Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Little Rock, Arkansas. Of special interest was a GATX chemical emergency Tank Training car.  Also included today:

1) UP 7141, 10:16 a.m., possibly a detour loaded coal train from Oklahoma due to a UP derailment at Caney, Oklahoma a couple of days earlier. This train had LCRX hoppers. Was it heading to the LCRA power plant in LaGrange, Texas?
2) DPU-UP 5850
3) UP 4289, 10:29 a.m.
4) UP 8427, 11:03 a.m.
5) Louis-Dreyfus hopper
6) UP 4595, 11:15 a.m.
7) UP 9466, freshly painted, 11:28
8) Mad, flying and fighting male Mockingbirds
9) Bright red, green and blue GATX emergency Tank Trainer cars
10) Brand new string of black TILX tank cars
11) UP 4201, 11:50 a.m.
12) UP 1930 on the Amtrak siding
13) Unpatched SP 9755. This car is used on locals around the area.
14) UP 4383, 12:16 p.m.
15) 'Grand Teton' and other Cryo-Trans cars
16) FURX-Transportation Corporation of America hopper.


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LEFT-Signals at SouthUD (south part of Union Station) with yellow and whilte flowers/weeds. RIGHT-UP 7141 heading a loaded coal train of LCRX hoppers southbound, 10:16 a.m. October 25. This train might have been detouring from Oklahoma due to a derailment in Caney, Oklahoma a couple of days before, which blocked that former MKT line. I don't know this for sure, but I think LCRX coal hoppers go to the power plant in LaGrange, Texas. Any correction welcome.


LEFT-LCRX hoppers. RIGHT-DPU, UP 5850.


RIGHT-UP 4289, 10:29 a.m.


LEFT-UP 8427, 11:03 a.m. RIGHT-LDC-Louis-Dreyfus hopper.


LEFT-Arkansas Children's Hospital helicopter. RIGHT-UP 4595, 11:15 a.m.


LEFT-Looks like a shiny, newly painted UP 9466 at 11:28 a.m. Notice the clean gray stripe below the red stripe. RIGHT-As I was photographing this, a pair of flying, mad and fighting male Mochingbirds were tangled up with each other and came within 2 or 3 inches of hitting my head.


LEFT-Here are the dueling birds. They both look P.O.'d. RIGHT-GATX 1898 emergency Tank Training cars. There was a large tube of some kind hooked between the upper parts of the cars.


RIGHT-Shiny new TILX tank cars.


LEFT-I could smell the paint. Looks like a brand new Lionel OOOOOO-size car. RIGHT-UP 4201, 11:50 a.m.


LEFT-UP 1930 uses the Amtrak siding to wait for another train to pass. 11:54 a.m. RIGHT-Unpatched SP 9755 is used on locals.


RIGHT-UP 4383 passing UP 1930, 12:16 p.m.


LEFT-'Grand Teton' Cryo-Trans car, one of several in a string. 


FURX 830056, Transportation Corporation of America hopper.

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