Various trains in Little Rock and North Little Rock, May 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2010.

Included are:
1) SP unpatched 7104
2) UP 6844, 4871, 3975, 4140, 7847, 1996
3) BNSF 4506
4) MKT green hoppers 549, 507, 586
5) Blackberries next to Amtrak platform
6) Fat gopher

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LEFT-Unpatched SP 7104 in North Little Rock, May 7. RIGHT-Blackberry patch on the fence next to the Amtrak platform at Union Station in Little Rock, May 8, 2010.


LEFT-This fat gopher had been eating the blackberries.


LEFT-Some blackberries already ripened by May 10. RIGHT-UP 6844, 8:01 a.m. May 9.


LEFT-More railfans. RIGHT-UP 4871, May 9, 8:30 a.m.


Whenever an empty coal train stops for a crew change, it's DPU usually fouls the turnout between Main 1 and Main 2 at Milelpost X346 in front of Union Station. This stops all movement on both lines until the coal train heads west on the Van Buren Sub.


LEFT-UP 4140, 2:01 p.m. May 10. UP 4141, the next numbered locomotive in this series, is the Bush Unit, now stored at Jenks Shops in North Little Rock, AR. RIGHT-UP 7847, 2:26 p.m. May 10.


BNSF 4506 pm the Houston to Memphis BNSF train at 2:34 p.m. May 10.


LEFT-UP 1996, the Southern Pacific Heritage, in North Little Rock, May 11, 2010. RIGHT-MKT 549. These are for my MKT fans who keep track of former MKT freight cars.


LEFT-MKT 507. RIGHT-MKT 586.

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