Some late-night trains at Union Station in Little Rock, early Thursday morning, June 20, 2013, from 3:13 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. There were 14 trains during this 4 hour period with 9 different roadnames on locomotives . This includes Amtrak's Texas Eagle No. 21 and NS 8105 Interstate heritage locomotive, plus a hot air balloon. The lightning on the Amtrak platform is bright enough for photography if you use a high enough sensitivity setting on cameras (in my case, I used 16,000 ISO). This high sensitivity allows me to also use a higher shutter speed so there's less blur on moving trains. With the high sensitivity comes some graininess in the photos, but if you don't try to enlarge them, they are ok on a computer screen. Using a tripod and a time-exposure doesn't work on moving objects.

Included this night:
1) UP 9220, 5183, 3831, 4949, 4755, 8791, 6900, 6761, 4650, 4580, 4522, 5140, 4269, 4259, 8550, 8556
2) NS 9199, 8105, 8058, 8033
3) IC 1025
4) Amtrak locomotive 64
5) GMTX 2615
6) HLCX 3887
7) LLPX 2272
8) CSX 5368
9) BNSF 4041, 4852
10) A hot air balloon
11) Amtrak's Texas Eagle


On my way to the station, I saw the "Jersey Boys" truck at Robinson Center. This is a traveling Broadway show.


The first thing I saw at the station was the dpu of a coal train going south, 3:13 a.m..


NS 9220, 3:16 a.m.


NS 9199.


IC 1025.


IC 1025.


3:34 a.m. , train number 3 for the night approaches southbound.

UP 5183, 3:35 a.m.


UP 3831.


Poles on a flatcar.


UP 4949, 4:12 a.m.  Train 4 for the night.


UP 4755.


Amtrak Texas Eagle No. 21 arriving at 4:21 a.m., my train no. 5 tonight.


Amtrak locomotive 64.


Texas Eagle and it's 7 Superliner cars in front of Union Station at 4:24 a.m.


Passengers and crew.




The only Amtrak agent on duty with a cart full of luggage.


The last Superliner coach on the Texas Eagle blocked my head on view of freights, but you can see the headlights on the tracks, 4:33 a.m.


The northbound train passing at 4:33 a.m., my 6th train.


UP 8791.


Ten minutes later, at 4:43 a.m., my 7th train tonight.


The Eagle left at 4:46 a.m.


You can see a southbound train's headlights reflected on the rails at 4:49 a.m.


The 8th train tonight, headed by UP 6900, 4:53 a.m.


UP 6761.


UP 4650, 5:10 a.m., the 9th train tonight since 3:13 a.m.


UP 4580.


Small loads on these flatcars.




Light in the east, 5:11 a.m.




UP 4522 at 5:35 a.m. , the 10th train.


UP 5140.


Another train lined up on Main 2 at 5:39 a.m.


Signals and brightening skies, 5:42 a.m.


UP 4269  and 4259, 5:49 a.m. on Main 1, train number 11 this night.


Train number 12 lead by UP 8550 on Main 2, 6:04 a.m.


This train had a multitude of engines, the second one being UP 8556. It was a very long mixed freight.


GMTX 2616.


HLCX 3887.


LLPX 2272.


CSX 5368, the sixth locomotive in the consist.


Sunrise starting at 6:05 a.m.


A hot air balloon over the trees at 6:42 a.m.


I have no idea the balloon's origin.


BNSF 4041 leading a northbound oil train, 7:05 a.m., my 13th train in almost 4 hours.


BNSF 4041.


BNSF 4852 was the dpu at 7:09 a.m.


NS 8105, the Interstate heritage, 7:23 a.m. This was my 14th and final train today.


NS 8058.


NS 8033 was the dpu of the loaded oil train, 7:31 a.m.

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