Dozens of Union Pacific white reefers on the Arkansas Midland track along Highway 165 in North Little Rock, Arkansas on February 26, 2007. These are being stored for UP. The line is the former Cotton Belt line that ran from North Little Rock southward through England, Arkansas and on to Altheimer, Arkansas with a connection with the main Blue Streak line of the Cotton Belt. The line was taken up about 1990 and these reefers are stored right up to the end of track.
   It's amazingly hard to count white reefers since they blend into each other, plus the line runs under Interstate 440 so I had to keep one eye on the road. When I drove south on Highway 165 I counted 85 reefers. On the way back I counted only 76, so let's say about 80 are stored.  (All photos by Ken Ziegenbein)




End of the former Cotton Belt line.


Looking south from this location shows the abandoned right of way.