On a beautiful fall day, the roar of Union Pacific 844 can be heard from miles away. Here 844 comes blasting through a small rock cut near Penryn, California on it's way down the treacherous Donne... (more)

UP #844 leads the Frontier Days Special into Cheyenne.

The sweet tone of 844's whistle rings out through the Clipper Gap Ravine as the 150th anniversary train makes it's way down Donner Pass on the #1 track.

UP 844 passes through penryn at one of my favorite locations along the foothills of the sierras. They are making pretty good time as the head for roseville.

UP 844 emerges out of the tunnel at Newcastle with the UP 150 Express

Big Steam Over Donner Pass! Union Pacific 844 comes roaring down Donner Pass near Emigrant Gap, California. When Engineer Dickens blows the whistle, echos of the past ring out across the Be... (more)

Big Steam Over Donner Pass! The sound of Union Pacific 844 charging up Donner Pass breaks the peace of the forest near Andover, California. Union Pacific 844 was heading to Sacramento for t... (more)

The Valley Eagle Heritage Tour rolls into Kansas City over the KCT High Line behind UP 844 as UP Train SMVKC 04. The nice part about this trip was seeing her on rail she'd traveled in revenue ser... (more)

Westbound at the site of Palisade, Nevada on the way to Winnemucca

Westbound train at Shawmut in the late afternoon sun. This was the Arizona & New Mexico Centennial Special that the UP ran. One of my first digital photos....

Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Special glides west through the Morgan Valley approaching the tiny town of Enterprise. Note the smoky skies from numerous forest fires in Idaho.

After making a brief stop at Echo, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Special is back on the move at Henefer.

The number plate underneath the Golden Glow headlight on Union Pacific 4-8-4 844, as with the number plates on most UP steam locomotives, was cast in the shape of the railroad's shield. This Nort... (more)

Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Special glides west through scenic Echo Canyon.

UP 844 departs Grand Island after a half hour service stop.