Some train scenes in Little Rock on November 26, 2006, plus a Little Rock trolley shot and abandoned Rock Island instrument/tool shelter near Hazen, Arkansas. The Little Rock streetcars have carried about 290,000 passengers since it opend the 2.5 mile line in November of 2004.  Included today: UP 3863, 9423, 4887 *** SP 8777, 2724, 8678 *** CSX 8485 *** NS 9093 *** Santa Fe 6352 *** Rolling Stock: Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway hopper *** 'I Love NY' boxcar *** SP Hy-Cube boxcar *** NdeM boxcar *** Rio Grande hopper *** Deer antlers graffiti on a flatcar *** DME boxcar *** DME hopper.



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LEFT-Instrument/tool shelter next to the busy Union Pacific tracks across from Union Station in Little Rock, taken on November 24, 2006. Contrast this shot to the next one taken the next day of a similar shelter next to the long-abandoned Rock Island near Hazen, Arkansas.  RIGHT-Rock Island instrument/tool shelter just west of Hazen, Arkansas taken on November 25, 2006. The tracks were right in front of this shelter - they were taken up  about 25 years ago in the early 1980s.  What a contrast to the UP shelter in Little Rock.


LEFT-Argenta sign advertising a new shopping center going up in North Little Rock (straight ahead off the bridge). Note the incentive on the sign that reads "on Trolley Lines." The streetcar tracks are on the other side of the bridge. I'm standing over the Arkansas River. RIGHT-Trolley crossing Washington Avenue heading south across the bridge on November 27, 2006. Since it opened in November 2004, the 2.5 mile line has carried about 290,000 passengers. The system now has 5 trolleys, but uses only 2 or 3 at a time and will use 4 or 5 when the extension to the Clinton Library and Heifer International opens early next year (the tracks are in place).


LEFT-UP 3863, 9:11 a.m. November 26, 2006 at Little Rock's Union Station. RIGHT-Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway hopper.


LEFT-"I Love New York" art was on the right side of this boxcar (see next closeup). RIGHT-Faded but still visible 'I Love NY" sign. When were these made?


LEFT-SP Hy-Cube 65055. How many square feet are inside these hy-cubes? RIGHT-9:18 a.m. southbound, curving to the west after coming off the Baring Cross bridge November 26.


LEFT-UP 9423, 9:19 a.m. RIGHT-SP 8777.


LEFT-NdeM boxcar. RIGHT-Rio Grande hopper.


LEFT-Note this deer antler graffiti on the side of the flatcar. RIGHT-CSX 8485, 9:34 a.m.


LEFT-SP 2724, 9:59 a.m. RIGHT-UP 4887, 10:15 a.m.


LEFT-NS 9093, 11:03 a.m. RIGHT-SP 8678. (I know it's not officially SP, but I want to use the Fallen Flag names whenever I can)


LEFT-DME boxcar, already with graffiti.  RIGHT-DME hopper.


Santa Fe 6352, 11:14 a.m., northbound.