I was in Cheyenne to shoot UP 844 when on the scanner I hear reference to "UP 844....7"! Turns out UP 8447 was leading this double stack as it met another double stack here at Archer.
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A westbound unit pipe trains passes underneath Pershing Blvd just east of the S-Curve at Archer. This train would ultimately spoil the "ideal" shot I had in mind with UP 844. The pipes are headed for Elko, NV.
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UP 844 leads up the Valley Eagle train which is headed for Harlingen, Texas. This is the first run from the steam program in 2010. The crews on the UP 844 was putting on a great show coming around the curve at Archer.
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UP 844 comes around the curve at Archer on a FREEZING cold morning in Cheyenne. It was about 25°F out with sustained winds of 25 MPH. However, it was all worth it to get this shot right here. Far and away the best shot of UP 844 that I have taken to date.
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UP 844 and the Valley Eagle passenger special approach the town of Pine Bluffs, WY, just a few miles west of the Wyoming-Nebraska border.
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This K-Line double stack started off in Tacoma, WA and is running across the Overland toward Chicago, IL.
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Point of Rocks is very appropriately named. There are a grouping of rocks on the north side of the Overland that offer a great view to the west. Here, UP 844 comes by the rocks.
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A look at UP 844 and the Valley Eagle special as it moves around the southern edge of Point of Rocks. The town of Sidney, NE is just a few more miles down the track.
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UP 844 is approaching its first scheduled stop on its tour to south Texas. The train will stop in Lodgepole so the crew can grease up the steam engine. The drive rods create a lot of friction and need to stay well-lubricated.
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UP crews wear the (relatively-new) green vests as they work on greasing up the steam engine at its scheduled stop in Lodgepole, NE. All the equipment needed to maintain the steam engine is kept in the tool car.
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Two members of the UP 844 crew work to inject grease on a portion of the drive rods while the train is stopped in Lodgepole, NE.
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Ever heard of someone blowing steam out of their ears? Well, here is the real world equivalent! With its stop in Lodgepole complete, UP 844 is steaming up - literally - for its departure eastbound.
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A westbound unit soda ash train passes westbound through Lodgepole. The train is over two miles long and is headed for a soda ash plant just west of Green River, WY.
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This northbound BNSF coal empty is headed for the Antelope Mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. The train came up the Joint Line in Colorado, then the Brush sub, and now it is headed north on the Angora Sub toward Bridgeport, NE.
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A few miles south of Mudd Springs, NE, this BNSF manifest has had clear signals since Sidney, NE and will get clear signals all the way into Bridgeport, NE.
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