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UPY 338 and UPY 438 bask in the late afternoon sun between hump duty assignments at the UP Little Rock yard.

UP 1752 SD40-2 Snoot and UP 1536 wait for their next yard duty assignment at North Little Rock yard.

BNSF 3124 and BNSF 8630 work to interchange cars with the Little Rock & Western across from the UP Little Rock Union Station. This local will continue east back to Memphis, TN.

Ferromex 4074 East leads UP units 8534, 4934, and 5148 and a Fort Worth-Little Rock manifest train. Back in 2014 before PTC was even a thought, Ferromex power on the point of trains was common.

UP 5333 East leads the Fort Worth-Memphis manifest past the Little Rock Union Station with a colorful consist which includes an NS and brand new CN unit.

UP 4141 President Bush and UP 1943 Spirit of Union Pacific sit at the UP Little Rock yard on Christmas Eve 2018.

UP 1511 and HLCX 1088 are the local power at the UP Biddle yard in Little Rock under a beautiful sunset sky.

UP 7989 East leads a double stack freight along the double track just east of Little Rock near Rixie Road.

UP 1943 Spirit of the Union Pacific is at its station stop in Little Rock, AR while on its tour system wide for employees.

Bay Line 500 leads Meridian & Bigbee 2017 and Arkansas Midland 2502 and the Little Rock & Western train for interchange with the Union Pacific.

UP 4967 was involved in a serious accident with its cab crushed waits for its turn for repairs and rebuild at the Jenks Shops in Little Rock.

On the night of April 3, 2014, a large line of severe thunderstorms came roaring into Arkansas. I'm an avid storm chaser and love shooting lightning. I started first at the UP yard in Malvern, capturing some good bolts. I then jumped in the car and raced north core punching through heavy rain and more lightning to get ahead of the storms. In Little Rock, I knew the UP DDA40X is on display outside the Jenks Shop and would make for a great photo with the coming storm. Arriving just after midnight and setting up the camera on the tripod in the backseat pointing the camera lens out the window, I was ready. Pressing the cable release and triggering the shutter, at 12:39:59 am this massive bolt hit just behind the unit! The flash was so bright and instant thunder very loud, I closed the shutter and this is what was captured. The bolt was less than 100 yards away. The drive back home to Hot Springs, I was thanking the Lord for allowing me to witness and capture the "photo" of a lifetime.

UP 4014 is tied down for the night at Little Rock, AR. The locomotive is parked next to the UP Jenks shops. As soon the night lights came on, out came the tripods for some night photography.

UP 4014 slowly makes it way through the wye at the 13th street crossing. The train is entering the Van Buren subdivision line and will back up and pull forward to its station stop. A brakeman rides the front end keeping a watchful eye and the locomotive slowly moves forward.