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Dec-04-01, 12:20 PM (EST) "Olympic Torch Relay" reprinted from the Union Pacific Website www.uprr.comDecember Train Schedule for 2002 Olympic Torch Relay Announced
OMAHA, December 3 -- The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games today announced the schedule for the December portion of the train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, operated by Union Pacific Railroad. The 2002 Olympic Torch Relay presented by Coca-Cola and Chevrolet is a 65-day, 13,500-mile journey across 46 states beginning on Dec. 4, 2001, in Atlanta. It is scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake City for the opening ceremonies Feb. 8, 2002.In addition to being carried by more than 11,500 Torchbearers, the Olympic Flame will travel via automobile, airplane, train, boat, dogsled, skier, horse-drawn sleigh, snowmobile, ice skaters and covered wagon. The Olympic Flame will be traveling by railroad on a specially designed train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, operated by Union Pacific Railroad. The train will feature a specially created Cauldron Car for the Olympic Flame, two 2002 Olympic Winter Games custom-painted locomotives and 18 cars incorporating the Look of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.The train will receive the Olympic Flame first at Livonia, La., on December 10, 2001. The train will transport the flame for four days, passing through Lake Charles, La.; Beaumont, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, and Texarkana,Texas; Arkadelphia and Malvern, Ark., before arriving at Little Rock, Ark., on December 13, 2001. The train will hand off the Olympic Flame, picking it up again for its second leg of the Olympic Torch Relay on January 10, 2002, in Omaha, Neb.In all, the train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay will carry the Olympic Flame more than 3,200 miles across 11 states. This will be the second time the Olympic Flame will move by rail in the United States. Union Pacific also transported the Olympic Flame more than 3,500 miles during the Olympic Torch Relay for the Atlanta 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. Railroad officials request that the public follow a few basic safety guidelines when viewing the train for the Olympic Torch Relay:
Do not approach the train until it is stopped,
Use caution when near railroad tracks and
Obey all highway-railroad crossing warning devices.
December Train Schedule
For 2002 Olympic Torch Relay
(All times CST)

(EDITOR/ASSIGNMENT EDITOR NOTE: Working media representatives are welcome to ride daylight segments only due to limited overnight accommodations. Contact Lindsay Rowles, press chief - 2002 Olympic Torch Relay command center in Salt Lake City, 801-212-3065, for press credentials or e-mail at trmedia@saltlake2002.com" target="_blank">otrmedia@saltlake2002.com
Monday, December 10

Depart 12:01 a.m. Livonia, Louisiana - Union Pacific Rail Yard
2173 Maringouin Road

Pass Through Port Barre
Opelousas
Eunice
Kinder

Arrive
Depart 5:00 a.m.
6:15 a.m. Lake Charles -- Ryan Street Crossing
Pass Through West Lake
Sulphur
Orange, Texas

Arrive
Depart 8:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m. Beaumont - Main Street Crossing
Beaumont - Amtrak Station
2555 W. Cedar St.

Pass Through China
Devers
Liberty

Arrive 1:00 p.m.
Houston - Amtrak Station - 902 Washington

Tuesday, December 11

Depart 12:01 a.m. Houston - Amtrak Station

Pass Through Rosenberg
Eagle Lake
Flatonia
Harwood
Seguin

Arrive 6:45 a.m. San Antonio - Amtrak Station - 350 Hoefgen St.

Wednesday, December 11

Depart 12:01 a.m. Austin - Amtrak Station - 250 N. Lamar Blvd.

Pass Through McNeil
Round Rock
Taylor
Granger
Temple
Waco
West
Hillsboro

ArriveDepart 7:00 a.m.10:30 p.m. Ft. Worth - Amtrak Station - 1501 Jones St.Dallas - Amtrak Station - 400 S. Houston St.

Pass Through Mesquite
Terrell
Mineola
Big Sandy
Longview
Marshall
Jefferson
Atlanta

Thursday, December 12

Arrive
Depart 5:00 a.m.
6:45 a.m. Texarkana - Amtrak Station - 100 E. Front St.
Pass Through Hope, Arkansas
Prescott
Gurdon

ArriveDepart 9:15 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Arkadelphia - Amtrak Station - 798 S. 5th St.Malvern - Amtrak Station - 200 E. First St.

Pass Through Haskell
Benton

Arrive 4:00 p.m. Little Rock - Amtrak Station
Markham St. & Victory St.

End of first leg of the train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay that will carry the Olympic Flame. The second leg begins in Omaha, Nebraska, January 10, 2002.
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