Saturday, December 2, 2006 in Brinkley, Arkansas - a cold day with temperatures in the upper 30s and snow on some freight cars. Included today: Brilliant sunrise over a swamp and lake on my way to the Brinkley depot *** UP 3434 with a very loud horn *** NS 8923 *** Conrail 8332 *** UP 4340 *** UP 4308 *** UP 8430 *** snow on black tank car and flat cars *** sky filled with geese over the depot.



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LEFT-Brilliant sunrise over a lake and adjacent swamp off U. S. Highway 70 on my way to Brinkley, Arkansas, Saturday, December 2, 2006. It was about 28 degrees with frost and sheets of ice on the edge of the late. RIGHT-UP 3404, 8:52 a.m. southbound. Note the horns on 3404. With the Highway 70 crossing just ahead, the sound of these horns almost blew out my eardrums.


LEFT- NS 8923, 9:09 a.m. RIGHT-Conrail 8332.


LEFT-White snow on a black tank car. This train must have picked up snow in northeast Arkansas or southeast Missouri the day before. RIGHT-Snow on flats.


LEFT-UP 4340, 11:52 a.m. No UP shield on the nose. RIGHT-UP 4308 from Memphis, 12:30 p.m.


LEFT-UP 8430, 1:12 p.m. RIGHT-This time of year, thousands of ducks and geese fly over the depot and Brinkley on their way south for the winter. Some settle in the various swamps in the Cache and White River wildlife refuges around Brinkley. Very noisy.