UP 844 was spending the night in Grand Island for Railroad Days.

Men at work.....

Slight pan shot with reflection of the Portland Rose's leading locomotive: Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844.

Driver 8 rarely takes a break during Wyoming’s Cheyenne Frontier Days. UP 844 gives off steam and a loud whistle and heads off into an early morning sunrise, taking passengers from Denver to Ch... (more)

UP 844 sits on display at CSRM on a warm summer night

Like a view through a porthole of a worker in a shipyard, here is a member of Union Pacific’s Steam Shop crew grinding in the firebox of 4-8-4 No. 844, looking through the firebox door opening i... (more)

Inside the heart of a steam locomotive
Well, maybe the boiler is the heart, but perhaps we can think of the firebox as where a locomotive gets her “life.” The famous Union Pacific N... (more)

Union Pacific No. 844 gets some off-season work done at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. Work is being done on the superheaters and firebox, among other things. Steam locomo... (more)

Always a favorite, Union Pacific No. 844 gets some off-season work done at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. Note the easily-seen twin stacks with the smokebox door removed a... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844 storms upgrade through Erda on its way to Salt Lake City. This is the last stretch of upgrade on the LA&SL Route as it wraps around the Oquirrah Mountains. Soon the train ... (more)

Union Pacific's Railfair '91 passenger special glides downgrade through Weber Canyon just west of CP Strawberry in Mountain Green, Utah.

Union Pacific #844 coasts downgrade through Andover, CA. The train is bound for Sparks, NV for the night. Andover is both a historic site and a scenic wonder for photography, situated just up the... (more)

Union Pacific #844 blasts upgrade along the ledge at Cape Horn. Here the original Transcontinental Railroad hugs a granite cliff face above the American River, hundreds of feet below. This modern ... (more)

Union Pacific #844 storms up the Truckee River Canyon through Verdi, NV. The locomotive is about to cross the stateline and enter California. By the end of the day, the locomotive and its train wi... (more)

Union Pacific #844 makes a steamy departure from Winnemucca, NV on a cold October morning. On this day, the train was bound for Elko, NV a short but scenic run on the former WP mainline across nor... (more)