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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