844 and 1989 head past an old wooden UP boxcar in the edge of a wheat field with UP Train PDVCB3 24, northbound on the UP Greeley Sub. This is an equipment deadhead move from the Cheyenne Frontie... (more)

Making a grand entrance and dodging raindrops back into the Denver area is UP Train PDVDV1 23, the Frontier Days Special behind 844, passing BNSF Train R PWR4503 23I, a roadswitcher at Sand Creek.... (more)

Dodging raindrops along the UP Greeley Sub., 844 has the Frontier Day Special, UP Train PDVDV1 23 rolling south for Denver past a field being mowed by a skid steer.

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After experiencing an undesired emergency stop just north of town, UP Train PDVDV1 23 with 844 up front and doing all the work pounds through the small town of Eaton on the UP Greeley Sub., the en... (more)

Now back in Colorado and making track speed just north of Nunn, UP Train PDVDV1 23 clicks off the miles towards Denver with the return trip of the Frontier Days Special.

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UP 844 is dropping down the hill out of Speer on the UP Greeley Sub. headed back to Denver with UP Train PDVDV1 23, the Frontier Days Special. The steam era water tank that once topped off the FE... (more)

After departing the depot at 1700 sharp, UP Train PDVDV1 23 stomps through the UP Larmie Sub. crossovers and under the classic UP Signal Bridge at MP 511 and out of town, headed back to Denver wit... (more)

The Denver Post Train is in the homestretch into Cheyenne, running as UP Train PDVDV1 23 behind 844 and 1989. To the right of the train is UP Train MHKNP 20, which will wait for the special to ge... (more)

With the Front Range and as a backdrop, UP Train PDVDV1 23 clicks off the miles at one per minute, hammering north on the UP Greeley Sub. bound for the Cheyenne Frontier Days.

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Running through a slow order, UP Train PDVDV1 23 lopes past the yard at La Salle with the Denver Post Special bound for the Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Locomotives: UP 844, UP 1989

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UP 844 is back in service after a 3 year hiatus, and in a few hours will be fired up, hot, and ready to head UP Train PDVDV1 23 to Cheyenne and back. For now the engine lays over almost silently ... (more)

Along US 30 in western Iowa......Jean Farence Photo.

After a three year hiatus, Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844 made a spirited comeback in 2016 pulling the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Train between Denver, CO and Cheyenne, WY. Shortly after departing De... (more)

The "Trek to Tennessee" Special approaches its final stop for the day in Dexter, MO.