Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Little Rock's Union Station, including NS 8102-Pennsylvania Heritage locomotive. There were 5 different roadnames today: UP, NS, GMTX, CEFX and CN. Also PAL 701400 Texas Mexican boxcar, EAMX 7003 ex-Santa Fe hopper, MKT 558 green hopper, CNW 171696 blue hopper, a hobo riding a centerbeam car plus 6 railfans lined up in a photo line to catch NS 8102, the HS Pennsylvania heritage unit.
   Locomotives today: UP 9201, 7624, 6219 ex-SP, 5853, 3994, 360, 8006, 1991, 8017, 8425, 4242, 4036 **** NS 8432, 2685, 8790, 8102-Pennsy **** GMTX 2296, 2249 **** CEFX 1046 **** CN 2196.


NS 8432, UP 9201, 10:32 a.m. northbound.


UP 7624.


PAL 701400 Texas Mexican boxcar.


EAMX 7003 ex-Santa Fe hopper.


GMTX 2296 and 2249, 11:27 a.m.


MKT 558 green hopper.


SP 6219 exSP, 11:31 a.m.


CEFX 1046.


UP 5853.


CNW 171696 blue hopper.


NAHX 100778 KYLE hopper.


UP 3994, 1150am.


UP 8006, 360.


UP 1991.


TILX 392688 GRE hopper.


CR 531073 Conrail coil car.


UP 8017, 12:13 p.m.


UP 4242, 12:40pm southbound.


NS 2685.


UP 4036.


CN 2186.


NS 8790.




A man-hobo on a centerbeam car. Someone in our group called it in to UP's 800 number.


CMEX 150151 new hopper, built 5-14.




Our group of 6 (7 with me) railfans getting in a photo line for NS 8102, coming up next.


NS 8102 Pennsylvania Heritage was solo power of a loaded autorack train heading north from Arlington, Texas, 1:15 p.m.


Great side lighting and deep blue skies made the maroon and yellow Pennsy unit vibrant. Today was the 8th appearance of this locomotive in Little Rock, the previous 7 times it was on oil trains and not leading.

Here's a movie of the train taken by Anthony Holmes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5A_HxUfnI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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