I thought I was going to Union Station in Little Rock on Thursday, October 3, 2013 for a brief time but ended up seeing lots of interesting trains, including BNSF-Santa Fe 606 in Warbonnet colors without the BNSF name on it and UP 4141, the George Bush special locomotive, which had the tarp taken off so it could be displayed at Union Pacific's Family Days event at Jenks Shops in North Little Rock on October 5.  Plus several more trains, including one of the 125th anniversary autoracks of the KCS. The upcoming Family Days will also have UP heritage locomotives 1989-Rio Grande and 1988-Katy pulling an employee special all day Saturday October 5.


BNSF 4039, 10:23 a.m., the dpu of an oil train.


BNSF 4039.


Accelerating.


UP 6908 on a southbound loaded coal train, 10:40 a.m.


UP 6908 passing the station.


DPU of the coal train was UP 6043, 10:49 a.m.


More railfans watching for trains.


Track workers welding the turnout between Main 1 on the right and Main 2 on the left.


UP 8659, 11:10 a.m.


UP 4090.


More welding.


UP 6417, former SP, 11:17 a.m.


UP 6417 and CN 2636.


Burn.rust spot.


CN 2636.


Freshly painted yellow stops on the CN unit.


CN 2636.


UP 7989, 11:27 a.m. This was the dpu of the train with the CN unit.


Streetcar in downtown traffic when I was getting lunch, 11:41 a.m.


UP 7601, 1:28 p.m.


UP 4895.




UP 4584, 1:35 p.m.


UP 4584, 1:35 p.m.


New tank cars at the end of the train.


UP 6674, 1:51 p.m.


UP 7994.


UP 1777, 2:00 p.m.


UP 1777, 1838 and 1784.


UP 1784.


Santa Fe-BNSF 606 heads a train that will pass the other train, 2:02 p.m.


This former Santa Fe locomotive did not have any BNSF lettering on it. It used to years ago when small BNSF lettering was under the 606 on the side.






UP 4484.


Lots of train action.


Ferro-Sur autoracks.


KCS 8322 autorack.


125th Anniversary of the KCS logos.








Both trains. Both autorack trains.


UP 6938 Centennial on display at UP's Jenks Shops in North Little Rock.


City of Little Rock in the background.


Family Day October 5, 2013 sign.


UP 4141, George Bush unit in front of Jenks.

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