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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 1437 sits at the small yard in Malvern, AR during a severe thunderstorm with very heavy rain. The photo was taken from underneath the roof of the freight depot. The strikes were close and loud.

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

UP 4014 at rest next to the Prescott Depot in the early morning hours of frigid cold day.

UP Big Boy 4014 is basked in golden light from the sunrise as it prepares for departure out of Prescott to Little Rock.

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

From the safety of a highway overpass, two large close lightning bolts strike next to the UP Malvern Local parked for the night.

UP 3094 sits at the small yard in Malvern, Arkansas as a severe thunderstorm roars into town with many close bolts. One bolt looks to hit the locomotive but actually strikes right behind it. The photo taken safely underneath a highway overpass.

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.

A special night photo with the Big Boy at the Prescott, AR depot. I got special permission from the UP crew and the city of Prescott, to setup a fireworks show with the steam locomotive. The UP steam crew loved it.