Arkansas and other parts of the country had a major snow and sleet storm on Monday, February 8, 2010. Below are some train and snow scenes in Brinkley, Arkansas taken 4 days AFTER the storm ended. These photos were taken Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13, when plenty of snow and ice was still on the ground. However, by Saturday afternoon, temperatures rose into the 40s and the snow was melting rapidly. It's somewhat unusual for us here in Arkansas to have snow cover for such a long period of time, but this year much of the central and eastern parts of the county was having a winter of epic proportions, much like the ones you read about in history books. For instance, Dallas, Texas had 12.5 inches of snow in another storm late in the week and the east and northeast parts of the country had blizzards and several feet of snow during the week, shutting down even Washington D.C. So far this month, here in Little Rock, temperatures are running about 20 degrees below normal for February.
 
Included today trainwise:
1) Central Arkansas Transit Streetcar 412
2) UP 9729, 4224, 8050, 4609, 4688, 5160, 5012, 4447, 4565, 8604
3) Ferromex 4659
4) NS 9304, 2503, 9952, 8992, 8356
5) CN 5799
6) RSSX 3429
7) Graffiti
8) MKT green hopper 588
9) Conrail 6770
10) Bill Sayger, Museum Director and Terri, the secretary

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LEFT-Central Arkansas Streetcar 412 on Clinton Avenue in the River Market on February 11, 2010, 3 days after the storm. During the storm's height on February 8 and 9, the tracks were covered in snow and ice, so the streetcars couldn't run. RIGHT-Piled up snow in a parking lot in North Little Rock on February 11.


LEFT-Friday, February 12, 2010 looking at the Brinkley Depot Museum in Brinkley, Arkansas from US Highway 70. Brinkley had even more snow than Little Rock with about 8 inches. What made this snow stay around so long (it had fallen Monday) was continued sub-freezing temperatures and rain, which fell over the snow Monday night, causing a layer of ice on top of the snow, making it harder to melt. RIGHT-Ice cycles.


LEFT-Taken through a window, UP 9729, NS 2503 and Ferromex 4659 lead a southbound past the Brinkley Depot at 11:17 a.m. February 12. RIGHT-Ice hanging by a hair.








RIGHT-From the bay windows in the office.


RIGHT-UP 4224, 12:31 p.m. Feb. 12.


RIGHT-A northbound approaches at 1:56 p.m. UP runs a northbound between Pine Bluff and Jonesboro, Arkansas 6 days a week, the rest run southbound.


LEFT-NS 9304, 1:56 p.m.


LEFT-UP 8050, 2:02 p.m. Feb 12. RIGHT-UP 4609 and CN 5799.


LEFT-A Cotton Belt boxcar appropriately is on the end of the train. This track formerly was Cotton Belt/SP. RIGHT-Train coming off the Brinkley Sub from West Memphis (on former Rock Island tracks) at 2:37 p.m. Feb 12.


LEFT-UP 4688. RIGHT-Reflection in a depot window.


LEFT-UP 4688, 5160 and RSSX 3429. RIGHT-RSSX 3429 (you can see a small 'sx' to the right of the RS).


RIGHT-UP 5012, 3:59 p.m. Feb 12.


LEFT-UP 5012 and 4447. RIGHT-Graffiti.


RIGHT-UP 4565, 10:19 a.m., Saturday February 13, 2010, still at Brinkley.


LEFT-Green MKT hopper 588. RIGHT-Red, Blue, Yellow boxcars with white snow.


LEFT-UP 8604, 2:13 p.m. RIGHT-NS 9952 and 8992, 12:28 p.m. Feb 13.


LEFT-Conrail 6770 and NS 8356, 12:46 p.m. RIGHT-Museum Director Bill Sayger. The quilt is from a quilting group that meets here once a month.


The museum's secretary Terri. I think everybody is getting tired of me always taking their pictures. I've tried to get both Terri and Bill outside to pose as a train zips by, but by the time we hear the crossing bells 2 blocks north of the depot, the train passes about 6 seconds later. Unless there's a slow order, trains pass here at track speed, which I was told was 59 mph.

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