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My contact told me that switching #21/1 and #2/22 is it for the Amtrak yard crew.  I believe that they are on duty from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on the nights/mornings the transfers are made.  I had thought that the switching was done by a UP contract crew, but my acquaintance told me that it is an Amtrak crew. My contact is the senior conductor out of San Antonio.  I have know him for years, and we have had coffee together.  But I don't like to reveal people's names in a forum.  Number 821 is due in Fort Worth at 12:39 p.m.  Number 21 is due there at 1:25 p.m.  However, if #21 leaves Dallas on time, it can run to Fort Worth in less than 40 minutes and be in the Fort Worth station well before the advertised.  On Thursday, we left Dallas on time and pulled into the station at Fort Worth at 12:45 p.m.  So if #821 is a tad late, #21 frequently is in the station, seemingly waiting for it, which is what you experienced.  On most days, if #21 and #22 are on time, they are in the Fort Worth Station at the same time. Fort Worth is a service stop for all three trains. Speaking of Numbers 822 and 821, I have been thinking of taking a ride up to Oklahoma City.  I have not been over the Fort Worth to Oklahoma City line since the middle 1970s.  Was it worth it?   Although I have not seen anything from Amtrak, my conductor acquaintance told me that Amtrak is going to terminate #21 at Fort Worth for most of July and August because of the track work and the communications construction around Tower 55.  Buses will be substituted between Fort Worth and San Antonio.  He said that he is going to qualify on the Sunset Limited to Alpine.
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