UP Steam program manager Steve Lee guides the 844 back to a gentle couple to the rest of the train after stopping to pickup diesel helper power (3 SD40-2s) at La Salle.
Moving northbound at track speed the 844/3985 doublehead trip to Cheyenne passes some flowers just north of Hazeltine.
As rare as rare gets... at least, these days! Doublehead live steam in action as 4-8-4 844 and Challenger 3985 lead UP's Denver Post Excursion northward about 15 miles north of Denver, Colorado.
Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 and 4-6-6-4 3985 are lined up for watering during Railfair '91 in Sacramento.
Doubleheaded steam on the Wyoming prairies - it's been a long time. UP Northern 844 led Challenger (4-6-6-4) 3985 on deadhead move from Cheyenne to Denver with the Cheyenne Frontier Days 19-car t... (more)
Keeping the fire hot before returning to Cheyenne as UP 3985.
Lettered and numbered as a Clinchfield, the Challenger begins the 50th Anniversary Santa Train run.
Just after Leaving Cheyenne for Houston and the Super Bowl, UP 3985 is cresting the hill at Archer and really starting to strech its legs.
An Amtrak F40PH and an union Pacific E9 sit together at LAUPT on that station's 50th anniversary celebration.
