May 3rd: Cheyenne - Rocksprings
May 4th: Rocksprings - Pocatello
May 5th: Pocatello - Boise
May 6th: Boise - Layover and display Boise Station 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
May 7th: Boise - LaGrande
May 8th: LaGrande - Hinkle
May 9th: Hinkle - Layover and display 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
May 10th: Hinkle - The Dalles
May 11th: Layover and display 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
May 12th: The Dalles - Fife
May 13 thru 17th: Layover and display 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
May 18th: Tacoma - Everett - Tacoma May 20thMay 19: Tacoma - Everett - Tacoma May 21stMay 20: Layover and display 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
May 22nd: Fife - Kenton
May 23rd: Portland - Hinkle
May 24th: Hinkel - LaGrande
May 25th: LaGrande - Nampa Departure @ 4:00 am
May 27th: Nampa - Pocatello
May 28th: Pocatello Layover and display 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
May 29th: Pocatello - Montpelier
May 30th: Montpelier - Rocksprings
May 31st: Rocksprings - Cheyenne
I thought everyone might want the heads up. I’m gonna chase them all through Everett. I’m not sure of other changes, but go to UP’s website to make sure.
OH! Oh man… it almost hurts how bad I want to go! Please, post pics if you get any!
A double no less…One of these days I will make a trip up north and see one of the beauties pounding the rail in person. Unfortunalty, Classic “big” steam just doesnt make it into Phoenix.
We are going ot try and get up the Grand Cayon Railway this summer to see theirs run.
The 844 will be pushing. Did anyone get a chance to see the surving steam locos together pulling some passenger cars? The 1522,4449,y6b, and the j-class. My father has a vidoe of it that was amazing.
This is one of those times that I would love to be home right now. The Navy stuck me down here in VA so I can miss all the fun back home in WA. If any one here goes there please take some picks I would love to see them.
Turns out they’re running through my favorite railfanning spot(Where I saw 4449 7 years ago), so I’m going to get a video and they’re on display in Tacoma, and I’ll get pix there.
Well, could be–but I saw 4449 heading down the Chico cutoff to Railfair here in Sacramento once, and she was going so fast through Lincoln she almost sucked a bunch of us video freaks right in to her, LOL! That baby was PUMPING!!
Actually, both of them are incredibly successful locos for what they were designed for. I’d like to be there to see them working together.
Union Pacific just gave the 844 a rebuild that the 4449 crew could only DREAM about doing, not that she isn’t deserving, I live in Portland and the 4449 is a BEAUTIFUL locomotive. But Uncle Pete does have thhe funding and facilities that Doyle and crew wish they had.
As far as who will be struggling to keep up with who, the 800 class locomotives, had a design speed of 110 MPH, I don’t know what the GS class engines were built for, But I can’t imagine it being any faster than the 110MPH of the 800s. But it doesn’t much matter anyway, with most trackage (if not all) outside of the Northeast corridor having a maximum Passenger train speed limit of 79 MPH or less. Even if there was trackage available with a higher speed limit, it is doubtfoul that either locomotive would be allowed to run to its true potential, as the wear,tear and abuse of the machinery increases exponetially with higher speeds. So it is all just going to amount to some (hopefully) good natured speculation, discussion and debate, with each locomotive having its own fans. They are BOTH WONDERFUL locomotives that we are LUCKY to have had preserved and maintained. My bet is on the 844. It is too bad that we will probably never know the answer. But I am still Thankful that both of these locomotives ( and also the SP&S 700, which is also maitained in Portland) are still in service. I have read that barring a derailment, grade crossing accident or some other unforseen mishap, after the major overhaul that the 844 received Uncle Pete expects her to make it to her 100th birthday in 2044 still in service. This is a locomotive that has NEVER been retired, or removed from the active roster, only been taken out of service for maintanence.