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Digital Photos by Mike Condren and Peter Limper
| At 1:30pm, right on time on March 28, 2012, we heard the whistle of the "Shiloh Limited" with UP 844 on the point. Here we see the train arriving in Paragould, AR. |
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| Above photos by Mike Condren |
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| Above photo by Peter Limper |
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| The Union Pacific Railroad ran a steam powered train with reenactors with this sign on the sides of the cannon car. |
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| Here we see a Confederate reenactor on the rear platform of the business car just in front of the cannon car. |  |
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| Here is the rear business car UP #119, "Kenefick". |
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| The rest of the train during the servicing of the engine in Paragould. |
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| Here we see the crowd of town people watching the servicing of the engine on the crossing at Paragould. |
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| Here we see the Shiloh Express leaving Paragould and passing the freight car factory and a train on the lead track to that factory. |
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| Above photo by Peter Limper |
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| After the train left Paragould, we headed south for Harrisburg, the next service stop. The highway and tracks are not close except for a short distance until south of Jonesboro. We got very far ahead of the train as the track south of Jonesboro is 40 mph with slow orders so we arrived in Harrisburg well ahead of the train and visited with friends who were also chasing. | ||
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| Note the left most person in the photo below, that is my partner in this chase, Peter Limper. | ||
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| The diesel locomotive for this train was the BSA Heritage loco 2010 decorated for the Centennial of the Boy Scouts of America. | ||
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| The photographer in the red shirt in the right side of the photo above is the webmaster of this page. | ||
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| Between Harrisburg and Whitehall, AR State 1 parallels the tracks which allowed us to catch the train and for me to hold my camera out the driver's window and get some pictures. |
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| Why not a shot of the train in the mirror's reflection? Why not! |
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| Above photos by Mike Condren |
| We got more pictures of the train as it came around the curve to the Memphis Sub in Wynne. |
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| Above photos by Mike Condren |
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| Above photos by Peter Limper |
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| Above photos by Mike Condren |
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| There is the driver in the red shirt in the right side of the photo above, the webmaster of this page. |
| Above photo by Peter Limper |
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| Above photos by Mike Condren |
| This image was taken west of Marion from the paralleling US64. |
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| Above photo by Peter Limper |
| By the time we arrived at the crossing at the west end of the intermodal yard, the crossing flashers had just started flashing. |
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| Our last pictures were through the fence on the south side of the intermodal facility where the train finally stopped and unloaded. |
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| Above photos by Mike Condren |
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