UP Challenger 3985 executes a photo runby at Lynch, Wyoming, on May 26, 1985.

UP 951 charges thru Atchison, KS with an excursion train on a brutally hot August day.

Due to a boiler tube failure on the 844 that lead to precautionary measures on the 3985, Union Pacific SD9043MAC No. 8070 was assigned to assist a short steam special through Echo Canyon, returnin... (more)

Union Pacific's Bicentennial ... Kind Of ...

While Union Pacific never painted a locomotive for the American Bicentennial, they did loan E9A 951 to the Preamble Express, a spe... (more)

Union Pacific's 844 rests briefly in Falls City, NE, on it's way to a re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh.

Inside the historic old Union Pacific steam backshop in Cheyenne, home base for Union Pacific's steam fleet, work is underway on returning UP FEF-3 #844 to service.

The Union Pacific E units and special train are about 50 miles south of Omaha on the Falls City Sub.

Union Pacific 3985 is southbound out of Salt Lake City, heading to Provo. This is the trip in which the coal fired Challenger set many brush fires on the two days of excursions between the two ci... (more)

Snow fences and steam -- classic Union Pacific. 8444 shows of her brand new "Greyhound" paint. From September 1987 to June 1991 she wore two-tone gray paint and yellow trim

8444 shows of her brand new "Greyhound" paint. From September 1987 to June 1991 she wore two-tone gray paint and yellow trim

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 awaits its return to hopeful service one day.

Union Pacific 844 and three E-units pull an 18 car National Railway Historical Society charter through Sheephead Tunnel in Weber Canyon on June 28, 1997.

A 16 car National Railway Historical Society passenger special arrives at Backman's Curve in Provo on June 25, 1997.

A 16 car National Railway Historical Society passenger special fills the big curve just west of Lofgreen siding on June 25, 1997. Woo hoo! This is my 6400th accepted submission on Railpictures.net... (more)

With the Great Salt Lake in the back ground UP 844 and 1996 roll through the big cut at Erda, Utah.