Railway History

Mom was heading down to the grocery store yesterday when she saw a bunch of cars stopped on the side of the road near the railroad tracks by our house. She stopped to ask what was going on and learned that a historic Union Pacific steam engine was about to be coming through. A call to Dad was made and seconds later Dad and Jonas joined in to see what all the fuss was about. Turns out it was UP's steam locomotive No. 844, apparently a living legend in railroad circles. And it was quite cool. Jonas was saying "choo, choo!" most of the time until ol' 844 blew its crazy-loud whistle, putting a cute but unfortunate scare into Jonas, who suddenly wasn't sure what to make of it all. But a few minutes later, he was back to his "choo, choo!" ways, already reminiscing about his chance encounter with history.