Wednesday,
October 28, 2009 at the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. It was a rare
sunny day here. More rain will move in Thursday through Friday and may
give us over 3 inches of additional rainfall. As of October 28, Little
Rock is over 22 inches above normal for the year, having already
received 62.57 inches this year. Included today is a quick shot of UP
4141, the George Bush Library unit at Jenks Shops in North Little Rock,
plus:
1) UP 4141, George Bush Library unit 2) UP 2460, 9743, 1539, 9793, 1345, 4328, 4668, 7848, 7821, 4488, 9417, 8653, 8657 3) GMTX 2165 4) NS 2537 5) GCCX string of loaded gondolas 6) EEC red boxcar 2765 7) Cities Services Company hopper
LEFT-UP
2460 and 2420 at 10:39 a.m., southbound. RIGHT-UP 9743, 11:11 a.m.
southbound with a long string of loaded gondolas.
LEFT-GCCX
gons. Looking up the GCCX reporting marks, I came up with GATX Capital
Corporation. RIGHT-GCCX 700062. These looked sort of sharp in the long
train. They were hauling some sort of aggregate material.
UP 1539 on a short southbound at 11:45 a.m. On its way to Gurdon, Arkansas.
Another southbound at 12:04 p.m. UP 9793, 12:05 p.m. on the daily YNL75 transfer job to Pine Bluff.
LEFT-Bright and shiny UP 1345. RIGHT-NS 2537 and UP 4328.
LEFT-UP 4668, the 8th of 8 locomotives today. RIGHT-Ties ready to be laid.
LEFT-Bright red and shiny EEC 2765. RIGHT-Cities Service Company hopper.
LEFT-UP 7848, 12:58 p.m. RIGHT-New blue drains (?)
LEFT-UP 7821, dpu. RIGHT-UP 4488, 1:25 p.m.
LEFT-UP
9417, 1:43 p.m. RIGHT-GMTX 2165 on a light transfer move from Biddle
Yard (former Rock Island) to the North Little Rock yards, 2:10 p.m.
UP 8653, 2:27 p.m. Another new or freshly painted locomotive, UP 8653.
DPU-UP 8657. Another clean unit.
UP
4141, the George Bush Library unit, is still sitting at Jenks Shops in
North Little Rock, AR as of today, October 28, at 2:46 p.m. It's been
here since March 27, 2009 and has been in other parts of the yards
since February 12. No plans to move it anytime soon. Rumors say
it'll be here at least into Spring 2010. Nobody knows for sure.
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