Included:
1) UP 4173, 9679, 4263, 2076, 4100, 658, 4440, 5026, 1758, 1766, 1667, 1758, 1576, 1751, 7888, 8727, 8788, 7494
2) BNSF 7025
3) CSX 4824
4) NS 8084
5) AMTK 61
6) GMTX 2611
7) KCS 4123
8) Ferromex 4683
9) EEC 2020 'Ma and Pa' boxcar
10) CSTX 502345 blue boxcar
11) EUSX 448022 long tankcar
12) SRN 5429 New Orleans Public Belt boxcar
13) DRGW 25163 ballast hopper
14) Purple flowers on tree trunk
15) Tree blossoms at Arkansas State Capitol
16) NW 9174 gondola
17) UP 211115 coil car
18) HS 30934 Columbus & Greenville boxcar
19) PVCX 13419 white tankcar
20) MKT green hoppers 554 and 558
UP 4173 after just crossing the Baring Cross bridge into Little Rock from North Little Rock at 12:55 p.m. Sunday, March 24.
UP 4173.
Six locomotives, UP 4173, 9679, 4263, 2076, 4100 and 658.
My wet view from the balcony of Union Station.
"Famous Ma and Pa", M&P RR boxcar.
EEC 2020 M&P boxcar.
Nasty, cold and wet weather. Trains continue moving though.
UP 4440 and 5026, 2:21 p.m.
GMTX 2611.
CSTX 502345 boxcar.
EUSX 448022 long tankcar. Looks like a stretch limo. Why doesn't it collapse in the middle?
SRN 5429 New Orleans Public Belt Railroad boxcar.
D&RGW 25163 Rio Grande 'the Action road' ballast hopper.
Purple flowers on a big tree, 2:39 p.m.
Tree blossoms at the Arkansas State Capitol Saturday, March 23.
Union Station taken from the front of the Arkansas State Capitol.
You can see the capitol on the left and train station on the far right.
4:25 p.m. back at the station with UP 1758 in the lead.
UP 1766, 1667, 1758.
Now it's Sunday, March 24. Winds gusted to 49 mph today. UP 1576 leads the local to Pine Bluff at 9:38 a.m.
UP 1576, 1751.
UP 7888, 10:09 a.m.
BNSF 7025.
Ferromex 4683.
NW 99174 gondola carrying bars of some kind. From a UP source: "NW 99174 is loaded with oil platform drill pipe, and as you can see it shifts easily. WE have a lot of problems hauling this stuff as it is so hard to secure so it won't slide every time you hit the brakes."
UP 211115 coil car.
HS 30934 Columbus & Greenville boxcar.
PVCX 13419 white tankcar.
Now its Sunday night/Monday morning at the station at 1:20 a.m. CSX 4824 leads a northbound past the Amtrak platform. Amtrak's northbound Texas Eagle will arrive here at 2 a.m. and passengers were waiting in the station's waiting room. It was very cold, temperature 33 degrees, wind gusting to 30, wind chill 23 degrees. This was taken through my windshield with my camera's ISO set at 12,800.
MKT 554 green Katy hopper. Day or night, I'll get pictures of these cars...lol.
MKT 558 green hopper.
CNW 499244 hopper.
Rare for here NS 235265 Southern hopper.
BKTY 21489 Katy gondola.
SP 338376 Golden West gondola.
UP 8727, 1:37 a.m.
UP 8788.
UP 7494 dpu at 1:40 a.m.
Night trains.
NS 8084, 1:49 a.m.
Amtrak locomotive #61 leads the northbound Texas Eagle #22 into the station at 2:01 a.m., 2 hours late. This was the first northbound Eagle to run in two days due to a UP freight derailment near McRae, Arkansas, 40 miles northeast of here.
Active station at 2:03 a.m.
Texas Eagle and the Moon, 2:06 a.m.
KCS 4800(?) passing the stopped Amtrak train at 2:16 a.m.
KCS 4123 in Belle colors passing Amtrak Superliner Sleeping Car 34046 at 2:17 a.m.
Little Rock's Union Station taken from Markham Street at 2:29 a.m. The station rents office space and the parking lot is full of cars in the daytime.