Today (July 31, 2005) I saw a rare green MKT boxcar with the faded MKT emblem on the upper left of the car passing Union Station in Little Rock.  Also seen were brand new, bright and shiny white refrigerator cars (ADMN) - 5 in a row - they looked like ghosts under a full moon (ha). Plus seen today were some new black gondolas with the reflective stripes, a bright blue CSX Hi-Cube boxcar, a Columbus & Greenville boxcar, a VeraSun Energy car, a torn A&M decal on a boxcar, Cryo-Trans refrigerator car and a yellow tank car. We had two train meets in front of the station today. Locomotives: SP: 2657, 8683, 105-unpatched and 356-unpatched. UP: 8386, 4285, 2484, 4160, 4316, 5984, 9521, 4521, 229, 1890, 9169, 2252 and 4370. CSX: 8705. FURX: 8093. There are 30 photos, all 650 pixels wide for faster downloading.  For more current/past rail photos, go to: http://www.trainweather.com/sunday.html




UP 8386, 8:12 a.m.


UP 4285, 8:29 a.m.


Cryo-Trans car.


A yellow tank car.


UP 2484 looking into the sun, 8:42 a.m.


MKT (WCOR 5012) green boxcar. You can still see the KATY red emblem upper left.






A new refrigerator car, ARMN 725035.


There were 5 new cars together.


Like 'ghost cars' in the moonlight, these new cars really shined.


UP 4160, 9:21 a.m.


SP 2657, southbound 9:35 a.m. taken from the top of the spiral stairs on the station.


SP 8683 and UP 229.


South and northbounds passing at 9:37 a.m.


New ATW gondolas with the reflective stripes.


UP 4316 and CSX 8705, 9:38 a.m.


CSX hi-cube 180108.


Columbus & Greenville boxcar (FCCM 161740).


VeraSun Energy car.


Arkansas & Missouri torn decal.


UP 5984 on a loaded southbound coal train, 10:29 a.m.


Second unit was UNPATCHED SP 105 (no UP markings),


The DPU was another unpatched SP unit, No. 356. With UP coming out with the 'Heritage Locomotives' the day before in MoPac and WP markings, this SP unit is the 'real thing' still running without any UP yellow.


UP 9521 and 1890, 11:38 a.m.


Southbound just coming off the Baring Cross bridge over the Arkansas River at 11:47 a.m. I'm standing atop the spiral staircase on the east side of Union Station.


UP 4621, 9169, 2252 and one other, 11:48 a.m.


Another meet, this time at 11:49 a.m.


UP 4370 and FURX 8093. Both trains stopped for signals.


They both began moving again at 11:56 a.m.


Heading off into the hinderlands.