Night photos of Amtrak's southbound Texas Eagle, No. 21, in the fog at Little Rock, Arkansas, around 3 a.m. Thursday, November 18, 2010.  Arkansas Railroad Club member Bart Jennings and his wife Sarah were on the train and Bart got off to greet me. At 630pm the night before, I attended a wine tasting party with close friends at Ashley's fine dining restaurant in the Capitol Hotel in Little Rock. The owners of two Napa Valley (California) wineries were there to tell us what wines we were using with each small course. It was fascinating. After the wine dinner, I took a 3 hour nap and headed for the Amtrak station. How's that for a night of different activities?


Moon through the fog taken from the Amtrak platform at 256 a.m.


Signals at 3:07 a.m. The fog will get worse.


Fog getting worse at 3:11 a.m.


Fog at 3:17 a.m.


A freight approaches at 3:18 a.m.


3:20 a.m.


3:22 a.m.


The Texas Eagle approaches at 3:36 a.m. heading for Texas.


Amtrak locomotive 831 headed the train and stopped at 3:37 a.m.


LEFT-Bill Sanders, the Amtrak engineer getting on to take the train to Marshall, Texas where another crew will board. RIGHT-Bart Jennings.


Bart and another passenger. Twenty-five got off here from Chicago and other towns north.


Bart in the entry to an Amtrak sleeping car.


Train leaving at 3:47 a.m.  North America is sleeping, except me. See what everyone is missing?




Silverware for our tasty meal and wine dinner at Ashleys Restaurant in Little Rock. There was one piece of silverware for each entree.


Here's the menu. Each participant got everything on the menu, small portions of each. Note the sweet potato cake with spiced cream and sweet potato sorbet.

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