This beautiful engine will be stopping in the downtown Navasota on Monday, October 29, 2012, from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM. The city will be blocking off Railroad Street from Holland to Washington Avenue for visitors to safely view the train.
The engine will proceed
north, passing through Bryan at the West 29th Street crossing at South Bryan
Avenue around 11:50 AM, and a continuing to Hearne, arriving at 1:00 PM.
The train will
remain in Hearne at West 4th Street and South Market Street for the remainder
of Monday, October 29, 2012, and all of Tuesday, October 30, and Wednesday, October
31; on those two days it will be on display from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
On Thursday, November 1, 2012, the train will depart Hearne at 8:00 AM and travel northwest, stopping in several cities before reaching its destination of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Thursday, November 8, 2012.
It is well worth
driving to Navasota or Hearne to see this fascinating piece of transportation
history.
Additional information about this engine and others may be found at this link: http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/steam/index.shtml.
Additional information about this engine and others may be found at this link: http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/steam/index.shtml.
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