Harlingen,
Texas April 14, 2010. UP steam locomotive 844 visited Harlingen as part
of Harlingen's 100th anniversary. The train was on the "Valley Eagle"
tour, that began in Cheyenne, Wyoming in early April and would include
several states in the midwest and south. "Valley Eagle" was the name of
a Missouri Pacific passenger train that ran between Houston and
Brownsville, Texas from the late 1940s to early 1960s.
The special had stopped at Kingsville around noon the same day
and then ran south to Harlingen and would be displayed there the next
day at Centennial Park. I got photos of the train in Harlingen on April
14, along with pictures of the former Missouri Pacific Freight Station
in Harlingen. This former MoPac freight station is now home of a golf
cart company. They told me that the Missouri Pacific passenger station
was demolished in the 1960s.
Former Missouri Pacific Freight Station in Harlingen. It's now home of a golf cart company.
Rare bluebonnets in Harlingen, which don't usually grow too much this far south.
On
the track to the left in the distance is UP 844, which stopped at
roughly the site of the former Missouri Pacific passenger station for
the night.
You can see the 844 better in this cropped shot.
UP 844 at 2:43 p.m. April 14.
Stored for the night in Harlingen.
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