Sunday, February 3, 2002 at Union Station in Little Rock . There were lots of trains today. Some had to stop to let the yard area in North Little Rock clear out. An engineer told us that there were 11 northbound trains stacked up behind him as of 1030 a.m. (I guess the recession is over). As information, Amtrak President Warrington announced yesterday, February 2, that Amtrak would discontinue all long-distance passenger service October 1, 2002 unless Congress gave it $1.2 billion.

821 831am
L- 821 a.m.; R-831 a.m

831amCSX 834amEnd
L-831a.m.; R-834 a.m. (What kind of car is this?)

837am 838am
L-837 a.m.; R-838 a.m.

901am 902am
L-901 a.m.; R-902 a.m.

919amstairs  919amstairs
L-919 a.m. from stairwell of Union Staton; R-920 a.m.

928amCN  929amCN
L-928 a.m. with two CN units; R-929 a.m.

959am  959am
L-959 a.m.; R-959 a.m.

1000am  1013am
L-1000 a.m.; R-1013 a.m

1014am  1020am
L-1014 a.m.; R-1020 a.m.

 1028am 1031amEngineer
L-1028 a.m.; R-Friendly engineer 1031 a.m. He was stopped for a red signal. Apparently the yard was stacked up and he said he had 11 trains following. Like I said earlier, I guess the recession is over.

1045 a.m. 1152am
L-1045 a.m.; R-1152 a.m. This train was stopped for about an hour.

1153am 1153am
L-1153 a.m.; R-1153 a.m.

amtraksign baggagecart
L-Amtrak's information sign for the Texas Eagle stating hours of operation. R-An old baggage cart in front of one of the many businesses that use Union Station for offices. This cart has been around for years.

dwarf
Dwarf signal in front of turnout between the two main tracks. UP had workers welding part of this switch all morning.