Amtrak's Texas Eagle - REAR VIEW - Approach & Crossing Mississippi River into St. Louis

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Railfan window view from Amtrak's westbound Texas Eagle as it approaches the MacArthur Bridge in Illinois and its subsequent crossing of the Mississippi River into the St. Louis, Missouri Gateway Station. The video was filmed on the evening of Friday, June 1, 2018.

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@tincanboat Год назад

I am a fan of the St. Louis live cam. I always wondered what was around the corner I could not see. thanks for the view.

@kevinhoward9593 3 года назад

i love that bridge the train merges onto at 8:41, it's impressive (well to me).

@markhayes6407 5 лет назад

The bridge and riding next to a freight were great scenes.

@redbarnz Год назад

Outstanding!

@divox9pqr 4 года назад

Magnificent few miles traveling up high on girded steel and crossing the Mississippi next to a freight train.

@deeppurple3489 2 года назад

You figure that bridge is over 100 yrs old and all the other trestle if you look coming in or even up along side the track the Amtrack is on very cool vid! Went across that bridge back in ghe early 60s many times! Pretty rusted now compared to the black paint back in its day

@OregonRailfan83 5 лет назад

Well done! Thanks for sharing!

@Steve-xf4uv 5 лет назад

Next to the freight was a great scene; enjoyed the whole trip, felt like I was there. Can't understand why so slow though, track seems fine, never get the airline crowd, for sure.

@cammacgregor9354 4 года назад

Affordable travel has issues at times

@peters1127 3 года назад

Thanks for the ride.

@philliplee980 2 года назад

Very cool

@bgmcc907 3 года назад

Would be nice to have some graphics pointing out whose tracks were diverging and converging, original ownership and the like. The east side is a maze of current and ancestor railroads. It would also help to have the major highways crossed over and under ID’ed. Fave footnote near the end is the Ralston Purina headquarters on the right with the literal street address of Checkerboard Square. Well played!

@Clarinetboy82 2 года назад

You may already know, but US 66 used to be above the trains on the MacArthur Bridge. The bridge was closed to vehicle traffic in 1981, and the upper road deck removal started about 2013.

@dewey70 2 года назад

@@Clarinetboy82 I noticed the area where the deck used to be. Why did they remove it?

@robertd.7060 6 лет назад

Nice video ! Good job.

@ksbear2 6 лет назад

Cardinals had a home game that evening. Sweet.

@kamranshabbir6258 6 лет назад

Love u America

@robertbowman3406 5 лет назад

What was that steel structure to the right of the freight train at 10:10 used for? Another track or roadway for vehicles maybe?

@MDLsRailViews 5 лет назад

That structure was where the old automobile roadway went from the side ramp up the bridge to the center of the bridge over the railroad tracks.

@Clarinetboy82 2 года назад

The automobile roadway was part of US 66 in the old days too. It was the main way to cross the river for US 66 until the Chain of Rocks Bridge was opened. The bridge was closed to vehicle traffic in 1981, and the road deck removal started in 2013.

@christopherstephans3383 5 лет назад

Which bridge is used more to cross the Big Muddy - this MacArthur Bridge, or the Merchants a little further upriver?

@MDLsRailViews 5 лет назад

I was always under the impression it was the MacArthur bridge, but I really don't know for sure.

@christopherstephans3383 5 лет назад

@@MDLsRailViews Not trying to be a pain, just curious. I have seen pix of Amtrak trains crossing on the Merchants. Thank you for the great videos and sincerely wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!

@jslasher1 5 лет назад

@@christopherstephans3383 I understand that both bridges are used, but the MacArthur crossing, which is the more circuitous of the two routes, is preferred. Go figure.

@kens.3729 5 лет назад

Terminal Railroad (a Switching only RR) owns both Bridges which cross IL into MO. Amtrak uses both the Union Pacific (MacArthur) Bridge approach from the East into the downtown yards as well as the BNSF (Merchants) Bridge which parallels Laclede’s Landing from the North and through the tunnels under the Gateway Arch and into the downtown yards. Both meet near Union Station.

@bbundy1069 4 года назад

With the Merchants Bridge being down to one track right now for a complete rebuild, I'm gonna say the MacArthur is getting more traffic. Before that it seemed it was fairly equal depending train destination.