Sunday,
August 10, 2008 trains at Little Rock, Arkansas.
It was unusually cool and dark for an Auguat day with drizzle and light
rain all day. The temperture hovered around 71 degrees all day, normal
being in the lower 90s. Just a week earlier, it was 105 degrees one
day. I included a few shots of the UP yardand downtown Little Rock in
the fog taken from the Main Street bridge. There was a streetcar
in one shot. Trains today:
1) PBRX boxcar 200629, 10:56 a.m.
2) UP 9425 on dump train, 11:04 a.m.
3) UP 9819-NS 9069, 11:16 am.
4) CN 2520-CN 5794, 11:27 a.m.
5) UP 8328-4120, 11:37 a.m.
6) UP 4729-3631-3663, 11:53 a.m.
7) UP 5893-4516, 12:08 p.m.
8) Southern Hi-cube clean boxcar plus a line of hi-cubes boxcar.
9) UP 9475-6831-8654, 12:26 p.m.
10) Hutchinson Northern boxcar No. EEC 229
11) CSX 7824-CR 7920, 12:38 p.m.
12) BNSF 1053-7522-4138, 1:03 p.m.
13) Fog scenes
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LEFT-PRRX
boxcar 200629, 10:53 a.m. According to Chuck McGuire via email, the
PBRX car is apparently an ex Railbox. RIGHT-UP 9425 with a dump train,
11:04 a.m.
RIGHT-UP 9819-NS 9069, 11:16 a.m.
CN 2520-5794, 11:27 a.m.
UP 8328-4120, 11:37 a.m.
LEFT-UP 4724-3631-3662, 11:53 a.m. RIGHT-UP 5893-4516, 12:08 p.m. You can see how dark it was.
LEFT-The
rain was coming down pretty good here at UP 5893 passes. RIGHT-Southern
42514 hi-cube boxcar, unusually clean, as were most of these hi-cubes.
You can see where it was painted below the number.
LEFT-Line of hi-cubes. RIGHT-UP 9475-6831-8654, others, 12:26 p.m. It was holding for signal.
LEFT-Like-new UP 8654. RIGHT-Hutchinson Northern boxcar EEC 229. According
to Chuck McGuire via email, the Hutchinson and Northern Railway (AAR
reporting marks HN) is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Kansas
which started operations in 1923 as an electric line serving the Carey
Salt mine at Hutchinson, KS. Currently, HN operates 5.14 miles of
trackage all located within the city of Hutchinson. Connections are
made with the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF, and the Kansas and Oklahoma
Railroad. HN was owned by Processed Minerals INC., a subsidiary of
Canadian Pacific. However, the EEC is another line:
EEC - East Erie Commercial Railroad
For many railfans, Erie is best known as the home of General Electric
Transportation Systems' locomotive plant. Here, all GE locomotives are
assembled, painted, tested, and set out for interchange and delivery.
The newest GE units can be photographed here in the GE "backlot". The
plant is located in Lawrence Park (eastern Erie), adjacent to U.S. 20
(Buffalo Ave) and PA 5. Immediately adjacent to both Conrail and NS,
many railfans prefer to view trains at or near the GE plant. GE's
switching railroad, the East Erie Commercial, operates a three-mile
test track for the testing of new or experimental locomotives. The EEC
track is equipped with overhead catenary for electric locomotives for
those occasions when electrics must be tested. The test track is also
multi-gauged for testing of foreign units.
CSX 7824-CR 7920, 12:38 p.m.
LEFT-UP 4860, 12:52 p.m. RIGHT-BNSF 1053-7522-4138, 1:03 p.m.
RIGHT-From the Main Street bridge in North Little Rock, looking west at UP's Jenks Shop area, 4:28 p.m.
LEFT-Fog
obscurred the tops of the buildings of the Little Rock skyline.
RIGHT-Looking south from the Main Street bridge through North Little
Rock into Little Rock. Heavy drizzle was occurring.
LEFT-Looking
east over the UP yards in North Little Rock. Birds were gathering and
just sitting on the power lines. RIGHT-The fog got thicker.
LEFT-Looking
south down Main Street in North Little Rock. You can see a streetcar in
the center. RIGHT-Closer view of streetcar.
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