One of the few trains actually moving on the Memphis Sub this morning, UP's QNLSF 11 approaches Earle, Arkansas with engine 9459 out front.
Things are backing up this Saturday morning on the Memphis Sub. UP ASPMER is seen here parked in the Smithdale siding between Parkin and Earle, Arkansas with a string of empty autoracks for the NS... (more)
Coming off CN's Memphis Sub, UP MMENLD 07 switches onto main 2 on the BNSF Thayer South Sub enroute to the home rails of the UP Memphis Sub.
UP MMENLB comes off the NS west main onto the UP under the new signals at the CN crossing on Broadway. An empty Scherer coal train is parked on the NS east main as BNSF track crews work on their t... (more)
UP's QNLSF 06 train peaks around an empty BNSF train as it heads toward NS Forrest Yard for an exchange.
A pair of empty coal trains are seen here at Neptune Street. BNSF 5608 is the DPU of this empty Scherer train on the NS east main. The end of the empty Miller coal train is in the distance on the ... (more)
UP's MMEEWX reaches the point where the CSX main lines ends and merges into the UP Memphis Sub main at Kentucky Street in downtown Memphis. Notice the different type number board on the right side... (more)
With the brand new signal bridge at the CN crossing in view, BNSF 5180 holds the BNSF main as UP 4152 takes the MMEEWX train down the CSX main on Broadway.
A BNSF remote control SD40-2 works out of the south end of Tennessee Yard as an empty Miller Plant coal train heads north on the main line.
A BN green SD40 leads the KC to Memphis run as it passes the 447.5 milepost southbound in Marked Tree, Arkansas along Frisco Street.
After an all day trip in Arkansas I head back in to Memphis to catch this BNSF empty coal train heading west for the Frisco Bridge.
BNSF 4977 has brought its loaded coal train to a rest in Turrell, Arkansas as it waits for a signal to proceed south for Memphis.
An unusal transfer from the NS rolls into Arkansas from Memphis with IC 6018 out front of the UP IMEDIX 15. The train is seen here crossing Mound City Road in West Memphis, Arkansas heading west.
A northbound BNSF mainfest train crosses Lucas Road in Drace, Arkansas with engine 6349 out front.
With four mean green BN units out front the KC to Memphis train waits for a signal at the Hatchie Coon Road just outside of Trumann, Arkansas.