Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the station in Little Rock. Amtrak Texas Eagle 21 was about 5 hours late due to engine problems and arrived just before 8 a.m. so I got some shots of it, plus my usual freights during the day. Some interesting freight cars today include GMRC 100103 boxcar, FXE 573057 flatcar with load, SHRX 54057 hopper built 1-75, ATSF 35019 Santa Fe hopper, CNW 175505 green CNW hopper built 5-78, HZGX 3237 gondola built 5-75, MWCX 101245 green Burlington Northern woodchip car. Also, some flowers and inside the Capital Hotel in Little Rock.

Locomotives today: CSXT 3065, 7665 **** UP 4953, 3129, 4803, 2245, 8917, 4424, 4005, 7178, 7703, 4733, 4510, 8230, 1118, 6432, 3583, 4574, 8995, 9572, 7110, 8721, 8694 **** Amtrak 170, 100 **** GMTX 2145 **** NS 6962, 6548, 9218.


CSXT 3055, 7:33 a.m. 3055 AARWXX-18 (Auto-Arlington, TX-Waycross, Georgia-Extra) Interchanged to the CSXT at Memphis.


UP 4953.


Texas Eagle 21, southbound toward Texas, is about to arrive at 7:46 a.m. It was almost 5 hours late due to engine failure in Missouri.


Arriving 7:49 a.m. It usually arrives at 3:02 a.m. in the middle of the night.


Locomotive 170 led the Eagle today.


New crew getting on board. Little Rock is an Amtrak Crew Base.


Engineers swapping out at 7:51 a.m. The Texas Eagle only has one person in the cab between Little Rock and Marshall, Texas. The lady on the right will be today's engineer. The crew will come back to Little Rock on tonight's Eagle 22.


Consist today: Amtrak 170, 100, Superliners 39039, 32027, 38019, 33004-Lounge, 31002, 34000, 34029,


Baggage unloaded and taken to the waiting room, 7:53 a.m.


Passengers boarding and getting off.


Blackberry blooms next to the fence.


Southbound signal is green.


Taxis and cars at the station,


Amtrak engine 170 in the bushes.


Leaving at 7:58 a.m.


UP 4129, 4803, 8:00 a.m. MNPPB-17


UP 2245.


UP 2245.


GMRC 100103 boxcar.


UP 8917, 8:20 a.m. MDANL-18


UP 4424.


UP 4005, 9:00 a.m. AEGAS-17


UP 4005 stopped for a signal.


Another train passes at 9:07 a.m. on Main 1 with UP 7178 leading. MFWNL-18


UP 7703.


UP 4733.




FXE 573057 with load.


UP 4005 moving, 9:08 a.m.


UP 8351.




SP 656213 boxcar.


UP 4510, 9:29 a.m. ALDAS-17


UP 8230.


NW 604192 Norfolk and Western boxcar


GMTX 2145, 10:01 a.m. YNL69-19


UP 1118.


SHRX 454057 hopper, built 1-75.


MP 706507 hopper with the MoPac buzzsaw, couldn't read the built date.


NS 6962, 10:09 a.m. QTXAS-19


NS 6548.


CSXT 7665.


ATSF 350195 Santa Fe hopper.


UP 6432, 10:20 a.m. 2AEGAS-17


UP 3585.


UP 4574, 10:38 a.m. AARAS-18


Went to lunch downtown Little Rock and got this pictures of purple flowers with raindrops on them.


Inside the Capital Hotel on Markham Street.


More flowers.


UP 8995, 12:28 p.m.  ILXMN-14


UP 9572.


Long stack train.


UP 7110, the DPU pusher.


Nice day, 12:32 p.m. mh


UP 8694, 1:01 p.m.  ILXMN-14  MSANL-18


UP 8721.


RBOX 1519 old Rail Box boxcar.


CNW 175505 old CNW green hopper, "Employee Owned" built 5-78. The NorthWestern sign is in excellent shape.


CNW 438123 yellow hopper.


BN 101247 Burlington Northern green woodchip car.


UP 9218. a C40-8. 9218 is still in service. It arrived NLR on the QHONL-16, departed on the MNLFW-20.

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