Wednesday,
November 25, 2009 at the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Lots of
trains today, including Little Rock & Western. I also took my
monthly shot of UP Bush Unit 4141, still in storage at UP's Jenks Shops
in North Little Rock. Included:
1) Conrail(CSX) 7490 2) CSX 29, 711, 415 3) SP(UP) 6401 4)
UP 5298, 8215, 9657, 3825, 5809, 6562, 5339, 3999, 9819, 545, 2102,
4241, 8333, 4339, 8587, 2285, 5077, 8492, 4878, 4141, 8061 5) UP yellow boxcar 6) BN green hoppers 7) LRWN 1542, 1544 8) New shiny string of tank cars 9) String of yellow TTX boxcars 10) CSX/NYC hi-cube boxcar 239977 11) Rock dump cars 12) String of truck frame flatcars 13) A little risque lady graffiti art (separate link on site))
The
opposite end of the graffiti spectrum from the doves above is this lady
drawn on boxcar SP 697267, a tiny bit risque. Don't click the link if
you think you might be offended: http://thundertrain.org/risque-art.html
LEFT-UP 3825, 12:55 p.m. RIGHT-Long string of shiny black tank cars.
LEFT-UP 5809, 1:32 p.m. on an empty coal train. RIGHT-UP/SP 6401 on an empty coal train.
LEFT-UP 6562, dpu. RIGHT-UP 5339, 1:49 p.m.
LEFT-UP 3999. RIGHT-BN green hoppers.
LEFT-Flats. RIGHT-Old yellow UP boxcar.
LEFT-UP 9819, first of 8 locomotives on the daily YNL75 Pine Bluff local at 1:57 p.m. RIGHT-UP 545, 2102.
LEFT-UP 4241. RIGHT-UP 8333.
LEFT-Going south. RIGHT-Relatively clean string of TTX boxcars.
LEFT-Although these cars are not rare, it's a little unusual to have 8 in a row. RIGHT-Rock dump cars.
RIGHT-Bright green patches on a Southern boxcar.
LEFT-UP 4339, 2:18 p.m. RIGHT-UP 8587.
Little
Rock & Western train moving from Perry, Arkansas (about 50 miles
west of Little Rock on the former Rock Island) or coming from a
closer siding to UP's North Little Rock yards at 2:17 p.m.
LEFT-LRWN 1542 and 1544. RIGHT-Boy waving.
LRWN 1544 and 1542.
LEFT-LRWN's whole train. RIGHT-UP 2282 passing the stopped LRWN train at 2:26 p.m.
My monthly or so 'keep alive' photo of UP Bush Unit 4141, still stored at Jenks Shops in North Little Rock (since July)
A southbound passing Jenks Shops with UP 8061 in the lead at 3:28 p.m.
This train will cross Baring Cross bridge in a few seconds then curve
westward in front of Union Station.
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