Waiting for Amtrak 22 from Fort Worth, carrying my friend Jerry for a visit, I saw this northbound NS freight pass the station at 12:47 a.m Tuesday, August 14.
BNSF local with BNSF 7337 heads another northbound at 1:05 a.m. August 14.
BNSF 9621 in the executive paint scheme.
BNSF 518.
Eagle 22 arrived at 2:15 a.m.
Jerry getting off the end sleeping car.
A good crowd boarded the train for St Louis and Chicago.
Eagle 22 left at 2:26 a.m. Tuesday, August 14.
Southbound to Dallas train Amtrak Texas Eagle 21 arrived at the station at 3:44 a.m. August 14. A UP freight passes northbound on the left.
Two freights passing on the left, one on UP Main 2 (with BNSF power) and the other on Main 1 at 3:48 a.m.
Sunset over Little Rock Wednesday evening, August 15.
I took Jerry back to Union Station to catch southbound Eagle 21 at 3 a.m. but we decided to go early and watch northbound Amtrak 22 come in as well. Another good crowd was waiting to board Eagle 22 at 11:47 a.m. Wednesday, August 15.
11:49 p.m. waiting for #22.
Arrived 11:54 pm August 15.
Line of people boarding. On all these, I used a strong zoom lens so I wasn't in the way of anybody.
Amtrak 22 boarding, close to midnight August 15.
From inside the station, 11:59 a.m.
Inside the now-empty depot as all left on 22.
Waiting for the next train, southbound Amtrak Eagle 21, which was scheduled to arrive early at 3:00 a.m. Turns out #21 was early into Fort Worth as well, arriving there at 12:48 p.m. Thursday August 16, scheduled to arrive at 1:25 p.m. Jerry said he can't remember when this train got to Fort Worth that early.
Amtrak 21 arriving at 2:51 a.m. Thursday, August 16. Jerry is watching on the right and the engineer is waiting on the platform.
Boarding passengers.