Running about 15 minutes late and leaving the Denver skyline behind, the UP 844 and two diesels head up the 2012 addition of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Excursion.

UP 844 loads passengers at the Rock Island Depot in Waurika Oklahoma early on a Friday morning for a short excursion to Chico Texas and back.

UP 844 loads passengers at the Rock Island Depot in Waurika Oklahoma early on a Friday morning for a short excursion to Chico Texas and back.

Probably the best smoke shot of my photographic career.