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Train 117 actually connected to train 17 at Little Rock. Train 817 was the designation from Benton to Hot Springs, once the train left the mainline and was on the Hot Springs branch. That 20 minute connection might seem risky (at least by today’s Amtrak standards which require at least an hour), but No. 117 was carrying a Kansas City-Hot Springs Pullman which was also switched from one train to the other at Little Rock during that short period, so the expectation was that No. 117 would indeed arrive on time.
Bill
PS – Train 17 was the Hot Springs Special, St. Louis to Hot Springs, one of the “hotter” trains on the railroad in the days prior to the Eagles.
