Here's some photos taken Sunday, March 25, 2007 at Union Station in Little Rock. Of interest today is another freight that used the Amtrak siding to get around  another freight. This always means the heavy freight gets sort of 'up close and personal' to us railfans standing on the Amtrak platform, although we back up a little. It almost makes me want to grab onto a freight car and become a hobo!
   Locomotives and rolling stock today includes: A great painting of a fish on a car *** Clean C&NW Logo *** Rock Island blue hopper *** UP 9404, 6881, 6497, 4463, 9519 *** FURX 8114 *** NS 8317 *** Faded Santa Fe Hi-Cube.



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LEFT-UP 9404, 10:33 a.m. RIGHT-FURX 8114.

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LEFT-Clean Chicago & Northwestern emblem. RIGHT-How's this for an illegal graffiti painting? Wonder where they painted this?


LEFT-Closer view.  RIGHT-Just a shot showing the entire Amtrak platform looking to the east.


LEFT-Loaded coal train with UP 6881 at 11:36 a.m. The train is crossing over from Main Line No. 1 to Main Line No. 2. RIGHT-Passing trains with one on the Amtrak siding. It's 11:37 a.m.


NS 8317 leads a heavy mixed train northbound, passing the stopped coal train. 

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LEFT-I sat down on the platform for this shot.  RIGHT-This nearest train will take the switch just ahead to go onto the main No. 2.


Looking down the platform.


LEFT-This is the same train going from the Amtrak siding to main No. 2 heading away from the camera.  RIGHT-An old Rock Island hopper.


LEFT-Last car.  RIGHT-DPU UP6497 on the coal train.

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LEFT-UP 4463, 12:25 p.m.  RIGHT-Faded Santa Fe Hi-Cube.


LEFT-UP 9519, 12:47 p.m. This is taken at the south end of Union Station - the Amtrak platform ends at the red sign.  RIGHT-The big picture, looing to the east.