Included:
1) UP 4032, 7103, 4668, 568, 5001, 3964, 4759, 4045, 6778, 7237, 6305, 6400(SP), 4130, 4841, 4949, 3819, 8387, 306, 9723, 7940, 7234
2) BCOL 4614
3) NS 9006, 8767
4) Ferromex 4040, 4640
5) CSX 7364, 3142, 7362, 7318, 3079, 714
6) BNSF 5507, 8279 (Good Warbonnet)
7) HLCX 1028 and 2137
8) Hawk and pigeons
9) Euro-Tainers
10) BNSF coil train
11) ACFX 71769 blue tankcar
12) WPHX 2018 long white and blue tankcar
UP 4032, 5:40 a.m. on the QHONL-28.
Another northbound, 5:43 a.m.
The lights on this locomotive seemed very bright.
BCOL 4614, BCRAIL, at 5:44 a.m. on the QLINL-28 Priority Manifest Livonia, LA-N Little Rock. With six lights on the font, I see why it looked so bright from a distance.
NS 9006.
NS 8767.
BCOL 4614.
UP 7103, 5:52 a.m. on the QHONL-28, the dpu of that train.
Two Ferromex locomotives head the next train at 6:26 a.m. on the MDANL-28 Manifest-Dallas, TX- N Little Rock.
Ferromex 4040.
FXE 4040.
Signals in the night, 6:47 a.m.
The sky was beginning to get some light at 6:48 a.m.
UP 4668, 6:48 a.m. on the MFWNL-28 Fort Worth, TX-N Little Rock.
UP 568, 6:49 a.m.
6:50 a.m.
Our station hawk on its favorite perch at 7:34 a.m.
Not a very clear photo, but I was still using a high ISO sensitivity setting (10,000), so it will be grainy. I'm thinking of getting a full-frame sensor camera, which would allow me to take these night and low-light shots with a higher shutter speed and better resolution, but those cameras are super expensive, like $3-5,000.
Mr. Hawk flying over the station.
UP 5001 and 3964, 7:46 a.m. on the QAGNL-27 Priority Manifest Angleton, TX-N Little Rock.
UP 4756.
Birds on the station.
UP 8337 and 4579, 8:06 a.m. on the MNPPB-27 Manifest North Platte, NE-Pine Bluff, AR.
UP 4579.
EuroTainers.
CSX 7364 and 3142, 8:19 a.m. on the QTXAS-29 Priority Manifest Texarkana, AR-Alton&Southern.
CSX 7364 and 3142.
CSX 7318.
UP 4045.
UP 6778, 8:52 a.m. on the CTUNA-29 coal train Fulton, KY-N Antelope Mine.
UP 6778 and 7237 heading an empty coal train.
UP 6305, 8:59 a.m.
BNSF 5507 passing on the Amtrak siding, 9:33 a.m. on the UAOHIJ-23 Unit train New South Yard, TX-Bridge Jct, AR. UP recently upgraded this track with new ties so occasional freights can use it at a little higher speed than before the upgrade. The previous coal train had stopped for a crew change with the DPU fouling the switch between Main 2 and Main 2, so trains can be dispatched on the Amtrak siding to get around that switch. The disadvantage is much slower speeds, I'd say 10 mph or less since you could run faster than the train but not walk faster.
Up close and personal, BNSF 5507 passing at 9:33 a.m. I was on the other side of the fence leaning over.
BNSF 8279 warbonnet.
BNSF 8279.
Coil car train.
Passing the stopped coal train at 9:38 a.m.
Good old dark clouds.
Pigeons. It was in the 50s.
The Amtrak siding signal is green again at 9:48 a.m, meaning another freight will be coming on this track shortly.
A long mixed freight headed by UP 6400 (former SP), 9:50 a.m. on the QBTNL-27 Priority Manifest Beaumont, TX-N Little Rock. Note the UP patch is on the right side of the front instead of the middle.
9:51 a.m. You can actually see the old SP lettering on the front.
UP 4130.
Sunshine!
1:34 p.m.
UP 4841, 10:22 a.m. on the QSHNL-29 Priority Mainifest Shreveport, LA-N Little Rock.
UP 4949 and 3819.
HLCX 1028.
ACFX 71769 blue tankcar.
CSXT 3079, 10:27 a.m. on the KGSMN2-24 Priority Intermodal Global Gateway South/Long Beach CA-Marion, AR.
CSX 714.
CSX 5112.
Stacks.
UP 8387, 10:44 a.m. on the Yard Job YNL17-29 14:30 Cross Haul.
GMTX 2137.
UP 9723 and Ferromex 4640.
UP 7940 part of 7 locomotives.
UP 4318, 11:00 a.m. on the QLWNL-29 Priority Manifest Longview, TX-N Little Rock.
UP 7234.
WPHX 2018 white and blue long tankcar.