The Little Rock Express

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Maggie Menderski and Sarah Reed

Union Pacific's steam locomotive No. 844 left Cheyenne, Wyo., Friday, May 27, and chugged into Saline County Tuesday morning.

(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)

(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
A small crowd awaits the arrival a historic Union Pacific steam engine on Tuesday, May 31. (Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
Local children jump over a ditch while waiting for the "Little Rock Express" to stop in Grand Pass on Tuesday morning. (Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
Joseph Booth, 11 climbs in the rafters of the springhouse as he waits for the "Little Rock Express" to stop in Grand Pass. Booth has broken his arm twice in the past, but he made it safely to the ground just before the train arrived on Tuesday morning. (Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
Emma Martin, 10 covers her ears to muffle the sound of this Union Pacific "Living Legend's" whistle in Grand Pass on May 31. Her brother Lane, 8 points excitedly at the conductor. Their sister Abby, 5 eagerly explains she has seen trains such as this in cartoons, but she didn't expect it to be so big in real life. (Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
Amy Giffen takes photos as her children Quinlan, 7 and August, 5 gaze at the historic Union Pacific steam engine. The "Little Rock Express" stopped briefly in Malta Bend on May 31. (Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
Caroline Close holds her son Mitchell, 2 as he covers his ears to shield them from steam engine's whistle in Malta Bend on Tuesday. As the son of a Union Pacific employee, Mitchell is familiar with trains, but he didn't expect the "Little Rock Express" to be so loud. (Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
Conductor Kevin Coker, right, greets Jameson Oessing, 2 who was among members of a small crowd awaiting the historic Union Pacific steam engine when it made a stop in Malta Bend Tuesday, May 31. (Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
(Maggie Menderski/Democrat-News)