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Pictures of UP 8444
 
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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The Final One
Title:  The Final One
Description:  The last of the City trains, with 8444 at the helm, draws a crowd at Cheyenne on May 1, 1971. Amtrak had just arrived and UP memorialized the occasion by having 8444 pull the last UP operated City train during part of its run.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 9/18/2021 8:36:17 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
A Steamy Special
Title:  A Steamy Special
Description:  UP 8444 pulls an excursion in February of 1974. Location unknown
Photo Date:  2/1/1974  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 5:39:38 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
Off The Beaten Path
Title:  Off The Beaten Path
Description:  UP 8444, with a quintet of borrowed Amtrak cars, waits at some unknown location with an off-line excursion.
Photo Date:  2/1/1974  Upload Date: 11/13/2018 6:27:21 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  454   Comments: 1
Special Doubleheader
Title:  Special Doubleheader
Description:  UP 8444 and SP 4449 heading west from Omaha bound for Salt Lake City. Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  10/12/1975  Upload Date: 12/5/2022 8:23:43 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description:  UP 8444 backs an excursion through the cut at Hermosa
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 5:44:59 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 5:46:32 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
Homeward Bound
Title:  Homeward Bound
Description:  UP 8444, just south of Cheyenne, rolls an excursion homeward.
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 5:51:00 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Nearing The Bridge 2
Title:  Nearing The Bridge 2
Description:  Slightly before the previous shot, UP 8444 pulls an excursion towards Cheyenne at the Speer Road bridge
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 5:59:18 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 5:59:46 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 6:00:20 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 6:04:10 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Settling The Cylinders
Title:  Settling The Cylinders
Description:  The cylinder cocks on UP 8444 are drawn open to let out the excess condensate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 6:04:47 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Simmering
Title:  Simmering
Description:  UP 8444 simmers in the yards in Denver, waiting to head north to Cheyenne
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 6:05:17 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
Rolling Along
Title:  Rolling Along
Description:  UP 8444 speeds along an excursion near the Colorado/Wyoming border, headed for Cheyenne. Location unknown
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/26/2018 6:07:51 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Steam Action
Title:  Steam Action
Description:  UP 8444 passes the camera with an excursion as one of the photographer's sons looks on.
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 11/13/2018 6:23:54 PM
Location:  Harriman, WY
Author:  Bob Jordan
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  309   Comments: 1
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description:  The famous 8444 poses for the camera outside the Cheyenne roundhouse sometime during the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 9:29:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
Headed for Sterling
Title:  Headed for Sterling
Description:  Running along the line to Sterling, 8444 handles an excursion run to that Colorado town.
Photo Date:  7/26/1980  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:09:32 PM
Location:  Sterling, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Mini Freight
Title:  Mini Freight
Description:  Rushing along with a short freight, 8444 speeds by during one August 31 in the 1980s.
Photo Date:  8/31/1980  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:10:56 PM
Location:  Fort Lupton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Fort Lupton South
Title:  Fort Lupton South
Description:  With DDA40X 6936 and some boxcars in tow, 8444 heads south through Fort Lupton bound for Denver. The famous Northern was headed for display at Transportation Week.
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:10:10 PM
Location:  Fort Lupton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  223   Comments: 0

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