A
large crowd gathered at Kingsville, Texas at 10 a.m. April 14 for 844's
arrival, even with on and off showers. Due to large crowds at Woodsboro
and Refugio (north of Kingsville), I was told that the special made
unscheduled stops for those crowds too, making it about an hour and
half late (arriving at Kingsville at 11:45 a.m.), but the Kingsville
crowd waited. After all, as far as I know, this was the first steam
locomotive to come to Kingsville in over 60 years. The city of Bishop,
the next station up the line, put up a Thank You sign for the Valley
Eagle. I saw many school kids (3 busloads), many grandparents with
their grandkids telling of memories of trains past, and the general
public admiring this locomotive. The train left at 12:12 pm. Union
Pacific and its Public Relations department deserves an A+ for this
effort.
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