Of special interest today, Wednesday October 21, 2009,  was unpatched Southern Pacific 9761, plus some CSX and NS mixed in with UP. It was a cool day (about 60) with clouds moving in from the southwest from the remnants of Hurricane Rick in the eastern Pacific. Heavy rain was forecast here overnight and Thursday. As of today, Little Rock was 20.49 inches above normal for the year to date. Included today:

1) SP 9761
2) UP 1539, 1540, 2426, 2460, 8315, 8654, 4662, 5002, 7731, 9596
3) CSX 5209, 859(x?)
4) NS 6781, 9649, 9468, 9882
5) UP Rail Inspection Vehicle DC-31
6) BCRAIL boxcar BCOL 60425
7) Hazy sun and State Capitol photo
8) UP yellow short boxcar MNNR 1376
9) BN green high-side hoppers MWCX 01244 and 01246
10) "Old Man Winter on Steroids" graffiti (my title for it)
11) Falcon or hawk

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LEFT-UP Rail Inspection Vehicle DC-31 at 10:41 a.m. RIGHT-A lone yellow flower over the Amtrak concrete platform.


LEFT-UP 1539 and 1540 on their way to Gurdon. AR at 10:55 a.m. RIGHT-Hawk of some kind (red-tail?) on a no longer used utility pole across the tracks.  There also are a few pair of paraquin falcons seen occasionally around the tall buildings in downtown Little Rock and flying over Union Station, scaring the feathers off the hundreds of pigeons roosting on the station.


LEFT-CSX 5209 and 859(x?), 11:29 a.m. RIGHT-UP 4241, 12:11 p.m.


LEFT-UP 2426 and 2460, 12:32 p.m. RIGHT-BCRAIL boxcar BCOL60425.


LEFT-NS 6781 and 9649, 1:22 p.m. RIGHT-UP 8315 and 8654, 2:05 p.m.


LEFT-Hazy sun through increasing clouds. RIGHT-Hazy sun and Arkansas State Capitol


LEFT-Like-new UP 8654. RIGHT-UP 4662 and NS 9468, 2:24 p.m.


LEFT-Former UP yellow boxcar MNNR 1376. RIGHT-YNL-75, the daily Pine Bluff local, 2:34 p.m.


LEFT-UP 5002,  NS 9882. RIGHT-UP 7731.


LEFT-UP 9596, unpatched SP 9761. RIGHT-SP 9761.




LEFT-Green BN hopper MWCX01244. RIGHT-Spooky 'art' here. I'd call this "Old Man Winter on Steroids"


BN hopper MWCX 01246.

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