Thursday,
April 23, 2009 at the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. There was a
'red flag' inspection team at the station today, which stopped several
trains for inspections. This exercise measures how long it takes a
train to stop when confronted with an unexpected red flag. Although I
don't know the details, I think all crews passed today. I also caught
an over-active Mockingbird near trackside.
Included today: 1) UP 5095, 2420 2) UPY 640, clean and shiny 3) Scale car 4) White, new small tankcar 5) Red Flag inspections, tests 6) Active Mockingbird
LEFT-Crow on the signal tower. RIGHT-A scale car, UP 900700.
LEFT-The
red flag was for a southbound train on that track. The northbound light
engine move was on the Amtrak siding, but was also inspected. RIGHT-UP 5095, about to be stopped, at 11:36 a.m.
LEFT-Ready to board train. RIGHT-Climbing on board. (I had talked to the two men doing these inspections beforehand and they said to go ahead and take photos and send them one)
LEFT-Shiny UPY 640.
LEFT-Another train waiting to go south....and it'll be inspected too. RIGHT-Bright, white tank car.
LEFT-The
northbound stack train on the left was not required to stop. RIGHT-UP
2420 being boarded. The two inspectors are UP employees, not FRA.
LEFT-Finally heading south. RIGHT-This Mockingbird was very active.
Spreading its wings.
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