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

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@tincanboat Жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@markhayes6407 5 жыл бұрын

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

@redbarnz Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@divox9pqr 4 жыл бұрын

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

@deeppurple3489 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Steve-xf4uv 5 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Affordable travel has issues at times

@OregonRailfan83 5 жыл бұрын

Well done! Thanks for sharing!

@peters1127 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the ride.

@philliplee980 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@bgmcc907 3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@ksbear2 6 жыл бұрын

Cardinals had a home game that evening. Sweet.

@robertd.7060 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video ! Good job.

@robertbowman3406 5 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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.

@kamranshabbir6258 6 жыл бұрын

Love u America

@christopherstephans3383 6 жыл бұрын

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

@MDLsRailViews 6 жыл бұрын

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

@christopherstephans3383 6 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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.