SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002.  Scenes today show trackwork and a couple of cars still turned over when a few cars of a northbound (I believe) UP freight derailed predawn last Friday  morning, March 8, at the north switch in front of Union Station in Little Rock. Apparently, the gondolas were carrying sand. The Amtrak switch to Amtrak's siding was damaged and removed and hadn't been replaced as of Sunday morning. I was waiting on the CSX 769 SD70 MAC unit, but traffic was so backed up that it was still in Texas after dark Sunday after leaving Arlington, Texas at 3 Sunday morning. It finally went through Little Rock about 10 Monday morning, but I was working and missed it.


LEFT-UP7175, 824 a.m. RIGHT-UP9727, 832 a.m.


LEFT-UP9727 passing the turned-over cars, 832 a.m. RIGHT-Amtrak switch has not been replaced. The Eagle stops on the south main.


Views of wreck site. A 10 mph slow order was posted on this section and we noticed that only the southbound loaded coal trains used the crossover switch this morning.


LEFT-UP8124, 847 a.m. RIGHT-UP9738, 909 a.m.




TOP FOUR-Various colors and companies on stack train.


LEFT-Green Evergreen contained. RIGHT-UP6774, 935 a.m.


LEFT-Reflection of SP units in Amtrak office window. RIGHT-SP155 and 111, which were behind UP6774, 937 a.m.


LEFT-UP1955, 1022 a.m. RIGHT-CNWN Operation Lifesaver unit, 1023 a.m.


LEFT-UP6664, 1032 a.m. RIGHT-SP133, 1032 a.m.


LEFT-UP3978, 1130 a.m. RIGHT-Another northbound train on the north main passes the one on the south main, 1134 a.m.


LEFT-2001-built blue tank car. RIGHT-UP3572, 1153 a.m.


LEFT-NS5335, noon. RIGHT-Domino Sugar car.


LEFT-UP2111, 1230 p.m. RIGHT-UP9744, 1244 p.m.


DRG8631, 403 p.m.


LEFT-SSW9681, 404 p.m. RIGHT-UP8548 passing southbound, 411 p.m.


UP7133 loaded coal train, 428 p.m. This train went into emergency just before the last car has passed over the Baring Cross bridge. Probably was going 10 mph or less when it suddenly stopped, with dust flying from every car.