UP 8444 putting on a show for its return passenger excursion trip from Fremont.

844 and 3985 head a Cheyenne to Roseville CA steam special.

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 leads a short passenger train around Sullivan's Curve in southern California's Cajon Pass under skies that were threatening rain. The cold temperatures, however, provided ... (more)

The fire burns in the belly of the beast. UP 844 (4-8-4) sits in Denver waiting to take the Cheyenne Frontier Days train back to Cheyenne.

The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion train is seen with 10 cars near Harriman Wyoming on June 3rd 1967. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The National Railway Historical Society excursion train is seen near Harriman Wyoming in 1963. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A bright sunset catches a rare sight at the steam shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming as a lineup of rare locomotives faces west, including UP 844, UP 5511, UP 'Big Boy' 4014 and UP 'Challenger' 3985.

Union Pacific Thoroughbreds The crew of the steam program at Union Pacific Railroad set out to record the last time 844, 4014, and 3985 will ever be together again in the steam house i... (more)

On a Frontier Days excursion back in July 2017, the UP 844 approaches a stop at the depot in downtown Greeley, CO. A line of several of us were set up for a picture well before the train arrived, ... (more)

Found an old slide of Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 looking good on display at Roseville Ca. Tomorrow the 844 will be on display at Oroville Ca. From there the 844 will run up the Feather River Cany... (more)

Thoroughbreds in The Stable. Provenance, pedigree, original, profound. Union Pacific 4014, 844, and 3985, stable mates in the shrine in Cheyenne, WYO.

TUPELO OK Jan 28 1985 — UP 4-8-4 8444 steams north with a helicopter overhead. The locomotive and its train are returning to Cheyenne WY after an appearance at the Louisiana World Exhibition in ... (more)

Of the numerous times I shot the return leg from Cheyenne to Denver, this was one of the few there was no storm...and even fewer times there was no other rail traffic waiting at the signals eastbo... (more)

A crowd gets up close and personal to UP 8444, headed to the 1984 Worlds Fair in New Orleans, LA, while being serviced at Warrensburg, MO.

A steam double header was operated from downtown St. Louis to the Museum of Transport to drop off SLSF 1522. However, the train had to wait for a stalled freight train to clear before the steam l... (more)