SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2006 at Brinkley, Arkansas. Included today: SF Warbonnet 517, Bluebonnet 6759 ***  UP 4100 *** CSX 8106 *** CN 5428 *** And an old Missouri Pacific baggage or work car. Plus a February 25 shot of a green Ashley, Drew & Northern boxcar.  Photos by Ken Ziegenbein.



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LEFT-UP 4011, 11:02 a.m. RIGHT-SF 517, 11:28 a.m. coming off the former Rock Island from Memphis.






LEFT-SF 6769. RIGHT-I'm standing on the abandoned Rock Island right-of-way before it crosses the former Cotton Belt, looking to the east. The Brinkley depot is to the right.


LEFT-A Rock Island tie plate still at its original location after over 20 years.  RIGHT-Found this old Missouri Pacific car south of Brinkley on the old Missouri Pacific track. The track ends here at the intersection of South Grand Ave and East Sycamore. The car's number is X15129 (or 15128).  Anyone know its history? It's storing tools now.


LEFT-Former Missouri Pacific track, looking to the southeast. It ends just across the road to the left and was the line that ran through Monroe, Arkansas and farther south. RIGHT-Looking toward the northwest now from South Grande Avenue. Brinkley is beyond the trees.




LEFT-Back-lit photo of the car. Was this car once a baggage car or was it always a work car. It's No. X15129 or X15128.  RIGHT-CSX 8106 from inside the depot museum at 1:44 p.m.


LEFT-CN 5428. RIGHT-Relatively rare AD&N boxcar, this one taken on February 25, 2006 at Brinkley.