UP 1989, the Denver & Rio Grande Heritage locomotive, lead a special passenger train (SBTCB-03) past Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas in the wee hours of Friday morning, March 4, 2011. It stopped in front of the station at 3:55 a.m. until 4:10 a.m., waiting for the Baring Cross Bridge's liftspan to lower. This gave me a good opportunity to take a few time exposures of the locomotive and train plus a relatively well-lit sound movie of it leaving, which includes its horn echoing across the area. You can also hear a cricket as it was accelerating.
   I really lucked out on this one. Just an hour before it got here, I got a message that is was due at 5 a.m. (earlier time estimate was 6 a.m.). Well, instead of waiting at home and heading for the station by 5 a.m., I decided to go on down and got there at 340, thinking I would have to wait an hour. Then I got a text saying it was at Biddle Yards in south Little Rock already, but would have to stop at Union Station because of the bridge's liftspan being up (thank you nice barge operators - lol).  Anyway, here are a couple of photos and link to my Youtube video, which is in 720p HD. I also included a movie of Amtrak's Texas Eagle leaving at 5:02 a.m.


UP 1989's train rounding the curve and about to stop in front of Union Station at 3:55 a.m. 



1989 still stopped at 4:03 a.m.


Train was moving at 4:11 a.m.  The link below is a 3 minute movie of it leaving, which includes one horn blast, which echoed all over the valley.

Click this link to view the movie, which is in HD on  Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjQB5oATWpo

About 20 minutes after this, Amtrak's southbound Texas Eagle No. 21 arrived.


Amtrak's southbound Texas Eagle, No. 21, stopped at Union Station at 4:40 a.m., about an hour and a half late.  Below is a link of it leaving at 5:02 a.m.

Click this link to view the movie of the Texas Eagle leaving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o_oVt12MI0

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