A wet Sunday, September 13, 2009 at Little Rock, Arkansas. We had another long windmill train today. A trusted UP source told me that the windmill trains come from Beaumont, TX.  The blades and all. No blads made in Little ROck are shipped by rail yet.  These blades and motors are assembled overseas (Spain I think) and are shipped over here and unloaded at Beaumont Texas.  They are usually destined for Manly, IA.  The symbol is SBTMY. The train that came through had both blades and generators. I've also included a couple of Youtube videos of the windmill train shot in HD. Also today:

1) UP 4192, 2482, 3815, 8366, 1930, 5997, 6178 (SP), 9717 (CNW)
2) SP 9755
3) GMTX 2156, 2157
4) MKT green hopper
5) SOO white boxcar 18886
6) Long windmill train


Train in the rain early Sunday morning as seen through my windshield.


Northbound UP 4192, 10:09 a.m.


Southbound with UP 2482 at 10:18 a.m.






From the balcony of the station.


UP 3815 arrives northbound with the windmill train at 10:33 a.m.













Here are 3 Youtube videos of this train shot in HD:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR-EvhUl-U4

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJn41JwTaY

3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlaujw58eg













'Angels' refracting from UP 8366's lights at 10:55 a.m.






From the benches on the balcony looking east.


UP 1930, 11:15 a.m.


Colorful consist.


SP unpatched 9755, GMTX 2156 and 2157.




Heavy rain. No, that's not hail, just water splashing. No thunder in these tropical showers.


UP 5997, SP-UP 6178, CW-UP 9714

Here's an HD Youtube video of this train coming around the curve under the Cantrell Road bridge, at least of the locomotives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0e44bIvZA


Green MKT hoper.


SOO Boxcar 18886.

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