A
bright, sunny Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Little Rock, Arkansas, both
at Union Station and in southwest Little Rock at Mann Road/Baseline.
Included today:
LEFT-RSSX 4544. According to this site (http://www.erixpix.com/indust/company/rssx/roster/index.html),
this is a GP9R. Former roadnames: CNW 1739, CNW 4544, TWRY
4544, WKRY 4544. Owner: Flint Hill Resources (Odessa, TX). According
to Eric from Indiana via email: "This unit is actually owned by
Railserve, Inc. (www.railserveinc.com) a 3rd-part switching company
with over 50 contracts in North America. This unit came from
Flint Hill Resources @ Odessa, TX, but it's not owned by them.
Railserve had the contract to switch that facility. Flint Hills
closed the plant earlier this year, and this unit (as well as 2 others)
is being shipped out to other contracts and/or their shop outside of
Longview, TX. I do not know where it's going as of yet, but I've
got a friend from UP checking into it. RIGHT-UP 7050, SP/UP 6192, empty coal train, 11:01 a.m.
LEFT-UP 6684, dpu. RIGHT-UP 5043, UPY 383 on daily YNL75 Pine Bluff local, 12:31 p.m.
LEFT-UP 4035, LLPX 2263, HLCX 3832.
LEFT-UP 7346, 351. RIGHT-Colorful.
Yes, graffiti is illegal, but I don't think anyone who does this will
ever see this picture, so they won't be encouraged to do more by
viewing their 'art' online. They obviously have lots of time to paint.
LEFT-CNW hoppers. RIGHT-SOO boxcar 18886.
LEFT-Apalachicola
Northern boxcar. RIGHT-In southwest Little Rock on Mann Road. This dog
is doing a balancing act crossing the tracks.
LEFT-Milepost 355 in Mabelvale, Arkansas on Mann Road. The road crossing the tracks in Mabelvale Main. RIGHT-NS
9978, 1:29 p.m. passing 3 Sams Barbecue restaurant, a good place to
have lunch. It sits quite close to UP's main directional north line
from Texas and when a train passes, the tables shake inside. Right
across the tracks is One Track Mind Hobby Shop (10524 Helm Dr, Mabelvale, AR 72103-1638, (501) 455-5050)
which carries several
scales of model railroad merchandise. I went there to pick up my UP
1988 KATY Heritage N-scale locomotive after I took these pictures.
LEFT-This train had 3 NS units and one BNSF and was a BNSF trackage rights train.
LEFT-BN green.
LEFT-UP 4786, 2:14 p.m., still on Mann Road. RIGHT-UPS trailer.
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