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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-4Built As:UP 844 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:72791Order No:S-1937
Frame Number:25X32 cylinders, 80" driversBuilt:12/1944
Notes:FEF-3 class, UP Steam Program.
Other locos with this serial:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 844(4-8-4)
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UP 8444
Title:  UP 8444
Description:  Union Pacific Photo Part of my personal collection
Photo Date:  1/1/1940  Upload Date: 10/30/2016 6:30:27 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Union Pacific Railroad
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  1965   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  With a baggage car coupled on, 4-8-4 8444 backs down onto an excursion train at Rawlins.
Photo Date:  9/13/1962  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:23:34 PM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Taken during 1963.
Photo Date:  1/1/1963  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 7:49:41 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
In the Wyoming Fields
Title:  In the Wyoming Fields
Description:  Rolling through the Wyoming countryside, 8444 has an excursion in tow during June 1963.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:14:22 PM
Location:  Unknown, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Seen at what is likely Laramie, 4-8-4 8444 is at the head of one of its many excursion runs.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:24:47 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Heading Out of Laramie
Title:  Heading Out of Laramie
Description:  4-8-4 8444 heads out of Laramie with an excursion, circa June 1963.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:26:01 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Having arrived with an excursion train, 8444 runs light through the yard in Cheyenne.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:27:01 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Steaming at Speer
Title:  Steaming at Speer
Description:  Rushing along near Speer, 8444 heads up a train load of enthusiasts during June 1963.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:28:15 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
UP 8444
Title:  UP 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 4/13/2012 10:09:12 AM
Location:  Harriman, WY
Author:  George Kantola
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  1821   Comments: 1
UP's Steam Star
Title:  UP's Steam Star
Description:  Along Sherman Hill, the 8444 special made a few photo runs. During one run, the FEF-4 was shot in profile.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:42:32 PM
Location:  Unknown, WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
Making a Scene
Title:  Making a Scene
Description:  At Dale Junction, yet another runby was made. There must have been a fair bit of wind on this day.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:42:59 PM
Location:  Dale Jct., WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Preparing for a Run
Title:  Preparing for a Run
Description:  A few moments later, the train had backed a fair distance, ready to make a smoky run at the cameras.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:43:17 PM
Location:  Unknown, WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
Steam Eruption
Title:  Steam Eruption
Description:  Making quite the show, 8444 performs during another runby.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:43:39 PM
Location:  Unknown, WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
Smoke Monster
Title:  Smoke Monster
Description:  Yet further along, 8444 makes what was likely the most dramatic runby of the trip.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:43:58 PM
Location:  Unknown, WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
8444
Title:  8444
Description:  On the morning of September 1st, convention goers boarded a UP special at Denver for a trip to Laramie and return. At Cheyenne, famed 4-8-4 8444 took over from the diesels for the run to Laramie and back.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:44:17 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
Laramie Layover
Title:  Laramie Layover
Description:  Having arrived at Laramie, the train was turned and readied for the trip east back to Cheyenne.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:44:55 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  13   Comments: 0
Headed East
Title:  Headed East
Description:  Exiting Laramie, the City of Kansas City continues its trek to the east while 8444 waits to leave.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 11:45:37 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 934(E8A) UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Having stopped for a photo run, 8444 poses at Dale Junction.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:59:07 PM
Location:  Dale Jct., WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
Movie Run
Title:  Movie Run
Description:  With railfans strewn over the hillside, 8444 makes a movie run for the cameras at Emkay.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:02:09 PM
Location:  Emkay, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Smoking Up Perkins
Title:  Smoking Up Perkins
Description:  Making another runby, 8444 smokes up the landscape as it charges through Perkins, WY with a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:04:23 PM
Location:  Perkins, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Arrival at Rawlins
Title:  Arrival at Rawlins
Description:  Having rolled in from the east, 8444 stops at Rawlins, WY with a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:05:30 PM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
Movie Run 2
Title:  Movie Run 2
Description:  Having stormed closer, 8444 continues to put on a show for the cameras during a runby at Emkay.
Photo Date:  9/23/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:03:15 PM
Location:  Emkay, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Sitting at UP's 40th Street yard in Denver, 8444 readies to head to Union Station to pick up an excursion train.
Photo Date:  1/13/1967  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:26:38 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Steam In Motion
Title:  Steam In Motion
Description:  Taken circa 1970.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:48:00 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Taken circa 1971
Photo Date:  1/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:47:27 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  561   Comments: 0
In The Roundhouse
Title:  In The Roundhouse
Description:  Taken in early 1971.
Photo Date:  3/1/1971  Upload Date: 7/24/2021 11:52:12 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Beyer Patton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
In The Yard
Title:  In The Yard
Description:  Taken during early 1971.
Photo Date:  3/1/1971  Upload Date: 7/24/2021 11:59:04 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Beyer Patton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:10:27 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:11:42 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
Mosquito control on "the Hill"
Title:  Mosquito control on "the Hill"
Description:  This run-by immediately preceeded a "dark firebox" condition. After makin' a reverse move ta pick up the fans the ol' girl ran outta fuel. Two Geep's were called ta pull the 8444 and train in to Cheyenne. A LITTLE smoke is kinda OK, THIS amount is a bit over the line
Photo Date:  4/15/1971  Upload Date: 7/21/2010 1:55:51 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Karl Rethwisch
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  3319   Comments: 7
A Steam Sequence 1
Title:  A Steam Sequence 1
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:48:37 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 2
Title:  A Steam Sequence 2
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:49:20 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 3
Title:  A Steam Sequence 3
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:49:59 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 4
Title:  A Steam Sequence 4
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:50:36 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 5
Title:  A Steam Sequence 5
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:51:13 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 6
Title:  A Steam Sequence 6
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:51:44 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 7
Title:  A Steam Sequence 7
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:52:18 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:13:22 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:14:49 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 8
Title:  A Steam Sequence 8
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:52:47 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 957(E9A)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 9
Title:  A Steam Sequence 9
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:53:29 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 957(E9A) UP 904(E9A)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:16:14 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:17:50 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 10
Title:  A Steam Sequence 10
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:54:09 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 904(E9A)
Views:  562   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 11
Title:  A Steam Sequence 11
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:54:41 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:19:14 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:20:30 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
A Steam Sequence 12
Title:  A Steam Sequence 12
Description:  Taken circa May 1971.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 8:55:22 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:21:31 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:31:39 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  392   Comments: 0


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