It's relatively rare that both Amtrak Texas Eagles arrive in Little Rock, Arkansas within 25 minutes of each other. But early Monday morning, May 7, 2012 they did. Eagle #22, the northbound to Chicago, arrived first at 4:25 a.m., then the southbound Eagle #21 to San Antonio/Los Angeles, arrived at 4:49 a.m. Both were late.  I was at the station and got these photos as well as a 7-minute movie of the trains arriving and all the passenger action.

Here is the movie of the night's activity, showing #22 arriving, then #21. It was shot in 1080p HD if you select that setting (Youtube defaults to 360p unless you change it while watching the movie).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvpmRqVZr4I


Status board inside the Amtrak station, which is located on the bottom floor of Union Station in Little Rock. It was 2:50 a.m. when I took this and most of the classic high-back benches had passengers sleeping on them. Eagle # 22 was 5 hours late due to its single engine failing near San Antonio.


4:25 a.m. and passengers were lined up to board train 22 to St Louis and Chicago.


Taken from the balcony at Union Station.


4:28 a.m.




4:36 a.m., ready to leave town.


4:42 a.m. and passengers for the southbound Eagle #21 are lining up. Meanwhile this UP freight passes.




Southbound Eagle 21 arrived at 4:49 a.m. The lone agent, Larry, has the baggage cart ready to load and unload baggage. Note that the line of passengers stretches all the way from the platform all the way to the door to the waiting room (This platform is where I take my UP freight pictures from in the daytime). If you're up in the wee hours of the night, come on down and see this activity. The area is safe and the Amtrak employees are friendly. Just don't get in the way of the passengers. There's usually a UP Special Agent parked here and at times the Capitol Police make their rounds through here at train time - the State Capitol is within walking distance to Union Station.




Union Station and a bright Moon.


A few clouds were over the Moon.

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