Went to the Amtrak station shortly after 11 p.m. at Little Rock, Wednesday,
April 3, 2002 and saw THREE BNSF units lined up side by side at Union Station,
one apparently on the Little Rock & Western line, having backed onto
that track. Before I could get my car stopped, the one on the right (on the
LRWN line) began to move, as can be seen in the photo of the two units (note
streak to right of engines). These photos were taken using a handheld CyberShot
camera with two second exposure, so the shot of the two units plus
the departing freight is blurry. I managed to get one flash picture of the
two standing units just before they departed.
LEFT-Blurry photo of two BNSF units at Little Rock Union Station, 1111
p.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2002. The unit on the left (on UP's south/east main)
is BNSF 4749. Right after I took the photo, it left with a short consist
of one of the low flatcars loaded with a transformer of some type. The units
on the right were by themselves and soon backed onto their train and left.
They were numbered 762 (lead Warbonnet), 987 (orange) and 888 (also Warbonnet).
For a minute, I could imagine this was a meet of Santa Fe "Chiefs." RIGHT-Mangaged
to get one flash photo of unit 4749, which was carrying the transformer.
I don't have a clue why they were lined up this way, but it was startling
to see none-the-less. (Ken Ziegenbein photos)