Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Brinkley, Arkansas with dark clouds rolling in ahead of Tropical Storm Ike, which had made landfall in Houston, Texas in the wee hours of Saturday morning as a category 2 hurricane. The center of the remnants was just southwest of Texarkana in Northeast Texas late Saturday afternoon, still showing a good circulation and bands of thunderstorms began moving into Arkansas with several tornado warnings being issued.
   Seen today:
1) NS 9311, 10:29 a.m.
2) UP EC-5 track inspection vehicle, 12:56 p.m.
3) CSX 8565, 3:22 p.m.
4) Chessie boxcars
5) Dark cloud photos


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NS 9311, 10:29 a.m.


Click photo for a sound Quicktime movie of the museum's US flag being blown by the increasing winds of Ike. (12 MB - large file)


LEFT-UP EC-5, track inspection car passing southbound about 40 mph at 12:56 p.m. RIGHT-The EC-5 reversed and headed east on the line to West Memphis (former Rock Island) at 1:19 p.m.






LEFT-Just dark clouds and track about 3 p.m. RIGHT-CSX 8565, 3:22 p.m.


LEFT-Good ole' Chessie! RIGHT-CSX boxcar with bright blue doors.


RIGHT-Heading back to North Little Rock on US Highway 70 about 4:15 p.m.


LEFT-Entering the eastern parts of North Little Rock about 5 p.m. It dumped rain just after this. RIGHT-At Kroger in North Little Rock (gas prices were $3.95/gallon).

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