LEFT-Brinkley Depot Museum and pink Crape Myrtle. This museum is run by volunteers of the Central Delta Historical Society (cddm.org) RIGHT-Love the macro setting on my Panasonic Lumix FZ28 camera.
LEFT-UP 4042 heading the UPS expedited at 11:57 a.m. The Jonesboro Sub (former Cotton Belt) runs due north-south past the depot, and lighting on both sides of the track is bad at mid-day unless I stood in the front of the train and shot head-on. Since I don't want to smush the camera, I stay to the side. RIGHT-A Geranium flower in front of the depot.
LEFT-NS 2689, 12:40 p.m. RIGHT-Small pipes.
LEFT-CSX 8364, 1:21 p.m. RIGHT-Lush green since we've been having so much rain lately (over 9 inches above normal for the year so far)
LEFT-Beautiful blue skies and puffy clouds. About 78 degrees, not bad for mid July. RIGHT-CSX 7753, 1:56 p.m.
LEFT-UP 5581, 2:16 p.m. This was a very short auto-rack train (maybe 8 cars, I didn't count) RIGHT=Killdeer bird sitting on his nest of eggs. Yes, some of these birds lay their eggs in ballast, I assume for camouflage.
LEFT-UP 4719, 3:29 a.m. RIGHT-NS 9399, 3:49 p.m.
LEFT-Round, short pipes. RIGHT-UP 2001, the 2001 Olympic Torch Relay locomotive in North Little Rock at 5:52 p.m.
Central Arkansas Transit's Streetcar 411 heading north toward North Little Rock from the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce stop about 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sunday have the most riders. Website for the transit agency is CAT.org. You can view the streetcar's route map and schedule on this site. John C. Jones and I (both Arkansas Railroad Club members) have pictures in CAT's 2009 calendar.