KCS 4048, newly built with the KCS Heritage Belle colors, was the only locomotive on a Z train passing Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas, Sunday morning, October 7, 2007. It was 87 degrees.  Other locomotives and cars today:  UP 2688, 2874, 8362, 4840, 2070, 4123, 4663, 4969 *** Rio Grande (UP) 9867 *** BNSF 4887, 4912 *** NS 9129, 9685 *** Southern Pacific Sunset Trademark on a boxcar and a flatcar *** D&RGW pure gondola *** Missouri Pacific gons, one with the buzzsaw the other with the eagle *** Golden West polled flatcar *** Illinois Cereal Mills, Inc hopper ***DMM boxcar *** Grand Trunk Western hi-cube boxcar *** TXI hopper *** BN green hopper *** Two 16-wheel KRL heavy duty flats *** BFGX new hopper *** UP autorack without sides *** Columbus & Greenville boxcar *** Butterfly on a flower in Brinkley October 6. (All photos by Ken Ziegenbein. Do not repost anywhere unless you ask me first).

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KCS 4048 rounding the curve south of Union Staton at 10:19 a.m. Sunday, October 7, 2007. It was the only locomotive on this 64-car Z-train.




RIGHT:Butterfly taken at Brinkley, Arkansas the day before.


LEFT-UP 2688, 8:47 a.m.  RIGHT-Southern Pacific Lines trademark on flatcar.


LEFT-Ferromex autorack. FXE 518003. RIGHT-UP 2874, 9:38 a.m. just coming off the Baring Cross Arkansas River bridge.


LEFT-D&RGW gondola 56433. RIGHT-MoPac gondola 640915 with the MoPac buzzsaw.


LEFT-MoPac gondola 642717 with the MoPac Eagle. RIGHT-Green MKT gondola 16513.


LEFT-UP 8362, southbound, 9:49 a.m.  RIGHT-Auto-Max autorack.

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LEFT-UP 4840, 10:13 a.m.  RIGHT-RioGrande(UP) 9867 patched.


RIGHT-Golden West Service polled flatcar No. SP 509657.


LEFT-Illinois Cereal Mills, Inc hopper. RIGHT-UP 2070, 10:25 a.m.


LEFT-UP 4123 with a long string of empty gondolas,  10:35 a.m. RIGHT-DMM 50045 boxcar.


LEFT-UP 4663, 11:05 a.m. RIGHT-Cryo-Trans express cars.


LEFT-Grand Trunk Western GTW 306158 hi-cube boxcar. RIGHT-TXI hopper TRLX 5283.


LEFT-Southern Pacific Lines trademark on SP boxcar. RIGHT-New TILX tankcar 195109.


BNSF 4887 northbound 11:23 a.m. October 7.




LEFT-Green Burlington Northern hopper. RIGHT-16-wheel heavy duty flatcar KRL 90004.


LEFT-16-wheel heavy duty flatcar KRL 32971. RIGHT-BFGX hopper 1790, new.


LEFT-UP 4969, 11:37 a.m.

The following were taken Saturday, October 6, 2007 at Brinkley, Arkansas:


LEFT-NS 9129 with a pure NS consist, October 6, 9:41 a.m. passing the depot museum at Brinkley, Arkansas. RIGHT-Airconditioned autorack.


LEFT-Columbus & Greenville boxcar HS 30965. The train was going track speed, about 60 mph. RIGHT-NS 9685 looking like it's just running on the grass, turning south on the curve at the Brinkley depot.