Christmas Eve and Christmas Day trains, Little Rock, AR December 24 and 25, 2014. Included: Cardinal redbird at Union Station,  Arkansas Children's Hospital helicopter, Christmas sunset over the tracks, Crescent Moon, several BN green hoppers, Capital Hotel's large Christmas Tree, CRLE blue boxcars, CN 383379 hopper, MKT 549 green hopper, GTW 1382 Grand Trunk Wester GT hopper, RACX 32250 rusty tank car, December 1949 Missouri Pacific Lines Magazine Christmas cover. Locomotives today: UP 8353, 3865, 9810, 7696, 7233, 7960, 5930, 6997 **** BNSF 6769, 5047, 9645-Executive colors **** AKMD-Arkansas Midland 414 *** CSXT 9071, 467, 4832, 3148 **** CN 8880


AKMD Arkansas Midland Railroad 414 in North Little Rock December 24, 2014.


AKMD 414 with train in North Little Rock with some buildings of downtown Little Rock showing in background.


BN 468055 green BN hopper built 5-93.


BNSF 468765 hopper, built 9-93.


BN hoppers 461038 and 467227 green hoppers, North Little Rock Dec 24.


The large Christmas Tree in the old Capital Hotel in downtown Little Rock. The tree comes from Oregon each year. I frequent this hotel's Capital Bar and Grill, as many of you know - lol. No, I don't drink or smoke, but I love this bar's food.


Back to my usual place, Union Station, December 24 at 2:00 p.m. CSXT 9021 leads a northbound. YPB71-24 Yard Engine


CN 8880, rather dirty.


UP 7696 and CN 8880, with the numbers wiped clean.


UP 7696.


CRLE 5446 blue boxcar.


CRLE 6431 and another blue boxcar.


SP 337789 ex-Golden West Service gondola.


CRLE 6402 and another blue boxcar.


CN 383379 hopper.


UP 7233 with a black eye, 2:40 p.m. still December 24.  QSPNL-23


CSXT 467.


CSXT 4832.


UP 7960.


UP 5930.




MKT 549 green hopper.


GTW 1382 Grand Trunk Western GT hopper.


NS 164437 coil car.


RACX 82250 old, rusty tank car.


CSXT 3148 2:54 p.m. Dec 24. AEGAS-23


UP 6997.


Christmas Eve cardinal in the leaves at Union Station.


Now it's Christmas morning, December 25, at Union Station. I went early to get some trains, but sat there from 8:30 to 10:30 without anything, so I got this bird on the fence at 9:17 a.m.


N761AF Arkansas Children's Hospital helicopter on Christmas Day passing over the tracks at Union Station. Looks like someone's Christmas wasn't so merry.


Left the station for a few hours and came back to finally catch a Christmas train. UP 8353, 4:03 p.m. Dec 25.


UP 8353. ILBMNX-21


UP 3865..


UP 3865 and 9810.


UP 9810.


Stacks.


BNSF 6769, 4:36 p.m. 6769 was on BNSF trackage rights train H DYTGAL1 24 (Dayton, TX to Galesburg, IL)


BNSF 6769 and 5047.


BNSF 5047.


BNSF 9645 in BNSF's Executive colors.


Sun reflecting on the train, 4:36 p.m.


Pipes.


End of train at 4:38 p.m.


Sunset over the tracks and station, 5:08 p.m. Christmas Day 2014.


Crescent Moon and sunset at Union Station on Christmas Day 2014.




December 1949 Missouri Pacific Lines Magazine Cover.

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