UP 8444 rests at the diesel service facility in the old Las Vegas yard as Amtrak 292 looks on.

UP 8444 spends the night at La Grande, Oregon after making a run with a passenger special from Portland. On Sept. 15 it will head the train back west to Pendleton for the Pendleton Roundup, then r... (more)

UP 8444 (now 844) spends the night at La Grande, Oregon after running a passenger special for the Pendleton Round Up from Portland. On September 15 the engine will be turned and head the train to ... (more)

Union Pacific 8444 faces late afternoon sunlight as the excursion returns from Sterling, Colorado.

Union Pacific 8444 is running fast in perfect sunlight at Masters, Colorado.

Union Pacific 8444 is just east of Green River making good time with a short ferry train at Rock Springs.

From 1962 to 1989, Union Pacific Northern No. 844 was renumbered No. 8444 to make room on the locomotive roster for a GP30 in the 800 series. In July 1983, No. 8444 slumbers in UP’s Cheyenne, Wy... (more)

Union Pacific No. 8444 (originally and now once again 844) heads north on a ferry move from Denver back to its base of operations in Cheyenne, Wyo. The locomotive powered a special train for the N... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 8444 (formerly and now 844) puts on a spectacular runby during the 1982 convention of the National Railway Historical Society. The trip operated from Denver to Sterling, Co... (more)

It is well after midnight as UP 8444 rests quietly in Las Vegas. The crewman on duty to monitor the locomotive through the night let me sit in the cab with him until 3 am, telling me how all the ... (more)

A Fremont, NE bound grain shuttle battles the grade east of Cheyenne at the famous "Archer Hill" between Cheyenne and Archer.

8444 crosses the Mojave River on the way to Los Angeles to celebrate Union Station's 50th birthday.

8444 crests Cima Hill, Calif on the way to Los Angeles to celebrate Union Station's 50th birthday.

A lame 8444 sits in Cheyenne after having failed on an excursion at Lynch, WY prior to a photo run. The right cylinder valve cage was damaged but the Northern managed to limp back to Cheyenne.

Union Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4 8444 backs down to Denver Union Station and the excursion train to Laramie, WY. The previous night's rain had turned to snow much to everyone's delight.