The Arkansas State Capitol building looms in the distance and across the Arkansas River as UP 844 rests before another day of Fall trips to Bald Knob.

Two EMD SD70Ms wait for work at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. No. 5090 has the “standard” SD70M cab, while sister No. 5155 is equipped with... (more)

Before a truck can be rebuilt, it must first be taken apart, as these men are doing in the truck shop at Union Pacific’s Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015.

In the boiler shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, is a welder (boilermaker by trade) carefully repairing a snow plow on May 19, 2015.

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 8576 rides the north transfer table behind a Rail King RK 300 mobile railcar mover (trackmobile) at North Little Rock’s Jenks Shop on May 18, 2015.

I found it amazing how fast a paint shop worker (carman by trade) could “stripe” a locomotive in the paint shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Here, one t... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5401 gets lettered, striped and “Scotchlited” inside the paint shop at the Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Skilled workers like Carm... (more)

Union Pacific SD70M No. 4609 sits in the sandblasting bay in the paint shop at North Little Rock’s Downing B. Jenks Shop on May 18, 2015.

Inside the paint shop at Union Pacific’s Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015, two workers (along with two more on the other side) thoroughly rinse EMD SD70M No. 4609 after s... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe rides the transfer table at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. A big locomotive like No. 8576 and a Rail King RK 300 mobile railc... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 8382 has a new prime mover carefully lowered down onto its frame at UP’s North Little Rock Downing B. Jenks Shop on May 18, 2015.

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No 4141, specially-painted and dedicated to the George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum, sits just outside the paint shop at Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkan... (more)

Union Pacific GE ES44AC No. 7761 is inside UP’s Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. One track over, EMD GP40-2 No. 1383 gets a thorough overhaul, which includes removing th... (more)

Parts is parts
Surrounding Union Pacific’s large shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, is an array of storage buildings and outside storage space devoted to parts supply. A vast variety ... (more)

A Rail King RK 300 mobile railcar mover (trackmobile) rides the transfer table to the next locomotive switching move at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May... (more)