30 minutes until sunset,UP 844 has hit home rails as the train has just taken the connection from BNSF's Boise City Sub to UP's Pratt Sub at Stratford,TX 11/2/11. From this point the train will ru... (more)

The sun has finally broken free from the snow and wind storm for a moment as UP 844 whistles off to move south after receiving another track warrant north of Boise City,OK 11/2/11.

UP 844 leads its special all around the Southwest and now, it pulls its train up the famous Cajon Pass for the first time in 22 years with the sun finding a break in the clouds just at the right t... (more)

Union Pacific shield on rear platform of the Cheyenne car in Yermo.

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 and its fifteen car train descends southern California's San Timoteo Canyon (the western side of Beaumont Hill) on November 17, 2011. As it passed, there was virtually no c... (more)

Union Pacific train SYUWC 17 arrives at West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California on November 17, 2011. Scheduled for a Noon arrival, the train finally rolled in at 4:00!

UP 844 glides over the Mojave River. Location scouting the day before paid off as 844 lines up exactly as I had envisioned, putting on an impressive exhaust that weaves into and out of the girders... (more)

Union Pacific's steam special from West Colton to Yermo works its way up Cajon Pass as a break in the clouds allows sun light through for a brief moment to illuminate the train.

UP 844 backing next to the river for it's rest in Cape Girardeau.

On this Sunday morning, 844 approaches the last bridge of Afton Canyon on its way to what would turn out to be a long stop in Kelso, CA.

UP 844 has to run the wye to get onto BNSF tracks to shove into Cape Girardeau for the night.

Crossing over the White River, 844 pounds it's way closer to it's overnite stay in the big metropolis of Bald Knob, AR.

"The Beast" rolls across a bridge just outside Dupo.

UP 844 makes its run up Cajon Pass. We got lucky as the light just popped out before the train arrived at our location above Summit.