UPDATED June 21, 2014 to add train ID's.
Union Station at 9:29 p.m. Thursday, June 19.
Little Rock & Western local at 9:48 p.m. heading south-west out of UP's North Little Rock yards, passing Union Station.
LRWN 2017.
Southbound UP freight passing the LRWN train, 9:49 p.m.
UP 9418, 9:54 p.m. YPB88-19
UP 8504.
BNSF local approaches at 10:06 p.m.
BNSF 2009, 10:06 p.m.
Santa Fe-BNSF 2849. BNSF 2849 shows on BNSF train M LRKMEM1 20
The Amtrak station being opened at 10:30 p.m. for the Texas Eagle.
UP 8003, 10:58 p.m., passes the station. ZLAME-17
Amtrak engine 17 leads northbound Texas Eagle 22 at 10:18 p.m., 13 minutes early.
AMTK 17, 11:18 p.m.
Passengers waiting to board, 11:21 p.m. There are always a line of passengers here even over the midnight hour. There are a couple of large groups coming next week also.
Train from inside Union Station, Amtrak waiting room, 11:36 p.m. It can't leave until 11:39 p.m.
11:37 p.m. All passengers have boarded.
Amtrak agent Richard and soon to be retiring engineer Bill doing paperwork.
UP 3862, 11:56 p.m. northbound. MHOKC-18
UP 8450. I got these shots using only the lights on the platform, no flash, by setting my sensitivity to 16,000 and shutter speed to 1/160th of a second to stop the action. Of course they have some grain if you enlarge them, but are still useful.
This photo was taken June 18, of CN 2115,
An iris at a restaurant.
Now it's June 20, Friday. UP 6931, 3:34 p.m. taken from the hill across the track.
UP 6931, 9580, 5226 lead a very long mixed freight northbound past Union Station at 3:34 p.m. June 20. MFWNL-19, second engine UP 9580 in "Running-Bad ordered" status, third engine UP 5226 in "Dead-Unknown: status. Train had 26 loads, 102 empties-6,095 tons-8305'
UP 6931 passing me.
UP 5226. It was thundering in the distance.
Wide angle shot of the train and station.
ICG 680105 hycube.
ICG 680130 hycube.
ACFX 44670 rusty hopper.
New tank cars built 6-14.
Lady graffiti.
DPU UP 5828.
UP 5828.