03 p.m. It was headed by BNSF 4807 and had a BNSF/SF Warbonnet in the consist.
BNSF 4807 crossing over from UP Main 1 to Main 2.
BNSF 4807 passing UP 4110 and KCS 4689 at 5:06 p.m.
Wow....BNSF and KCS locomotives passing on UP's Main 2 in front of Union Station at 5:06 p.m.
Good ole' Santa Fe Warbonnet 608.
NS 2616 on the BNSF train.
Back-lit Santa Fe 608. Yes, I had the sun shield on the camera but the train at this point in front of Union Station is heading due west and the sun was right in my face. It took a bit of photoshopping to get it to show up.
NS 2616.
As I said earlier, this is a BNSF crude oil train from North Dakota.
End of the train.
UP K-9 police car. There was a large party in the station's ballroom and lots of cars in the parking lot, and special agents show up at these events, as well as when Amtrak's Texas Eagle arrives each night around midnight and 3 a.m. He came over and all of us had a friendly chat. I've seen him several times and no, they don't mind us taking pictures at the station. They just don't want the public or kids to get on the tracks.
UP 6519, 5:29 p.m. It's almost impossible to get any decent northbound photos at this time of day with a sunny sky.
CSX 7654, 5:35 p.m.
Here's the cars for the ballroom event.