On Thursday night, August 30, 2012, Amtrak's northbound Texas Eagle, Number 22, arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas in rain and wind from former Hurricane Issac. The eye of this former hurricane was located just a few miles south of Little Rock when the train arrived and we had heavy rain for hours with wind gusts as high as 40 mph Thursday afternoon.  This storm hit New Orleans a few days before and moved slowly north toward Arkansas.  I ventured out around midnight and got some photos and videos.


Crossing the Broadway bridge into Little Rock at 11:03 p.m.


Tracks at Union Station taken from the station's balcony with heavy rain at 11:10 p.m.

To view a video of this scene, either click on the photo above or link below:
http://youtu.be/5fHjgRD-kF8


Number 22 arrived early at 11:23 p.m.

To see a video of the train arriving, either click on the photo above or the link below:
 http://youtu.be/1T9BKZh9v3Q





Wet passengers, 11:25 p.m.


Amtrak locomotive 74.










11:53 p.m.


11:57 p.m. The train left at 12:06 a.m. August 31.

To view a video of the train leaving, either click on the photo above or the link below:
http://youtu.be/XH_wzrMQBSM


NWS radar of Issac and rain at 8:25 p.m. CDT.


Satellite view at 8:15 p.m.


NWS Little Rock radar showing the wind velocity at 8:34 p.m. The red is away from the radar, which is in the center of the map, and the green is toward the radar. There were gusts to 40 mph at this time.

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