A beautiful, clear, cool day at Little Rock, Arkansas on Sunday, October 20, 2013 and I had plenty of trains to photograph. Included is switcher R8SX 1205 (probably should be RSSX 1205) and my usual assortment of locomotives and freight cars, including two Port St Joe Route, Apalachicola Northern boxcars, ATW 567008 and 557070. I got a streetcar shot in North Little Rock as well. I caught 12 trains at Union Station with locomotives from UP, CSX, BNSF, NS, GMTX, and RSSX and I also got some colorful berry shots and a closeup of a bee. It started out in the mid 40s but ended up in the lower 60s.


UP 8475, 9:17 a.m. northbound.


UP 8475, 4470 and 8570.


UP 4890, 9:34 a.m.


UP 4890 and 5010.


A light engine move southbound coming off the Baring Cross bridge at 9:59 a.m. heading to Biddle Yard in south Little Rock.


UP 9798 (former CNW), UP 4299-3934-6746-6041-4041 and BNSF 5057 in this move.


UP-CNW 9798.


BNSF 5057.




UP 7615, 10:54 a.m.


Green EMP containers look sharp with the yellow platform and blue sky.


Transport America trailers.


Interesting ballast.


Southbound lead by UP 1793, 11:31 a.m.


UP 1793, 1984, 1725.


UP 1784 and 1725. These locomotives are SD40-2's which were rebuilt in recent years and look great with the fresh UP paint.


Railfans.


NOKL 570330 Big Blue boxcar.


UP 7410 and 3 BNSF units, 11:55 a.m. southbound.


BNSF 7490.


BNSF 5159.


BNSF 4554.




UP 563099 yellow boxcar with the UP emblem.


AOK 6541 with wheel sets.


ATW 567008 Port St Joe Route, Apalachicola Northern boxcar.


Another Port St Joe Route Boxcar ATW 557070.


Both cars.


WP 12033 Western Pacific hopper.


Instructions on cleaning the inside of this car.


KCS 720023 coil car, built 04-07.


UP 6498 southbound, 1:28 p.m. on a loaded train.


UP 6498.


A real working locomotive.


Some of the cigarette stubs off the Amtrak platform. There's no smoking aboard Amtrak trains and Little Rock is one of the stations smokers can get off take a smoke break.


Railfans and kids.


UP 7143 dpu of the coal train.


A small Fall leaf.


Nature is beautiful and these berries at the station show their bright red and black colors.


A hovering bee on one of the berry bushes.


I got pretty close on this shot.


Even the smallest creatures look fascinating closeup. A train was approaching just a few feet away across the fence.


CSX 146 northbound 2:10 p.m.


CSX 8776.


CSX 7794.


UP 1945, 8798, 5798.


NS 9604.


ITTX 9624 hauling UP 88632 damaged hopper.


My little shady spot.


UP 5609, 2:51 p.m.


UP 8744.


UP 2047, former SP, southbound at 3:07 p.m.


UP 2047, GMTX 2112 and UP 2003, former Cotton Belt.


UP 2003.


Flats.


UP 563011 yellow boxcar with the UP emblem and girl portrait.


UP 5980 northbound 3:20 p.m. This will b a very long train and it had a DPU midtrain plus one at the end. My view of the midtrain DPU will be blocked by another train, but I saw it between the cars which will be coming on the track next to it.


UP 5318 and 4748.


Another northbound on Main 2 at 3:23 p.m. which will block my views of the train on Main 1.  The second train is headed by UP 4884.


UP 4884 and 8669.


UP 8669.




I didn't count the cars, but the train on Main 1 just kept on coming.


PROX 71193 green tankcar.


UP 8335, the rear DPU, 3:30 p.m.  There was another DPU midtrain, which I saw between the cars of the passing freight, but couldn't get a photo.


Central Arkansas Transit Streetcar 408 on Main Street, North Little Rock which I saw on my way home from Union Station.


Ready to pick up riders art 7th and Main, North Little Rock, 3:47 p.m.


The Streetcar Barn is across the parking lot to the left.




R8SX 1205 in North Little Rock. We think that the 8 should be an S.

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