Here are some photos of this action, with some photos being taken from the Cantrell Road overpass looking down at Union Station. Intermodals were on both Main One and Main Two making for a very busy station scene.
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9:10 a.m. By this time, the Eagle had been here over two and a half hours. You can see a freight intermodal to the right.
A few clouds from Hurricane Ike, off the Texas coast at this time, were starting to move in from the southeast to the northwest.
RIGHT-UP 5143 is seen on Main One, waiting on another northbound to arrive on Main Two, at 9:36 a.m. A UP freight crew told me that during the night and early morning, some crews had reached their 12-hour limit.
RIGHT-The other intermodal arrived, headed by UP 4110 at 9:39 a.m.
LEFT-UP 4110 heading north at 9:40 a.m. RIGHT-I moved to the Cantrell Road overpass and got this shot at 9:55 a.m.
RIGHT-Wide-angle scene showing the Arkansas State Capitol.
At 10:14 a.m., another UP intermodal arrived on Main Two (center train), headed by UP 4909.
UP 4904 leaves at 10:26 a.m.
UP 5143 finally heads north at 10:29 a.m. Amtrak is still on the siding to the left of the trains.
Bet there are a lot of Christmas presents in those two container trains!
The Texas Eagle finally leaves at 10:50 a.m.
