Union Pacific ran a special 17-unit 'SD40 funeral train' past Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. This train started at Pine Bluff, Arkansas about 4 p.m. and got to the station about 5:45 p.m., where it waited on the Amtrak siding for a southbound UP train and the westbound Little Rock & Western train to clear the track. It left the station at 6:28 p.m. Its' ID is EPBOG-3, Pine Bluff to Ogden, Utah.  (Ken Z photos - thanks to Mr. C for the heads-up)

Here is the consist, all  Union Pacific - 5040--power unit - 9216--power unit - 2911 - 2944 - 2963 - 2974 - 3025 - 3050 - 3095 - 3096 - 3192 - 3383 - 8702 - 2883 - 2956 - 3157 - 3326
 


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LEFT-Waiting on the Amtrak siding at 5:45 p.m. June 4. RIGHT-Wide angle showing Union Station and the train. The track to the right belongs to Little Rock & Western, but is also used by the BNSF for their local switch jobs.


LEFT-A little sun on the GP40s being towed. RIGHT-A southbound waits under the Cantrell Road overpass.


The southbound left about 5:50 p.m.


Taken from the Cantrell Road overpass.


LEFT-A westbound LRWN train is coming off the Baring Cross Bridge from UP yard complex in North Little Rock at 6 p.m. RIGHT-Curving to the west onto their own tracks.




The special train left at 6:28 p.m.