Here's a few train pictures from April 3 and 4, 2013, in Little Rock and North Little Rock. Some interesting cars, including a somewhat rare Southern Pacific tank car and two Santa Fe locomotives (2443 and 2442) still with all their Santa Fe markings, lettered for the AOK Railroad. Also RSSX 904 and a dirty RSSX 19 switching locomotive.

Included:
1) UP 7370, 3856, 8001, 8114, 4887, 5488, 8769
2) NS 9163
3) BNSF 2937, 2885, 2780, 8604 some in blue/yellow Santa Fe colors
4) RSSX 904, 19
5) Santa Fe (AOK) 2443, 2442
6) KCS 4107 Belle
7) HLCX 3824
8) Union Station in daylight showing all the cars of office workers
9) UP 366232 and 256267 yellow Union Pacific boxcars with the UP emblem
10) CSXT 180680 CSX hycube boxcar
11) NS 458002 hycube boxcar built 2-79
12) MWAX 2017 gondolas with the yellow circles
13) SP 67336 Southern Pacific tank car built 5-74
14) TBOX 662697 new boxcar built 11-12
15) MWCX green woodchip cars
16) SAMX 11348 hopper
17) GROX 60662 yellow Union Equity hopper
18) GATX 1993 TankTrainer blue tank car
19) GATX 101898 GATX Classroom boxcar
20) SP 355240 SP boxcar
21) HPJX 945266 gondola
22) SP 496316 UP hopper
23) NCHX 38817 indusmin hopper
24) GATX 21098 tank car
25) INFX 408142 tank car
26) CSS 45004 coil cars
27) CNW 437113 hopper
28) CRLE 6423, 6418 light blue boxcars
29) ITTX 931296 flatcar carrying CN 137826 gondola
30) CNW 52006 green boxcar


Little Rock Union Station in the daytime, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. All the cars belong to tenants in the station's rented out offices. It's quite a busy place weekdays. This was taken from Markham Street.


UP 7370, 12:48 p.m. April 3.


12:48 p.m. April 3.


UP 7370.




UP 366232 Union Pacific yellow boxcar. It was a dark, overcast day and usually colors are more saturated. That's one reason I like getting pictures in rain or cloudy conditions at times.


Black and white new tank cars.


UP 3856, 1:06 p.m.


UP 8001. That black barrel to the right is not a trash can, but a shelter for water.


CSXT 180680 hy-cube.




This NS hycube, NS 488002, was built 2-76, rebuilt 4-97 per the rectangle black sign in the picture above this one.


Lots of hycube boxcars on this train, many carrying auto parts.


Yellow signals at 1:19 p.m. April 3.


Weather report (since I'm retired NOAA/NWS...lol). Temperature 42 degrees, few cold sprinkles. Its not supposed to be this cold here April 3, normal high is 70. In fact, the high temperatures the past few days have been one of the five coldest ever recorded during the month of April in Arkansas, according to the National Weather Service. Perfect train watching weather, right? Much better than a hot July day in my opinion.


UP 5114, 1:21 p.m.


MWAX 2017, one of many with the yellow circle.




NS 9163, 1:41 p.m.


Six locomotives.


Rather rare Southern Pacific tank car, SP 67336, built 5-74.


New TTX boxcar, TBOX 662697, built 11-12.


UP 563267 yellow boxcar with emblem.


MWCX green woodchip cars.


SAMX 11348. Haven't seen a SAMX hopper car recently.


RSSX 904 switcher in North Little Rock April 3.


GROX 60662 yellow Union Equity gondola.


Still April 3, now at Union Station in Little Rock at 9:52 p.m. The BNSF local is about to pass.


BNSF 2937, 9:52 p.m.


BNSF 2885.


Thursday, April 4 at 3:13 p.m. Former Santa Fe 2443 and 2442, now AOK, in North Little Rock.


Santa Fe (now AOK) 2443 in North Little Rock. This photo was taken by UP photographer John C. Jones on April 4, 2013.


GATX 1993 TankTrainer blue tank car in North Little Rock, taken by John C. Jones.


GATX 101898 Classroom boxcar, North Little Rock, taken by John C. Jones.


Shielding myself from the rain at Union Station April 4,  a KCS-headed train approaches at 5:59 p.m.


KCS 4107 'Belle' unit, 6:00 p.m.


UP 4887.


HLCX 3824.


UP 5488.


RSSX 19, relatively dirty.


Quite a colorful consist.


SP 355240 Southern Pacific boxcar.


HPJX 94526 gondola.


SP 496516 blue UP hopper.


NCHX 38817 indusmin hopper.


GATX 210839 tank car.


INFX 408142 tank car.


CSS 45004 coils.




CNW 437113 hopper.


CRLE 6423 blue boxcar.


CRLE 6418 light blue boxcar.


ITTX 931296 flatcar carrying CN 137826 gondola.


CNW 520062 green boxcar.


UP 8769, 6:12 p.m. April 4.


UP 8769.


UP 8769.




BNSF-Santa Fe 2780 on the BNSF local passing the Amtrak station at 10:35 p.m. April 4.




BNSF 8604.


Ghostly sunset in North Little Rock on April 5.

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