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I rode the Eagle from Temple to Dallas and back last week.  And I rode it the week before as well.   The whole area around Tower 55 is much cleaner than I remember it. Numerous tracks have been removed whilst others have been rebuilt. According to one of the conductors with whom I spoke, the tracks have been aligned so as to better keep the BNSF and UP trains separated and thereby facilitate their movement through the Tower 55 area. Unfortunately, the Eagle is back on the UP between Fort Worth and Dallas and vice versa.  And the backing into and out of the Fort Worth Intermodal Transit Center is back in play.  Too bad!  Running via the TRE is a better option, as was demonstrated during July and August, but Amtrak and TRE could not make it a permanent gig.  One of the Eagle conductors told me that the TRE, which has to hoist some BNSF trains, was concerned about the late running Eagle, which has been up to three hours late recently.   The Eagle has three coaches.  On both trips back to Temple the last coach was empty.  This is unusual.  It suggests that substituting buses for the train during July and August may have caused some regulars to give up on the train.   I usually go up to Dallas in a coach, but I return in an economy room.  On both trips I noticed that the sleepers are getting a bit ratty looking.
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