Colorful signals at Union Station in Little Rock, Arknasas on March 17, 2008. These were on the north side ot the station. UP's North Little Rock yards are located around the curve and across the Arkansas River to the left. The green signal to the right indicates that a freight is lined up to pass on the Amtrak siding, which is unusual but does happen once a day or so. This train will take the switch to the second track (Main 2) just beyond this signal. The lower of the stacked dwarf signals indicates the track is lined for another freight to cross over from the second track to the third track (from Main 2 to Main 1).
   The green high-ball signal under the bridge means the train that switches from the Amtrak siding to Main 2 has the track to UP's yards, after crossing the Baring Cross bridge over the Arkansas River. The two yellow signals to the left indicate that a train will cross from Main 2 to Main 1 just past the dwarf signals, then cross the Baring Cross bridge, then head west on the Van Buren Sub to Fort Smith (this train was an empty coal train). The red signal just beyond the 4th track (which belongs to the shortline Little Rock & Western RR) means that any LRWN train that arrives has to stop here until it gets a yellow or green signal.
   Photo included of the intermodal that passed on the Amtrak siding headed by UP 4282 and KCS 4596. (Ken Ziegenbein photos - sent to Yahoo's Railspot group and Railway-Signaling group)




A wider view.


At 9:55 a.m. March 17, the train (an intermodal) approached on the Amtrak siding lead by UP 4282.


Up close and personal.


KCS 4596 was the second unit. I resisted the temptation to just get on the locomotives and 'play engineer' but I didn't want to spend the night in jail or break a leg either :-)


About to cross from the Amtrak siding to Main 2.







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