Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Brinkley, Arkansas on the Jonesboro Sub UP's main line through eastern Arkansas (formerly Cotton Belt). It was unusually 'cool' for this time of year, only in the upper 80s with clouds moving in from the north and rain by evening. Included today are 9 trains with 19 locomotives:

1) UP 2502, 9:24 a.m.
2) NS 9275, UP 2161, 10:48 a.m.
3) UP 5102 on the line from West Memphis being passed by a BNSF grain train on the Jonesboro Sub, headed by BNSF 7737, 6701 with DPU 4994 - 11:57 a.m.
4) UP 9727, 2406, 4115 - 1:27 p.m.
5) UP 9490, 9280, 1858 - 1:42 p.m.
6) CSX 7318, 8410 - 2:15 p.m.
7) BNSF 7739, 8608, 2761 (in BN green), 126 (Warbonnet) from West Memphis - 2:20 p.m.
8) CSX 7782, single unit - 2:59 p.m.

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LEFT-UP 2502, 9:24 a.m. through the window. RIGHT-NS 9275, UP 2161, 10:48 a.m.


UP 5102 is on the line from West Memphis having just rounded the curve from that line to head south. It will switch over to the other line in about 2 miles. Meanwhile, a fast BNSF unit grain train passes the 5102, headed by BNSF 7737 and 6701. Almost looks like the UP unit is on the same track. It's 11:57 a.m.  I got these shots from the glass door of the old Railway Express building, now used as a conference room in the Brinkley Depot Museum, thus the glare.


LEFT-DPU on the BNSF train was BNSF 4994. RIGHT-Looking south as the autorack train (the one headed by UP 5102) heads south.

To see a Youtube video taken by Anthony Holmes of the BNSF grain train as it went through Pine Bluff, Arkansas about 2 hours later, click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_batwUnIoeY
This is not my video - it was used by permission of Anthony Holmes.


LEFT-UP 9727, 2406, 4115 at 1:27 p.m. RIGHT-UP 9490, 9280, 1858, 1:42 p.m.


RIGHT-CSX 7318, 8410, 2:15 p.m.


LEFT-Another BNSF train heads west/south from West Memphis at 2:17 p.m. RIGHT-BNSF 7739 heads the mixed train.


BNSF 7739, 8608, 2761 and 126. Colorful train. BNSF 2761 was in BN green and BNSF 126 in Santa Fe Warbonnet.


CSX 7782, single unit, 2:59 p.m.

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