UP Steam on BNSF rails.

UP Steam on BNSF rails. Also my last shot of the 844 and then highball to the house.

Union Pacific 844 is making good time over Donner Pass as it passes Emigrant Gap and the impressive Bear River Valley just before noon. The train is now heading towards the "wall of foam" that has... (more)

Passing through a shallow sag and curve south of Moran is UP Train SKCMA 15 on the UP Parsons Sub. From here the train will head for McAlester, OK for the night.

UP 844 clicks off the last few miles into Moran with UP Train SKCMA 15. It will stop there for servicing before heading south on the UP Parsons Sub. bound for McAlester, OK.

About 20 miles after our last look, UP Train SKCMA 15 is opened up south of Kincaid on the UP Parsons Sub.

Loping down the UP Parsons Sub. following a coal train on yellows is UP Train SKCMA 15 with UP 844.

Passing a BNSF tie gang is UP Train SKCMA 15 coming into Paola for a service stop at Peoria Street. After the servicing is complete, the engine will leave town on the UP Parsons Sub. The train u... (more)

After incurring a delay due to signal issues around Bonita, UP 844 blasts down the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. with UP Train SKCMA 15. This was the first time a UP steam engine had ever utilized this rou... (more)

Coming out of a rising sun leaving downtown Kansas City in the distance is UP Train SKCMA 15 passing CP Rosedale on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. for the first time ever.

Taking The Kenefick Connector for the first time is UP 844 with UP Train SKCMA 15, dropping down to the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. from the KCT High Line. Passing overhead is a westbound BNSF intermodal... (more)

It's 0700 sharp and 844 is backing out of Union Station. It will run west all the way to back to The Kenefick off the KCT High Line, and then run south using trackage rights down the BNSF Ft. Sco... (more)

844 rolls through the east side of Lawrence on a gloomy October day.

UP 844 outbound from Reno, NV enroute to Sacremento, Ca. Making a run for Donner Pass.

Union Pacific's SOGRS is moments away from topping 6824 ft. Wahsatch Summit on UP's Evanston Subdivision. The fireman must be doing his/her job well with a nearly smokeless approach to the the top... (more)