There is an October chill in the air as UP 844 runs through Denver and heads to New Mexico on the Joint Line.
A UP Northern blasts past the station at Archer. No photographer name listed on slide.
An FEF4 Northern at speed rounding Brady curve with stock cars in tow. No photographer listed on slide.
It is well after midnight as UP 8444 rests quietly in Las Vegas. The crewman on duty to monitor the locomotive through the night let me sit in the cab with him until 3 am, telling me how all the ... (more)
The end is in sight for the crew on 844 as they pound down the final 10 miles to Sharon Springs, Kansas where they will tie up for the night.
With the morning sun rising in the sky, UP 844 is steamed up and ready to depart Salina, Kansas westward for Sharon Springs.
Three steam locomotives simmer on a hot, humid late spring afternoon at St. Louis, Missouri, on June 13, 1990, in a gathering to celebrate Trains Magazine’s 50th anniversary. Union Pacific 4-8-4... (more)
GreyhoundUnion Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844, decked out in two-tone “Greyhound” paint, crosses the West Fork of Shoal Creek west of Hillsboro, Illinois, on June 14, 1990. The Northern pull... (more)
At the 1990 NRHS Convention in St. Louis, TRAINS Magazine had a special and private photo staged in the afternoon where all four participating steam locomotives would be lined up for its staffers.... (more)
Union Pacific Nos. 844 and 3985 doublehead on the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days train as the train storms through Hazeltine (Rolla), Colorado, on July 23, 2005.
8444 crosses the Mojave River on the way to Los Angeles to celebrate Union Station's 50th birthday.
8444 crests Cima Hill, Calif on the way to Los Angeles to celebrate Union Station's 50th birthday.
Union Pacific #844 rests overnight in Ogden Utah before crossing the Wasatch Mountains on its way back home to Cheyanne Wyo.
Two crew from UP 844 grease the huge drive wheels prior to heading back to the Cheyenne, Wyoming for Frontier Days
