A few photos of trains passing Union Staton in Little Rock, Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10, 2006. Of special interest was long string of Canadian grain hoppers on one train. Included today: UP 1851, 9393, 6887, 9531, 9252 *** CEFX 7097 *** NS 9667 *** HLCX 3827 *** LLPX 2203 *** Wisconsin Central Boxcar, GT blue HyCubes, CNW hoppers, Cotton Belt hopper, Dozens of Canadian-related hoppers on one train (I counted 45 in my photographs). Later in the afternoon, I got a glistening sun reflection from rails.



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LEFT-UP 1851 southbound 8:47 a.m. December 9. RIGHT-HLCX 3827 and LLPX (Locomotive Leasing Partners) 2203.


LEFT-The sun glistens off old, unused untility lines in the late afternoon of December 9 across from Union Station, Little Rock. RIGHT-May all your rails be shiny!


LEFT-The bright afternoon sun shows the signal colors. The red signal was lit. RIGHT-UP 9393 at 4:26 p. m. with the setting sun. I deliberately had the sun in the frame.


LEFT-NS 9667, December 10, 10:01 a.m. RIGHT-CNW hoppers.


LEFT-UP 6887 heads an empty coal train, December 10, 10:19 a.m. RIGHT-UP 9531, 10:51 a.m.


LEFT-CEFX 7097. RIGHT-GT blue HyCube boxcars.


LEFT-Wisconsin Central boxcar. RIGHT-UP 9252, 10:53 a.m. with a very long string of Canada-related hoppers. I've included several shots of these below. It was close to being a unit train.


RIGHT-Alberta "Heritage Fund' hopper.


LEFT-BCRail boxcar.




LEFT-Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation.


The string of Canadian covered hoppers just kept going on and on.




LEFT-Canadian Wheat Board. RIGHT-Whoops! A Cotton Belt hopper in the same train. For this particular train, I wish I had a video camera.