Tuesday,
July 21, 2009 was a rainy and thundery day in Little Rock, Arkansas. I
thought I'd get some train pictures in the rain, and here they are.
There was a flash flood warning out and lots of thunder along with the
heavy rain. In fact, we had 3/10 inches of rain from this system, making the Little Rock area 12.07 inches ABOVE normal for the year. Included today:
1) MKT green short covered hopper, HLMX 4186
2) BNSF 555 (warbonnet), 122 (warbonnet)
3) UP 4791, 7821, 8329
4) Lots of heavy rain
![](072109USRainbnsf555-dark-1110am-2R.jpg)
BNSF
555 and 122 lead the BNSF local from Pulaski to North Little Rock at
11:10 a.m. Here they are on Little Rock & Western's tracks waiting
for a signal. I did not adjust the exposure very much - I wanted to
show the dark, rainy conditions.
![](072109USHvyRainBNSF555-122-3R.jpg)
BNSF 122 and BNSF (Santa Fe) 555.
![](072109USRainSF555-5R.jpg)
Rain was pouring down. Had my camera's focus on 'spot focus', otherwise it would try to lock on the rain instead of the train.
![](072109USRainbnsf-yellowsignal-1114am-7R.jpg)
Yellow board! Ready to head north.
![](072109USRainbnsfmoving-10R.jpg)
Moving at 11:15 a.m. I was standing on the covered platform at Union Station at the top of the spiral staircase.
![](072109USRainCurve-11R.jpg)
The train wrapped around the curve.
![](072109USRainBNhopper-14R.jpg)
BN hopper.
![](072109USRainFlood-1135am-18R.jpg)
Parking lot west of the station at 11:35 a.m.
![](072109USRainUP4791-1137am-19R.jpg)
UP 4791, 11:37 a.m.
![](072109USRainroof-21R.jpg)
Roof of the old bay window at the station. Workers are fixing this area.
![](072109USRainSig-22R.jpg)
Green signal looking east/north.
![](072109USRainUP7821-1152am-24R.jpg)
UP 7821 from the roof, 11:52 a.m.
![](072109USRainWet-29R.jpg)
Hope
these containers are waterproof!! They're getting a good washdown. As I
took this picture, a loud clap of thunder occurred, one of those that
continued to echo on and on.
![](072109USRainUP8329-1154am-32R.jpg)
DPU 8329, 11:54 a.m.
![](072109USRainGreenMKTHoppeHLMX4186-34R.jpg)
MKT short green hopper, HLMX 4186, was on another freight earlier in the day.
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