A
very cold, icy day at the Brinkley, Arkansas Depot Museum on Saturday,
January 9, 2010. There were a good amount of trains too, running slower
than normal. The old Cotton Belt/Rock Island depot (which is the
museum) was hard to keep warm with it's high ceilings. But we managed
to keep warmish with the addition of space heaters and warm-hearted
staff. The flooded field and pond on the north side of the depot was
frozen over and I got some photos of the staff standing on the ice
(not me!!). While driving through the Cache River National Wildlife
Refuge on my way home to Little Rock, I noticed the flooded swampy
areas frozen over as well. You could ice skate around the centuries-old
Cypress trees!!
Included today: 1) UP 7772, 7364, 4584, 3781, 6842, 8094, 8243 2) UP/CNW 6721 Operation Lifesaver 3) CSX 7928, 8783, 5256, 8582, 8628, 8081 4) NS 9802, 6766 5) MKT 14047 red coil car 6) Flesh fly 7) Frozen pond and frozen staff
Very
light snow was falling with gusty winds. We're lucky it didn't really
accumulate here, but it was flowing dry snow around the streets.
Temperature was 16, wind chill -10.
RIGHT-You
can see the light snow falling. I finally figured out that I need to
use a high shutter speed in order to see the flakes. In this case, I
used 1/400th second.
LEFT-These
little piles of snow were blowing in the wind. RIGHT-UP 7772 and CSX
7928, 9:28 a.m. Note the dusty snow being blown around by the train.
LEFT-I
accidently got this shot of MKT 14047 carrying a coil of some sort. Is
this a 'real' former Katy car? Is the red beam part of the car or just
attached to it?
LEFT-UP
4584 and 7364, 9:36 a.m. Note the snow on the locomotive's steps.
RIGHT-UP 3781 off the Brinkley Sub (from West Memphis) at 10:11 a.m.
LEFT-UP 3781, 6842, 10:12 a.m. RIGHT-UP/CNW 6721, the Operation Lifesaver unit.
LEFT-About the cross US Highway 70 heading south. RIGHT-CSX 8783 and 5256, 12:28 p.m. of the Brinkley Sub.
LEFT-Another southbound at 12:48 p.m. RIGHT-Sharp-looking CSX 8582 and 8628, 12:49 p.m.
RIGHT-'Lake Depot' in its' solid state.
LEFT-Museum
Director Bill Sayger and secretary Terri at the edge of the Arctic
Tundra pond. This photo op was my idea, but was met with mixed feelings
on their part. RIGHT-Bill standing on the frozen pond.
LEFT-One more of Terri at the frozen north forty. RIGHT-UP 8094 and 8243, 1:14 p.m.
LEFT-CSX 8081. RIGHT-CSX 8081's icy trucks.
LEFT-CSX coil cars. RIGHT-Closeup
of a fly inside the office. According to a lady I know who used to work
for Terminix, this is a flesh fly. She continues "I know it
sounds weird. That means they have something dead in or under the
building or raw meat somewhere. If you look around sometimes you can
find their pills. They are red looking and they hatch out of them - its
the larva. Yuke right. Do a google on them it really interesting. "
(End of my educational lecture for the day).
LEFT-NS 9802 and 6766, 1:30 p.m. RIGHT-Through the bay window.
LEFT-Suddenly
the clouds dissipated and the sun came out at 2:17 p.m. RIGHT-Frozen
swamps inside the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge on my way home.
There's
a Bald Eagle nest on top of the third tree from the left in the
distance. Once in a while I'll see a Bald Eagle circling.
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