Brought my lawn chair and went 'train fishing' this afternoon and evening, Thursday October 17, 2017, at Little Rock's Union Station. Caught 15 of those train-fish between 3:01 and 7:21 p.m. with locomotives from UP, CSX, NS, GMTX, BNSF, and LRWN.

Included:
1) UP 9664, 5037, 2401, 6493, 5725, 6811, 1784, 1770, 1793, 8431, 7920, 3866, 4747, 4119, 4053, 8413, 7407, 8393, 4038, 4510, 4725, 5329, 3991, 4615, 7487
2) NS 7513, 7703
3) BNSF 7382
4) CSX 547, 4570, 259, 7671
5) GMTX 2110
6) LRWN 2017, 500
7) GROX 60722 Union Equity hopper
8) Trespasser on tracks
9) CSXT 180663 hycube boxcar
10) CNA 795157 Canadian National hycube
11) MP 706543 hopper with MoPac buzzsaw
12) UP 355148 yellow boxcar
13) Sunset and Moon


Ready for Fall and Halloween.


A couple of yellow leaves.


UP 9664, 3:01 p.m. Note the waving hand and its shadow above the locomotive number.


Hand and shadow.


UP 5037.


Another train at 3:12 p.m.


UP 2401, 3:15 p.m.


Central Arkansas Transit bus going over the Cantrell Road bridge, which crosses UP tracks just before the tracks cross the Baring Cross bridge into North Little Rock.


UP 6493, 3:32 p.m.


UP 5725.


DPU of the coal train was UP 6811, 3:41 p.m.


UP 6811.


UP 1784, 3:50 p.m.


UP 1770.


UP 1787.


UP 1793.


GMTX 2110.




GROX 60722 Union Equity hopper.


UP 8431, 4:06 p.m.


UP 7920.


UP 3866, 4:25 p.m.


UP 4747.


UP 4119.


UP 4053.


Trespasser.


UP 8413, 4:40 p.m.


NS 7513.


NS 7703.


NS 7703.


CSXT 180663 hycube.


CNA 795157 Candien National hycube.


MP 706543 hopper with the MoPac Buzzsaw emblem.


LRWN 2017 and 500, 4:54 p.m. These trains run 2 or 3 times a week from Perryville to North Little Rock, using part of the Rock Island's old main track.


LRWN 2017, former Meridian & Bigbee.




LRWN 500, former Bay Line 500.


CSX 547, 4:57 p.m.


CSX 547.


CSX 4570.


UP 7407.


UP 8393.




BNSF 7382, 5:15 p.m. on an empty oil train.


BNSF passing the Little Rock & Western train, which was waiting on a signal to go into North Little Rock.






UP 4038, 5:34 p.m.


UP 4510.


UP 4725, 5:49 p.m.


UP 5114, 5:50 p.m. Three of the 4 tracks here had trains on them.


UP 5329.


The LRWN train was still on the other side of the autorack train at 5:52 p.m.


CSX 259, 6:25 p.m.


CSX 7671.


Sunset 6:25 p.m.


UP 355148 yellow UP boxcar.


It was in the cool 60s as the sun set.


Nearly full Moon, 6:32 p.m.


Pigeon.


Moon and signals.


Another train at 6:52 p.m. All the trains today were northbound.


The advantage of digital cameras is the ability to get low-light shots easily. UP 3991, 6:53 p.m.


UP 4615.


Red, green and yellow signals, 6:59 p.m.


Little Rock Amtrak Station.


Another northbound at 7:21 a.m.


Opened up the aperture to see the locomotive, but couldn't read the engine number. This was the 15th train I caught today.




The DPU of this train was UP 7487, 7:22 p.m.


The LRWN train finally left for the North Little Rock UP yard at 7:24 p.m. It's going under the Cantrell Road bridge. 


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