Midnight trains passing Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas,
Monday, August 24, 2009, including Amtrak Texas Eagle No. 22 and the
Ringling Brothers-Barnum&Bailey circus train on its way to
Illinois. I've also included Youtube videos of these trains - I
put the digital video camera on a tripod and starting recording as I
took the still photos. Although dark, you can see enough detail of the
trains as they passed the Amtrak platform lights. Lots of action
between 10:30 pm on the 24th and 12:30 a.m. on the 25th. As usual when
Amtrak is in the station, a UP special agent was present in his patrol
car.All photos and videos by Ken Ziegenbein. Included tonight: 1) UP 3927, 3968 (Circus Train), 6602 2) BNSF 3202 3) NS-Unknown 4) Ringling Brothers-Barnum&Bailey Circus train 5) Amtk 115 on the Texas Eagle
LEFT-Signals under the Cantrell Avenue overpass at 10:22 p.m. RIGHT- BNSF
3202 with the BNSF local at 10:42 p.m. northbound. It was pitch black
here and I used a flash then lightened the photo, so the grain
shows up nicely :-) I can't read the number of the second unit. Here's
a Youtube video of this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okrrT-Tr9PI
LEFT-Approaching
train at 10:57 p.m. The train on the right is the BNSF local backing to
the Pulaski siding on the Little Rock & Western. RIGHT- UP 3927 northbound at 10:58 p.m. Here's a Youtube video of this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7B6gejEAMM LEFT-Handheld
shot of the BNSF local backing to the Pulaski siding, 11:07 p.m.
RIGHT-Amtrak's Texas Eagle northbound No. 22 is arriving at 11:09 p.m.
The light between the Amtrak crew is the BNSF local.
Union Station and Amtrak arriving. Typical night at the train station.
Another
northbound freight approaches at 11:50 p.m. Still not the circus train!
A NS-led freight, 11:50 p.m. Here's a Youtube video of this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xKYUYJQ2Do
The circus train finally arrives at 11:57 p.m.
UP 3968 leads the circus train at 11:58 p.m. Aug 24. -
Here's four Youtube videos of this scene. The train stopped 4 times in
front of the station so I had to stop the video recording each time and
resume it when the train started moving again. If you watch all 4
videos, you'll get every car. Note that the video is darker, but
you can see the cars as they hit the platform lighting. Video Part 1 - Video Part 2 - Video Part 3 - Video Part 4 RIGHT-Using my flash got this result.
The train was stopped for this scene. It's now past midnight, but there were people on the train in the vestibules chatting.
LEFT-Note the small floodlights on the cars to the right. RIGHT-Material cars are beginning to show up.
Exposed circus vehicles, buses and trucks.
It's now 12:12 a.m. August 25. The end is in sight.
Amtrak
had left just 30 minutes earlier. RIGHT-My final train of the night
lead by UP 6602 leading a loaded coal train southbound. For a Youtube video, click on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhB6iK41-JE It got real quiet here after this train left. I went inside the Amtrak office for a little while, then went home.
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