Here are a couple photos from the delayed July 4 train:
Texas Eagle No. 21 had left here at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, July 4, 2015 heading south toward Texas. However, when it got to Arkadelphia, heavy rains had washed out a section on Union Pacific tracks south of Prescott, Arkansas in the soutwest part of the state. So, after sitting at Arkadelphia for awhile, it was decided to back the train all the way back to Little Rock (about 70 miles). It arrived back at the Little Rock station around 8:30 p.m. and the passengers were then bussed to their Texas destinations. The last Greyhound bus, which you can see under the flags left center of photo, was loaded and ready to head to Fort Worth at 8:52 p.m. I understand that the empty train waited here until the washout was fixed around midnight and then was taken to Fort Worth to be turned to become the northbound Eagle No. 22.
Amtrak locomotive No. 151 led the train.
Here is the Greyhound bus taking the passengers to Fort Worth.
Now here are the train photos from Sunday, July 5:
UP 8501 and 7500, July 5 at 10:47 a.m. MDANL-03
CNW 437115 hopper.
ACFX 72335 rusty tank car.
ICG 768604 Illinois Central Gulf hopper with original symbol.
CMHX 71225 express boxcar.
DUPX 80048 TI.PURE DuPont tank car.
UP 5022, 11:17 a.m. ALDASB-02
UP 4333 and 4053.
BVRY 47075 gondola.
TTGX 2559588 BNSF autorack.
During my lunch break, I got a couple of shots of Little Rock streetcars, here on Markham Street at 12:40 p.m.
Markham and Main. Sunday afternoons are popular with families riding the streetcars,
UP 4200, 1:01 p.m. ALSASB-01
FXE 4647 Ferromex.
String of auto frames, probably made in Mexico. The train was northbound.
KCSM 205992 hycube boxcar.
UP 3984 and 6916, 1:16 p.m. ZMXDT-03 (Ex SP SD70m)
UP 8088 and 8072, 1:31 p.m. ZLDYC-04
A streetcar at Scott and Markham, Little Rock, on my way home.
Here's a few July 4th fireworks taken from North Little Rock across the Arkansas River from Little Rock. The downtown area of Little Rock is in the lower right of the photo.
