A lame 8444 sits in Cheyenne after having failed on an excursion at Lynch, WY prior to a photo run. The right cylinder valve cage was damaged but the Northern managed to limp back to Cheyenne.

Union Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4 8444 backs down to Denver Union Station and the excursion train to Laramie, WY. The previous night's rain had turned to snow much to everyone's delight.

Union Pacific 8444 sits in Denver on a rainy Valentine Day's evening prior to an excursion the following day.

Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 833 was donated to the City of Salt Lake in October 1972 and placed on display in Pioneer Park (not the best area of town). I noticed that the locomotive was looking prett... (more)

Racing along at track speed, UP 844 and 6936 lead the Cheyenne Frontier Days Special back to Denver through Peckham, CO after taking people to the Daddy of Em' All Rodeo in Cheyenne, WY.

UP 844 leads the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days train through the signals at the south end of Platteville siding. UP has been doing work on this part of the former Denver Pacific, meaning the telep... (more)

UP 844 thunders across the high desert on the way back from visiting New Mexico and Arizona.

At daybreak the crew of UP 844 brings the heat up, evidenced by the dancing flames under the fire box.

A bright Colorado sunrise reflects off the nose of UP 844. The red Mars light which sat just above the headlight has been recently removed, apparently in an effort to backdate the appearance of t... (more)

UP 844 gets a helping hand from UP 6936 (DD40X) while pulling 23 passenger cars (including 7 dome cars). It has just left Denver early in the morning and is headed to Cheyenne, Wyoming to celebra... (more)

On this mild yet humid evening, UP #844 and UP #6936 race out of Brighton, CO at track speed as they bring back people to Denver from the Daddy of Em' All Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne,... (more)

Engineer Ed Dickens is at the helm of UP #844 as the train departs the greater Denver area through the suburb of Commerce City with a lucky lady sitting behind Ed.

Now THAT is a plume! Well, admittedly it's overkill, but dramatic nonetheless. UP's world famous 4-8-4 climbs east through Echo Canyon on a sunny October 22, 1978 afternoon. UP President John C. K... (more)

Union Pacific #844 on the east side of the summit of Cajon Pass, with the Arizona, New Mexico Centennial Special, homeward bound.

On it's way back home from a 2900 mile trip to help celebrate Arizona and New Mexico's state centennials, Union Pacific's #844 Highballs up Echo Canyon.