UP 844 overshoots Mount Pleasant 4/15/2012
Channel: NorthEastTexan
Date: 2012-04-18

Union Pacific's steam locomotive 844, on its way to San Antonio, arrives at 9:45am for a scheduled half-hour stop in Mount Pleasant.  Instead of stopping, the train passes the depot and spectators at speed.  

A thick, acrid smell like overheated tractor-trailer brakes gusted through the crowd as the locomotive passed.

The train continued out of the depot area and out of sight around a curve.

At about 10:20am, about 35 minutes later, the train came back into view as it was backed into the depot area and into a siding, where it would stay for the rest of the day undergoing repairs.