So it wasn’t really a train per se, but DC808 did catch up with Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle, HART board Chairwoman Carrie Okinaga and rail general manager Toru Hamayasu on the underground tram that connects different buildings of the U.S. Capitol complex on Thursday. 

Our repeated pleas for a scheduled interview were turned down, and it’s fair to say that Honolulu officials were surprised to see DC808 waiting for them in a hallway after their meeting with Sen. Daniel Inouye.

“Shocked,” Carlisle said with a laugh. “We went deep undercover on this one.”

Our interview with the group — which entailed us following them around on several elevator rides, from one building to the next via tram and eventually to the door of Inouye’s office — lasted all of nine minutes and 19 seconds.

Hey, better than nothing, right?

We’ll have a full story later this afternoon.