EPIC Railfanning on CPKC and UP in the Ark-La-Tex! CP 8781, KCS 4006, NS 8101, CN 2756, and more!

June 9, 2023: My best railfanning day in 2023! CP 8781, CN 3888, KCS 4006, NS 8101, CN 2756, and 4 Grey Ghosts! Plus some great shots of regular trains! Enjoy!
We follow the CPKC Shreveport Terminal Sub north from Shreveport's Deramus Yard to Texarkana, where we catch a flood of southbound trains in many spots in Louisiana and Texas. We sit at Tower 42, Texarkana's major interlocking, and catch two trains before the cameras and phones overheat in the Texas sun. Following the UP Little Rock Sub south, we catch 3 northbound trains, one of which has a surprise NS Heritage Unit.
Timestamps:
0:34 Drive-by of CPKC Deramus Locomotive Shops (CP 8781, Grey Ghosts)
1:20 CPKC SB/EB Ballast Train
1:57 CPKC I168 with NS power
5:42 CPKC Q576 at Texas Junction in Blanchard
8:16 CPKC Rock Train flying over Caddo Lake in Mooringsport
9:39 CPKC Grain Train in Oil City
12:56 CPKC Manifest at Caddo Lake
16:10 CPKC I180 at Black Bayou in Rodessa
18:15 CPKC Grain and Manifest meet at S Jury in Texarkana
20:16 2 CPKC Manifests meet at S Jury
22:18 UP ILDYC at Texarkana's Tower 42
25:40 CPKC G375 passes ILDYC with KCS 4006 trailing!
30:12 UP MRENL crawls past Baroid Road with NS 8101 trailing!
40:45 UP Manifest at Lodi
45:05 UP ZMQG4 at Longview with CN 2756 (Ex-Citirail) trailing!
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[@jdonw2003]

That CPKC rock train at 8:16 was headed to Farmersville Texas