MAY 9 & MAY 10, 2002 - Taken at Union Station, Little Rock. What's sort of exciting to me is UP Flatcar #262002 with a load was on one of the trains on May 10. That is the car we rode on back on April 27 when the Arkansas Railroad Club ran the excursion on the Ouachita Railroad from El Dorado, Arkansas to Lillie, Louisiana and back over the old Rock Island. I kept tracing the car just in case it would come through someplace where I could catch a photo and today was the day. See photos of this trip at: http://www.trainweather.com/apr27.html
   This car went from the OUCH on UP down to Alexandria, Louisiana on May 7 where apparently it picked up a load of some sort. From Alexandria it was scheduled to go to the CSXT interchange in Valjct, Illinois via UP with the interchange forecast to take place on May 11. I kept checking the trace and about noon on May 10, it had left McGehee, Arkansas at 1047 a.m. I knew then that it would be coming through Little Rock and Union Station sometimes during the day. At 1240 p.m. it was at Grady, Arkansas and left Pine Bluff at 1:12 p.m. That's when I headed to Union Station in Little Rock (I figured it would take about 2 hours or so from Pine Bluff to Little Rock baring any stops).
   I settled down for what I though might be a few hours, since it had to go through Biddle Yard before coming past Union Station and no telling what else the train had to pick up on the way. Well, at 304 p.m. I noticed the green light on the north main and knew another northbound train was coming. UP3251 was on the lead and I noticed it was a  mixed train, but I thought it would be wild luck that a train could make it from Pine Bluff to Union Station in less than 2 hours, but looking down the train, I noticed two bulkhead flat cars about the middle of the train. Sure enought, the second flat was UP262002.
   I know this doesn't mean that much to most people, but it's really fun to know that a car you've been associated with miles away is coming through on a train. I guess I'll keep tracing this car. Oh, by the way, the car's destination is Westfield, Massachusetts! Don't think we could have ridden it that far!


LEFT-UP4693, 108 pm May 9. RIGHT-UP6870 May 9, 131 pm.


LEFT-UP3627, 215 pm May 9. RIGHT-CNW Operation Lifesaver 6930, 215 pm.


LEFT-Power move May 9 with UP8276 in the lead. RIGHT-SP7817 in the power move.

 
LEFT-Shot of all the power move locomotives. RIGHT-May 10, UP4718,  215 pm.


LEFT-UP3511, 248 pm. RIGHT-The train that had UP Flatcar262002, UP3251 in the lead, 304 pm.


This is the flatcar we rode on April 27, UP262002. For members who rode on it, you can click on the picture at the left to get a high resolution photo.