NOVEMBER 10 AND 24, 2002 AT UNION STATION, LITTLE ROCK - NOVEMBER 18 AT RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS.

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These were all taken Sunday, November 10, 2002 at Union Station in Little Rock. There was a small boy and his grandfather there watching trains, along with our usual group. I don't know who they were, but the boy will undoubtably become a railfan.


Monday, November 18, 2002, at Russellville, Arkansas under the US Highway 64 overpass. This was a westbound UP freight, about 1 p.m.


UP's local is using a former SP unit in Russellville. Here it is heading eastbound to pick up cars left off by the Dardanelle & Russellville RR, which goes to the right behind those trees.


The D&R Connection sign at Russellville, Arkansas. The UP (SP7791) local is seen going east, about to cross under the US Highway 64 overpass, still Monday, November 18, 2002.








Stoby's Restaurant opened in 1984 at this spot in Russellville, using some old coaches as dining areas. I don't know if they were originally Rock Island or not, but there are Rock Island emblems on the cars. The owner let me inside one of the cars on a siding there being converted into a dining room. The images below are of the Missouri Pacific depot across the tracks from Stoby's. This depot is being renovated as part of the 'Main Street USA' programs around the country. The MoPac buzzsaw is still on the building.


Now until the end of the document, the date is Sunday, November 24, 2002 at Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas. LEFT-UP9477,  838 a.m. RIGHT-UP4344,  854 a.m.




UPPER LEFT-LONG string of tank cars on the previous train. UPPER RIGHT and LOWER LEFT-UP3989,  906 a.m. LOWER RIGHT-Brand new Arkansas&Louisiana Missouri boxcars.


LEFT-Old ties. RIGHT-UP4324, 916 a.m.




TOP ROW-Flag unit plus a load of traction motors. LOWER LEFT and RIGHT-UP4588, 924 a.m. There were several intermodal trains today.


LEFT-UP4069,  939 a.m. RIGHT-SP(UP)7851, 954 a.m.


LEFT-McCloud River Railroad Co boxcar. RIGHT-UP4543, 1009 a.m.


SP8013 on an all-SP power train, 1051 a.m., November 24.


UP4012, 1102 a.m.


Conrail5261, 1109 a.m.


Another view of Conrail-unit headed train, with an MKT gondola.


UP4218, 1125 a.m. This train had a string of Herzog gondolas.


LEFT-CN blue boxcar. RIGHT-UP8073 heading an empty coal train, 1157 a.m.


UP825 at end of empty coal train, heading east/north about the cross the Arkansas River.


Rare Train on Rare Tracks - BNSF6946 heads a BNSF trackage-rights mixed train northbound past Union Station at 1224 p.m. What's very unusual is that it came through on the Amtrak siding in front of the station, due to the fact that the preceeding empty coal train was still fouling the crossover switch on the main lines.  Sort of an 'up close and personal' view of a train.


LEFT-BNSF starting to go across the Amtrak switch onto the south main line. RIGHT-You can still see the empty coal train on the left track and the BNSF on the right track. Just after the BNSF train got out of the way, the UP empty coal train started again. As soon as it started, someone ran across the tracks and jumped on the rear engine. Someone in our group called the UP police and reported the incident.


UP3532, 1242 p.m. There were a total of 16 trains in four hours.  All digital photos by Ken Ziegenbein.