Sunday, October 29, 2006 at Union Station in Little Rock. Sunny day. Included today: UP 4868, 4570, 1539,  3390 *** NS 8940 *** long string of new tank cars *** Golden West boxcars *** CSX boxcars.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!




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LEFT-UP 4868 at 9:25 a.m. RIGHT-9:57 a.m. CST


LEFT-UP 4570, 9:57 a.m. RIGHT-A railfan's emergency gear. The shadow of the bottle in the lower portion of the photo was a Diet Mountain Dew bottle...honest.


LEFT-UP 1539 makes one of its frequent trips past here at 11:28 a.m. Oct 29. RIGHT-ATW boxcar already messed up with 'art.'


LEFT-UP 3390, a single GP-40, on an intermodal at 11:37 a.m. RIGHT-Tracks at Union Staton, south part of station. First track is the Amtrak siding, second track is Track 2, third track is Track 1, fourth track is the Little Rock & Western's line over the former Rock Island to Perry and Danville, Arkansas. LRWN curves to the north here and ends up on the old Rock Island around the curve, then goes westward.


LEFT-NS 8940, 11:52 a.m. RIGHT-Golden West boxcars.


CSX boxcars.


Brand new tank cars. We could still smell the fresh paint.