LM Wind Power of Little Rock, Arkansas was loading some newly manufactured windmill blades onto flatcars at the Port of Little Rock (on the Arkansas River) on Thursday night, April 14, 2011. A Union Pacific official invited me to come out and video and take photos of this loading. The train being loaded is the first full windmill blade train that LM Wind Power will run from here. Other blades they manufactured have up to now been shipped by trucks. I was told that this train is expected to leave the Port of Little Rock on Monday, April 18, but that is subject to change.
   Just to make you feel sorry for me, I left my cozy seat on the couch at home with a purring kitty on my lap to get these photos tonight. The Port of Little Rock is located on the east side of Little Rock next to the airport, about a 15 minute drive from my home. :-)


8:09 p.m. You can see the crane getting ready to move a blade onto this flatcar. You can also see many other blades waiting to be loaded. They only load these at night since the train has to block a busy road crossing to the Port and there would be too much traffic during the daytime.








Beginning to lift a blade, which weighs 10 tons.



To view a movie of this scene directly from Youtube, click on:
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2sOT4RB0r8


Lowering the blade.




GMTX 105, Little Rock Port Authority locomotive.

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