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.
After a delay at Ft. Lupton to set out the 3985 due to hot bearings, the 844 has the 19 car Cheyenne Frontier Days train well in hand as it moves northbound toward La Salle where it will pickup di... (more)
Moving northbound at track speed the 844/3985 doublehead trip to Cheyenne passes some flowers just north of Hazeltine.
Northbound Denver Post train to Cheyenne is getting underway as seen here leaving Union Station behind the doubleheaded combo of 844/3985 on a beautiful Saturday morning.