On Wednesday morning, April 25, 2012, Amtrak's southbound Texas Eagle No. 21 was combined with Amtrak's 40th anniversary train, arriving at Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas at 6 a.m. (3 hours late).  Here are some photos and videos of this train at the station. The 40th anniversary cars were going to Longview, Texas for display April 28 and 29.


Shot of Union Station in the dark, 5:13 a.m.

Here's a video of the train arriving at 6:00 a.m. This is a combination of 2 videos, which I combined on Youtube. The train had to make two stops, the first one for the engine crew change, the second for the passengers. You can click the link below or click the photo below to view the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B3qg1Of8eA&list=UU06P8XlEFiZcgLWLLy2KHrQ&index=1&feature=plcp


Amtrak 823, 822 and 404. I didn't have time to get in front to get the pictures since they changed crews very fast. You can see the front of the train on the video.


Boarding, 6:03 a.m.


The consist of this train: Amtrak locomotives 823, 822 and 406 (the last two in Amtrak's heritage colors), followed by cars: 85999, 10095, 10094, 10093, 10020 (40th anniversary), 32085, 32065,
38034, 33021, 31036, 34052, and 34062 (Superliners).


6:07 a.m. It was a long train, 12 cars and 3 locomotives.




Amtrak locomotives 823, 822 and 406. Had the train been on time at 3:10 a.m., this area would have been pitch black.


Leaving at 6:11 a.m. Click on the photo above to view a video of the train leaving, or click the link below:
http://youtu.be/Q_n2WVv1hDk


Sunrise starting at 6:16 a.m. A UP freight was waiting for the Eagle to leave.


My Panasonic Lumix GH2 digital camera has a Dynamic Art setting, and I shot this photo of the UP train leaving at 6:18 a.m.

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