UP 8444 putting on a show for its return passenger excursion trip from Fremont.

The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion train is seen with 10 cars near Harriman Wyoming on June 3rd 1967. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The National Railway Historical Society excursion train is seen near Harriman Wyoming in 1963. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

TUPELO OK Jan 28 1985 — UP 4-8-4 8444 steams north with a helicopter overhead. The locomotive and its train are returning to Cheyenne WY after an appearance at the Louisiana World Exhibition in ... (more)

UP 8444 leads a westbound manifest.

A crowd gets up close and personal to UP 8444, headed to the 1984 Worlds Fair in New Orleans, LA, while being serviced at Warrensburg, MO.

UP displayed UP 8444 at Spokane's Expo 74 Worlds Fair during the summer of 1974. This photo was my first encounter with the locomotive, and over the next 20 years there would be several more. The ... (more)

Union Pacific 8444 heads south on the Oregon Trunk in 1989. The locomotive was used on an excursion that carried the Oregon Symphony from Portland to a concert in Bend.

Union Pacific 8444 crosses the Willow Creek Trestle near Madras on the Oregon Trunk. The train originated in Portland. It was carrying the Oregon Symphony to a concert in Bend that evening.

The bridge at Sibley on the BNSF Marceline is an impressive bridge from the air. This 4100 foot and 90 feet high bridge over the Missouri River was built in 1915. It is one of the few places were... (more)

UP #8444 departs after a service stop in Warrensburg, MO.

On the route from Denver, CO to Julesburg, CO, now abandoned by the UP, #8444 leads a passenger special east.

On Cinco de Mayo 1989, Union Pacific steam locomotive 8444 hustles through Colton, California, with an excursion train on its way to Los Angeles to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Los Ang... (more)

Almost 39 years ago to the day, Union Pacific 8444 slowly works around a wye under the watchful eye of the crew. The clothes and hairstyles have changed over the years, and UP 8444 is now UP 844, ... (more)

After spending a couple days in Las Vegas, the Union Pacific 8444 charges uphill on its way back to Salt Lake City and eventually to Cheyenne.