Sunday,
August 10, 2008 trains at Little Rock, Arkansas.
It was unusually cool and dark for an Auguat day with drizzle and light
rain all day. The temperture hovered around 71 degrees all day, normal
being in the lower 90s. Just a week earlier, it was 105 degrees one
day. I included a few shots of the UP yardand downtown Little Rock in
the fog taken from the Main Street bridge. There was a streetcar
in one shot. Trains today:
1) PBRX boxcar 200629, 10:56 a.m.
2) UP 9425 on dump train, 11:04 a.m.
3) UP 9819-NS 9069, 11:16 am.
4) CN 2520-CN 5794, 11:27 a.m.
5) UP 8328-4120, 11:37 a.m.
6) UP 4729-3631-3663, 11:53 a.m.
7) UP 5893-4516, 12:08 p.m.
8) Southern Hi-cube clean boxcar plus a line of hi-cubes boxcar.
9) UP 9475-6831-8654, 12:26 p.m.
10) Hutchinson Northern boxcar No. EEC 229
11) CSX 7824-CR 7920, 12:38 p.m.
12) BNSF 1053-7522-4138, 1:03 p.m.
13) Fog scenes
PRRX boxcar 200629, 10:53 a.m. According to Chuck McGuire via email, the PBRX car is apparently an ex Railbox.
UP 9425 with a dump train, 11:04 a.m.
UP 9819-NS 9069, 11:16 a.m.
CN 2520-5794, 11:27 a.m.
UP 8328-4120, 11:37 a.m.
UP 8328-4120.
UP 4724-3631-3662, 11:53 a.m.
UP 5893-4516, 12:08 p.m. You can see how dark it was.
The rain was coming down pretty good here at UP 5893 passes.
Southern
42514 hi-cube boxcar, unusually clean, as were most of these hi-cubes.
You can see where it was painted below the number.
Line of hi-cubes.
UP 9475-6831-8654, others, 12:26 p.m. It was holding for signal.
Like-new UP 8654.
Hutchinson
Northern boxcar EEC 229. According to Chuck McGuire via email, the
Hutchinson and Northern Railway (AAR reporting marks HN) is a railroad
operating in the U.S. state of Kansas which started operations in 1923
as an electric line serving the Carey Salt mine at Hutchinson, KS.
Currently, HN operates 5.14 miles of trackage all located within the
city of Hutchinson. Connections are made with the Union Pacific
Railroad, BNSF, and the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad. HN was owned by
Processed Minerals INC., a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific.
However, the EEC is another line:
EEC - East Erie Commercial Railroad
For
many railfans, Erie is best known as the home of General Electric
Transportation Systems' locomotive plant. Here, all GE locomotives are
assembled, painted, tested, and set out for interchange and delivery.
The newest GE units can be photographed here in the GE "backlot". The
plant is located in Lawrence Park (eastern Erie), adjacent to U.S. 20
(Buffalo Ave) and PA 5. Immediately adjacent to both Conrail and NS,
many railfans prefer to view trains at or near the GE plant. GE's
switching railroad, the East Erie Commercial, operates a three-mile
test track for the testing of new or experimental locomotives. The EEC
track is equipped with overhead catenary for electric locomotives for
those occasions when electrics must be tested. The test track is also
multi-gauged for testing of foreign units.
CSX 7824-CR 7920, 12:38 p.m.
UP 4860, 12:52 p.m.
BNSF 1053-7522-4138, 1:03 p.m.
From the Main Street bridge in North Little Rock, looking west at UP's Jenks Shop area, 4:28 p.m.
Fog obscurred the tops of the buildings of the Little Rock skyline.
Looking south from the Main Street bridge through North Little Rock into Little Rock. Heavy drizzle was occurring.
Looking east over the UP yards in North Little Rock. Birds were gathering and just sitting on the power lines.
The fog got thicker.
Looking south down Main Street in North Little Rock. You can see a streetcar in the center.
Closer view of streetcar.
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