Little Rock & Western showed up at
Union Station on Thursday, March 13, 2008, as well as a few other
trains. Also a scene of the Baring Cross bridge taken from the bike
trail that used to be the Missouri Pacific's river line in Little Rock.
Seen today: AKMD 722 *** LRWN 7736 *** UP 3135, 2006 *** NS 9965 ***
MKT green hopper HLMX 4140 *** 'Cotton' hopper without the 'Belt'
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The Baring Cross railroad bridge is in
the distance, taken from the abandoned roadbed of the Missouri Pacific
line that ran next to the Arkansas River in downtown Little Rock. This
line is now a bike trail. The Junction Bridge is about a mile behind
me.
A BNSF northbound crosses the Baring Cross bridge on March 10.
Looking to the east from where I took the previous photo, you can see
the Broadway Bridge (highway Business US 70) then in the distance you
can see a streetcar crossing the Main Street Bridge.
Thursday, March 13 at Union Station. Little Rock & Western arriving
from the west at 4:15 p.m. I was up the staircase at the station.
Arkansas Midland No. 722 leads. It's being leased to the LRWN until
they get their Alco's running again.
AKMD and LRWN 7736.
At ground level.
UP 3135, about 4:20 p.m.
Green Katy hopper HLMX 4140.
CNW hoppers.
Cotton Sans Belt hopper.
UP 2006 passes the 722 heading north. No. 2006 was the last of 7 locos
in a power move.
NS 9965, 4:49 p.m.
Work train at 5:15 p.m.