I noticed that No. 22, the northbound Eagle, passed Brinkley, Arkansas at 5:22 a.m. today, May 6, while the southbound No. 21 passed there at 8:10 a.m. Since water is over Interstate 40 at the White River bridge just west of Brinkley, I couldn't get there to get pictures unless I went hours out of the way. Interstate 40 was closed and will continue to be closed for days in east Arkansas (an average of 35,000 cars a day use this main east-west interstate and everyone is being detoured hundreds of miles).
The southbound Texas Eagle stopped at Pine Bluff shortly before noon today, Friday May 6, and I was told by passengers who were bused to the Amtrak station (Union Station) in Little Rock that large crowds of people greeted the train in Pine Bluff since it was the first regular passenger train to stop at the historic Pine Bluff station (now a museum) in over 40 years. Not sure if the reroutes will occur tonight or not.
Work equipment just south of Union Pacific's North Little Rock yard, taken from the Main Street overpass, which has a sidewalk on both sides.
Actual view of the derailment site from the Main Street overpass. It's straight ahead under the distant bridge.
Zoomed in a little. This was at 1:19 p.m. Friday, May 6. The I-30 bridge is over the derailment. I-30 starts here in Little Rock and ends in Fort Worth, Texas, about 7 hours away.
Little Rock from the Main Street overpass, looking south.
Colorful Central Arkansas Transit Paratransit mini-buses.
Stopped train at Union Station at 1:34 p.m.
UP 1611.
Taxi at the Little Rock Amtrak station, which was open during the day for the transferring of passengers from detoured Amtrak's Texas Eagle at Pine Bluff.
UP workers on the curve going to the Baring Cross bridge.
UP 1579, 2:07 p.m.
Thought I'd get my every-two-months photo of UP 4141, the Bush unit, at Jenks Shops. No further information on how long or why its here.