Sunday, September 30, 2007 at the station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Some colorful loco combinations today, including: KCS 4016 *** UP 2418, 5118, 8572, 1540 *** SP(UP) 2719 *** HLCX 6340, 6336 *** CEFX 3168 *** BNSF 4641, 7658 *** CSX 8043 *** SANTA FE (BNSF) 6450 *** Cryo-Trans colorful car "Yellowstone River" *** Red KATY gon *** MoPac buzzsaw gon *** One train had 4 locomotives and only 7 freight cars, but I suspect some engine move was involved. (Ken Ziegenbein)




KCS power is becoming more and more common through here. KCS 4016 passing Union Station at 10:03 a.m. Sep 30.


Our audience - the pigeons of Union Station.


Five colorful locomotives on a L-O-N-G rock/ballast train headed by UP (SP) 2719 at 10:39 a.m.


UP(SP) 2719, HLCX 6340, CEFX 3168, HLCX 6335 and UP 2418.




MKT red gondola, one of 3 in the consist.


Missouri Pacific buzzsaw emblem, one of several in the consist.




10:43 am., UP 5118.


Gondola Connection gondola. I collect these and other blue gons for my n-scale layout (I take them home, micorwave them until they shrink to 1/160 scale, and place on my layout - lol)


Painted over MoPac buzzsaw.


UP 8572 leads a string of 100-percent new hoppers at 11:11 a.m.


All newly built in 2007.


Printed on each hopper: "Williams Haywood Thermalbond Exterior Applied Paragould 02-2007 (Paragould is in Arkansas)


BNSF 4641 leads a trackage-rights train past the station at 11:19 a.m.




BNSF 6450.




Christmas colors.




Colorful Crya-Trans car "Yellowstone River".


Photo as it looked when I took the light reading on the white car. Sort of sureal.


Does this train have enough power? Let's see...five locomotives and 7 cars. That should be enough. (I know it was probably a combined light engine move). 11:53 a.m.


The rock/ballast/crushed stone train (right) returns empty at 12:13 p.m.


Lots of train today. I didn't include 5 others that I saw.....