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  1. Union Station - M.J. Scanlon

    Union Station - M.J. Scanlon

    The old Union Station in Pine Bluff, Arkansas now sits along the UP Pine Bluff Sub mainline and is used as the Jefferson County Historical Museum.
  2. UP 1816 - B40-8 - M.J. Scanlon

    UP 1816 - B40-8 - M.J. Scanlon

    A fellow railfan photographs the UP MPBJB 14 as it heads north on the Jonesboro Sub with engines UP 1816 & UP 1815.
  3. SP 615222 - Hy-Cube - M.J. Scanlon

    SP 615222 - Hy-Cube - M.J. Scanlon

    A string of Southern Pacific Hy-Cube's are seen here in the Stuttgart Yard on the Jonesboro Sub.
  4. Coal Hopper - M.J. Scanlon

    Coal Hopper - M.J. Scanlon

    The UP CEYMS9 10 heads east on the UP Memphis Sub as it crosses over the tracks of the Jonesboro Sub in Fair Oaks, Arkansas.
  5. Covered Hopper - M.J. Scanlon

    Covered Hopper - M.J. Scanlon

    Covered hoppers, including a few still sporting the DRGW logo, are on a side track at the Riceland Foods Plant in Stuttgart, Arkansas.
  6. Door Sign - M.J. Scanlon

    Door Sign - M.J. Scanlon

    A sign from the Southern Pacific past still adorns this door to a small shack in the UP Stuttgart Yard.
  7. NS 2549 - SD70 - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 2549 - SD70 - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 2549 makes the pass of a westbound intermodal, and it's Hub Group containers, in White Siding as it leads the 396 train eastbound.
  8. KJRY 488 - CF7 - M.J. Scanlon

    KJRY 488 - CF7 - M.J. Scanlon

    This Keokuk Junction Railway CF7 finds itself parked in the middle of Canadian National's Johnston Yard in SW Memphis, Tennessee.
  9. UP 2MMEEWX - M.J. Scanlon

    UP 2MMEEWX - M.J. Scanlon

    A UP track crew watches the 2MMEEWX go by as they repair track on the UP Memphis Sub at KC Junction.
  10. UP Harahan Bridge - M.J. Scanlon

    UP Harahan Bridge - M.J. Scanlon

    A close-up view of UP's Harahan Bridge which was built in 1916. The ramp structure on the side was used by automobiles before 1950. The structure was covered with wooden blanks which, so I've been told, made for an interesting trek across the Mississippi. The bridge enjoys the history of having...
  11. NS 2404 - MP15DC - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 2404 - MP15DC - M.J. Scanlon

    An usual find in Forrest yard today. NS 2404, an EMD MP15DC switcher, finds itself slightly struggling in building an intermodal train to go out later in the day.
  12. NS 6659- SD60 - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 6659- SD60 - M.J. Scanlon

    With a rainbow halo from the light above, NS 6659 finds itself parked in front of the "Memphis is not the end of the Norfolk Southern System" sign in Forrest Yard.
  13. BNSF 9647 - SD70MAC - M.J. Scanlon

    BNSF 9647 - SD70MAC - M.J. Scanlon

    As I drove down Southern Avenue I spied the infamous "Barfbonnet" hiding out in the darkness of Forrest Yard. This engine is probably best left to nighttime movements.
  14. UTLX 205279 - Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    UTLX 205279 - Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    A southbound CN freight passes a northbounder at Garden Lane in midtown Memphis. A ghostly image of a UTLX tank car was captured with a flash. 25NOV05
  15. NS 9166 - C40-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 9166 - C40-9W - M.J. Scanlon

    With its headlights brightly shining, NS 396 is partly out of Forrest Yard and stopped at Greer Street waiting to get out of town. 25NOV05
  16. AMTK 3 - P42DC - M.J. Scanlon

    AMTK 3 - P42DC - M.J. Scanlon

    The "City of New Orleans" takes off out of Memphis Central Station for its overnight journey to Chicago.
  17. BNSF 5752 - ES44AC - M.J. Scanlon

    BNSF 5752 - ES44AC - M.J. Scanlon

    An empty coal train is led by a new ES44AC unit, BNSF 5752 with swoosh, parked on the NS Memphis District West Main at Tower 17. 25NOV05
  18. Depot - Corinth, Mississippi - M.J. Scanlon

    Depot - Corinth, Mississippi - M.J. Scanlon

    What once was a shared passenger depot for the GM&O and Southern Railroads now is partly used by the KCS Railroad and some local community groups. The depot stands on the SE corner of the KCS Artesia Sub & NS Memphis District diamond in downtown Corinth, Mississippi. 06JAN04
  19. UP 778 - GP38-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    UP 778 - GP38-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    With some type of mill in the background, UP 778, last symboled as LWL60 09, is parked on the south end of town over a culvert dated 1928.
  20. SSW 52101 - Cotton Belt Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    SSW 52101 - Cotton Belt Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    Where do old Cotton Belt tank cars go to die? In a field near the tracks of the UP Wynne Sub in eastern Arkansas.


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