On Saturday, May 4, 2013, I was on my way back to Arkansas from Texas when I checked the Amtrak app on my Droid RAZR smartphone and it said the southbound Amtrak Texas Eagle 21 was over 4 hours late and would arrive at Marshall, Texas at 12:09 p.m. instead of 7:40 a.m. It was cool and clear, so I hurried to Marshall and went on the station's balcony and got some photos of the Eagle arriving and departing. I also got several freights, but I'll put those photos on another webpage in the next few days.


My view from the balcony of the Marshall Depot, looking north.


At 12:08 p.m. the Eagle was rounding the curve in the distance.


12:09 p.m.


'Artsy' shot of the engine going under a bridge with shade.


Amtrak locomotive 144 led the train. There's only one locomotive on the Texas Eagle, and only one person in the cab between Little Rock and Marshall since the terrain is flat. The single engines have no problem hauling the 7 to 9 Superliners, but of course when one fails, the train is dead in the water.


12:11 p.m.




12:12 p.m. The Eagle makes two stops here for each train, one to change the crew and load the baggage and one to load and de-board passengers.


Changing crews and loading luggage.




This was the first stop.


Moving toward a second stop at 12:15 p.m.




This is basically a 90-degree curve looking from the west balcony of the station.


Leaving 12:18 p.m.



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