Saturday, February 16, 2008 at Brinkley, Arknasas. It was a cloudy, rainy day. There were sixteen trains today in about 8 hours, not bad for a run-through location. Locomotives today: Conrail 5960 *** CSX 8599, 5482 *** UP 3536, 8340, 9119, 9428, UP-SP 2701, UP 4814, 6936-Centennial *** NS 7613, 9484, 6709, 8848, 8700 *** BNSF-Santa Fe 3175, BNSF 4390, BNSF-Warbonnet 796.

Rare or unusual freight cars: MKT short green hopper HLCX 4140 in surprisingly good shape *** String of AOK boxcars, including one with North Coast Railroad Authority logo *** String of coil cars *** Rockdale(?), Sandow(?) & Southern Railroad Company worn gondola *** Rail-hauling cars *** Relatively new articulated auto-racks.



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Got this Cardinal briefly sitting on a rail of the main line through Brinkley.


LEFT-Conrail 5960 and CSX 8599 passing the station at 8:38 a.m. RIGHT-UP 3536, 9:18 a.m.


LEFT-UP 8340, 9:34 a.m. RIGHT-You can see snow on the tip of this tankcar.


LEFT-A train comes from the Memphis Sub at 9:54 a.m. RIGHT-UP 9119, 9:54 a.m. about to turn south to meet the Jonesboro Sub.


RIGHT-Taken from the steps of the old Monroe, Arkansas MoPac depot, on display.


MKT green hopper HLMX 4140, in amazingly good shape. I think this car has held up very well over the years.


Another train from West Memphis in the distance at 10:09 a.m. I drove to the other side of the tracks to take the next few pictures.


NS 7613 rounding the curve at 10:15 a.m. with the Brinkley Depot in the background.


Santa Fe-BNSF 3175. RIGHT-The crossing gates are across US Highway 70.


LEFT-String of AOK boxcars. RIGHT-AOK 1034 with a North Coast Railroad Authority logo.


LEFT-String of coil cars. RIGHT-Another train heads east/south at 10:49 a.m. from the Memphis Sub.


LEFT-BNSF 4390. RIGHT-NS 9484, 11:22 a.m.


LEFT-Panels on a gondola. RIGHT-From Tom balzen on the Railspot Yahoo group: "This is a Rockdale, Sandow and Southern gondola.  Alcoa Aluminum line from Majorie, TX, near Rockdale, TX (junction with the UP) to Sandow, TX, site of a large Alcoa smelter plant.  I think that the length is only about 5 or 6 miles.  This is a sister line to the Point Comfort and Northern RR on the coast serving an Alcoa plant at that location.  At one time both railroads rostered MP-15s (I believe) with the same paint scheme and the same number series.  They ran an ore train from the Point Comfort plant to the Sandow plant using the MP-15s on the MoP/UP.  It was not uncommon to see the train with two locomotives with the same numbers and paint schemes in the consist, the only difference being the RR initials on the side of the cab."
   Bryan Flint of Railspot said: "looks like the same hopper I saw in Hearne heading down the Bryan sub on Sunday pm.  The RSS gons were also in the yard at Hearne." Bruce Bennett and Jimmy Barlow also gave me information.
   This was one of 3 of these cars, all connected. (KZ)




LEFT-Small blue tancar OXAX 2022. RIGHT-UP 9428, 12:46 p.m.


LEFT-NS 6709, 12:59 p.m. RIGHT-NS 8848, 2:08 p.m.


LEFT-Heavy rain here as CSX 5482 passes at 2:35 p.m. RIGHT-UP-SP 2701, 2:56 p.m.


Rail-hauling cars.


RIGHT-BNSF Warbonnet 796 at 3:14 a.m.


RIGHT-Relatively new articulated auto-racks.


RIGHT-NS 8700, 3:37 p.m.


LEFT-UP 4814, 4:16 p.m. and CN 5655(?) RIGHT-UP Centennial 6936 with a 10-car special at 4:58 p.m. It just started to rain heavily at this time. The train was heading to Pine Bluff.