The Arkansas Railroad Club, Little Rock Chapter NRHS, is selling UP
2008 special Heritage calendars as a fund raiser. Yours truly,
Ken Ziegenbein, took the February photo. Click on the picture above for
ordering instructions. And now, on with the 'show':
Lots of non-UP locomotives today,
Sunday August 26, 2007, in Little Rock, Arkansas, including: HLCX 6106
*** CSX 7683, 8095 *** CEFX 7123 *** CP Rail 5964, 6063 *** UP 9349,
3291, 7653, 1930, 1540, 9722 *** NS 9294, 7519 *** Unpatched SP 9755,
SP-GECX 8312 *** Unpatched SSW 9647 *** CP Rail green boxcar *** New
Autoracks *** A running inspection of passing trains *** Short SP gon
*** SW Airlines jet overhead. (All photos by Ken Ziegenbein)
HLCX 6106, passing Union Station (the Amtrak station) in Little Rock at
8:17 a.m. It was only 95 for a high temperature today, as opposed
to 100-plus the week before. Normal highs are 92.
Empty 30-year old gons with CMO and CHTT markings.
CSX 7683 rounding the curve south of the station, heading north, at
8:26 a.m.
Colorful lineup on this train: CSX 7683, CEFX 7123, CSX 8095, CP 5964
and CP 6063. What train disignation was this?
CSX 8095, CP 5964, CP 6063.
CP RAIL 6063.
New autoracks on this train.
CP Rail boxcar.
UP 9349, 8:40 a.m.
SW Airlines jet overhead, probably heading for Dallas.
NS 9294, 8:58 a.m.
Newly painted (at least it looks that way) NS 7519.
Short SP gon.
CSX container cars.
UP 7653, 9:02 a.m.
UP 1930, 10:05 a.m.
SP 9755, unpatched. This one lives here between the main North Little
Rock UP yards and the Biddle Yards (former Rock Island) in south Little
Rock.
Closeup of the signals south of the station.
UP 1540, 10:42 a.m.
The crew of 1540 got off to do a running inspection of a northbound
train, soon to pass in the center track.
The passing dance occurred at 10:44 a.m. with UP 9722.
An unpatched Cotton Belt unit, 9647. Note the nose has been repainted
in the red and white scheme of the SSW.
GECX-SP 8312, 11:52 a.m.
Green MKT gon.