Included:
1) UP 7687, 4260, 9537, 4053, 6644, 6718 (CNW Operation Lifesaver unit), 5487, 6008, 582, 8417, 9607
2) KCS 4557
3) CSX 5234, 5200, 5415
4) BNSF 6166, 6168, 5205
6) GMTX 2653
7) CNW 745020 long green gondola
8) SBLX 14102 black and white tankcar
9) LW 1020 Canaan American RR boxcar
10} Little Rock holiday streetcars
11) Amtrak 22 Texas Eagle Christmas Eve at Union Station
12) LED lights on bridges over the Arkansas River
13) TILX 263505 green tankcars
14) UTLX 920096 new tankcar
15) SOO 122858 and other Canadian Pacific hoppers
16) Mockingbird
Streetcar 408 on Markham Street in Little Rock, December 24 at 10:58 a.m.
UP 7687, Christmas Eve at 11:16 a.m.
CNW 745020 long green gondola.
UP 4260, 11:31 a.m.
GMTX 2653.
UP 9537.
UP 4053.
SBLX 14102 white and black tankcar.
UP 6644, 11:52 a.m.
UP 6718, former CWN Operation Lifesaver loco.
LW 1020, Canaan American RR boxcar.
UP 5487, 12:12 p.m.
CSX 5234.
CSX 5200.
CSX 5415.
UP 6008.
UP 582 and 8499.
UP 9607. A total of eight locomotives on this train.
A streetcar turns onto Markham, still Christmas Eve.
In front of the Capital Hotel.
While parked on 2nd Street, a streetcar is seen in my side mirror. It will pass be shortly, but if I'm parked inside the white line, it won't crush my car (each streetcar weighs 50,000 pounds, or about 25 tons).
Passed safely by. If you park on this and other streets, you must keep your head up so you won't open your car door while a streetcar is passing.
Christmas Eve at the Amtrak Station (Union Station), around 11:30 p.m. as passengers board Amtrak's No. 22 Texas Eagle bound for St Louis and Chicago. Picture taken with my Druid Razr smartphone, which doesn't take great pictures.
Happy train passengers ready to board. The train was early tonight.
I'm standing almost in the woods west of the station. Amtrak's platform here is 1,000 feet long and the train fills a good part of that. That nearest light pole is #9.
Newly installed LED lights were put on both the Main Street bridge over the Arkansas River and the Pedestrian Bridge, formerly the Junction Bridge of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. I walked down to the river to get this shot about midnight. The lights change colors and move.
The following were taken Christmas Day. Not many trains were running and all the motive power was non-UP.
KCS 4557 heads a northbound at 12:58 p.m. December 25, 2013.
KCS 4557 and CN 2550.
CN 2550.
TILX 263505 green tank car.
UTLX 920096 tankcar.
A string of Canadian Pacific hoppers, one being SOO 122858.
AOK 29932 lumber car.
1:03 p.m.
A Christmas Mockingbird.
Going for a walk with their dog.
The sun was starting to set at 4:26 p.m.
Green signal.
Shiny rails glistening in the setting sun, 4:43 p.m.
Finally another train, BNSF 6166 leads an empty oil train at 4:44 p.m.
BNSF 6166.
BN 6181.
Oil tankcars reflecting the fading sun.
The end of train DPU shows up at 4:48 p.m.
BNSF 5205.
