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The current re-routing of Number 22 (October 14 - 31, November 8 - 15 and November 21 - 22) is from Taylor to Longview via. Hearne, Palestine, and Jacksonville.  The posting about seeing Number 22 running east on the Sunset Route to Flatonia and then north to Giddings, etc. probably was a one-off. The previous day No. 21 was several hours late arriving into San Antonio, which may have been due to a problem between Austin and San Antonio. In the case of this routing the locomotive probably was refueled in San Antonio. Unless there has been a recent change, the number of Texas Eagle through cars is one coach and one sleeper. When I take the train from Temple for San Antonio, the crew herds all the through passengers onto one coach. Or onto the through sleeper if they are first class passengers. I don't understand the loco changes you described. The eastbound Sunset Limited arrives into San Antonio, I think, with two locomotives. The southbound Texas Eagle arrives in San Antonio with one locomotive. If they take the locomotive off the Texas Eagle and transfer it to the westbound Sunset Limited, then they have to take one of the locomotives off the eastbound Sunset Limited and transfer it to the northbound Texas Eagle.   The schedule would permit the aforementioned transfer of locomotives, although I am not sure whey they would do it inasmuch as it would result in an extra switching of locomotives.  However, servicing may be a reason. In September I took the Eagle to San Antonio. For the return trip I got to the station about 6:40 a.m. The Eagle had its locomotive and was ready to go. The eastbound Sunset Limited was running very late, and it had just pulled into the station.  It only had one locomotive, which suggests that it had dropped the second locomotive at the service point that you described.  In any case, it would not have been in time to provide its second locomotive to the Eagle.  Had the Eagle transferred its locomotive to the westbound Sunset Limited, which departs at 2:45 a.m., it would not have had a locomotive for its 7:00 a.m. departure, unless Amtrak keeps an extra locomotive in San Antonio. If the southbound Eagle is too late into San Antonio to transfer the through cars to the westbound Sunset Limited, I believe the reserve cars are coupled to the Sunset so as to balance the equipment needs out of LAX.  The through passengers probably would be out of luck.  With the improvement in the Eagle's on-time performance, I suspect this would be a rare event.  To the best of my knowledge it has not happened since the schedule change.
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