On
Sunday afternoon, March 29, 2009, I was driving to Union Station to get
photos of trains when I saw Central Arkansas Transit's Streetcar 411 at
the 7th and Main stop in North Little Rock, AR with tons of people
getting on. There was a bus that brought them there to ride the
streetcar to the Clinton Presidential Library. I then followed
the streetcar to the library and got the following photos:
Arrow
Stage Lines bus at the 7th and Main streetcar stop of Central Arkansas
Transit's streetcar line, about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29.
Full CAT Streetcar 411, 7th and Main stop, North Little Rock, AR.
Heading south on Maple Street, North Little Rock.
Maple Street.
Streetcar
408 had to stop on Cumberland Street in the River Market in Little Rock
because the red SUV on the left was over the line and the streetcar
couldn't pass until it was moved. Meanwhile, No. 411 was on the Main
Street Bridge a few blocks away and was delayed because of this
incident with the SUV. The driver of 411 said she actually reversed the
streetcar and took 411 back over the bridge into North Little Rock and
made the North Little Rock loop again, before proceeding south into
Little Rock.
No.
411 approaching the Clinton Library stop. The red building to the right
is the old Rock Island Choctaw Passenger Depot, now the Clinton School
of Public Service. The main Clinton Library is out of the picture to
the right. Note the full trolley.
At the Clinton Library stop.
Passengers get off to go to the library.
All these people just got off the streetcar.
View of the former Choctaw Route depot, Streetcar 411, and the Clinton Library complex to the right.
A view of the William Clinton Presidential Center and Park (Clinton Library) looking east from downtown Little Rock. Left-Right:
Unused Rock Island bridge over the Arkansas River, Clinton Library,
Choctaw Route depot, electric pole for the streetcar line.
Still
a pretty good crowd at the Clinton Library, although not as many cars
as the first couple of years. It opened in November of 2004, as
did CAT's streetcar line. (The streetcars have about 100,000 to 150,000 riders a year, mainly patronized by tourists).
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