UP 844 passes through penryn at one of my favorite locations along the foothills of the sierras. They are making pretty good time as the head for roseville.

UP 844 emerges out of the tunnel at Newcastle with the UP 150 Express

Big Steam Over Donner Pass! Union Pacific 844 comes roaring down Donner Pass near Emigrant Gap, California. When Engineer Dickens blows the whistle, echos of the past ring out across the Be... (more)

Big Steam Over Donner Pass! The sound of Union Pacific 844 charging up Donner Pass breaks the peace of the forest near Andover, California. Union Pacific 844 was heading to Sacramento for t... (more)

The Valley Eagle Heritage Tour rolls into Kansas City over the KCT High Line behind UP 844 as UP Train SMVKC 04. The nice part about this trip was seeing her on rail she'd traveled in revenue ser... (more)

Westbound at the site of Palisade, Nevada on the way to Winnemucca

Westbound train at Shawmut in the late afternoon sun. This was the Arizona & New Mexico Centennial Special that the UP ran. One of my first digital photos....

Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Special glides west through the Morgan Valley approaching the tiny town of Enterprise. Note the smoky skies from numerous forest fires in Idaho.

After making a brief stop at Echo, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Special is back on the move at Henefer.

The number plate underneath the Golden Glow headlight on Union Pacific 4-8-4 844, as with the number plates on most UP steam locomotives, was cast in the shape of the railroad's shield. This Nort... (more)

Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Special glides west through scenic Echo Canyon.

UP 844 departs Grand Island after a half hour service stop.

UP 844 leads a the 150th Anniversary Train over Sand Creek in northeast Denver. The vantage point is from the new Central Park Blvd overpass near the old Stapleton Airport. The construction on the... (more)

It's always nice to see big crowds turn out for railroad events, and that was certainly the case for the UP 844's stop in Strasburg, CO. On the right is ex-Pacific Fruit Express NW2 #1048, private... (more)

It's always nice to see big crowds turn out for railroad events, and that was certainly the case for the UP 844's stop in Strasburg, CO. It seemed like most of the residents of this small town cam... (more)