Someone at one of the clubs I belong to said he heard that UP #3985 was out on a tour and would be stopping at Ogden station for a bit, but he didn’t have any specific information like the date or time.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Did you look on the UPRR web site they normally post the steam program there[?][?].
Look up my web site for my pix of Ogden when I was their in May [:o)][:p][:)]
If you live in Ogden do you know if you can get up on the overpass by the white silo to take pix[?][?]
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Originally posted by jnichols
I was under th impression that 844 was doing most of the workload this year. I don’t remember anything about Ogden, but I could be wrong, too.
UP’s two historic steam locomotives to pull special train for Frontier Days
Union Pacific Railroad’s two historic steam locomotives, UP 844 and UP 3985, this week will pull two public special passenger train excursions between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Denver, Colorado. The excursions will celebrate railroad heritage on Union Pacific.
On Saturday, Jul23, the “Denver Post Frontier Days Special” will make a round trip between Denver and Cheyenne. While this is the 14th annual operation of this special train, special trains would take passengers to Frontier Days activities as far back as 1908. The trains operated each year, with a time out for World War II, for invited guests until 1970. In 1992, the Frontier Days special train resumed, though now as a public event. The 16-car passenger train is sold out for this year’s trip.
Union Pacific’s two steam locomotives will also pull an excursion sponsored by the Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society on Sunday, Jul24 from Denver to the Terry Bison Ranch, about 10 miles south of Cheyenne. Tickets are still available through the UP Historical Society at www.uphs.org.
No. 844, also known as Union Pacific’s “Living Legend,” is returning to service after one of the most extensive steam locomotive overhauls in the United States since the 1950s. The overhaul began in 1992, and included extensive overhauls of its running gear, pumps, piping, valves and springs, along with replacement of its firebox and extensive boiler work. Even the cab interior has been refurbished. No. 844 was the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad. It was delivered in 1944. A high-speed passenger engine, it pulled such widely known trains as the Overland Limited, Los Angeles Limited, Portland Rose and Challenger.
When diesels took over all passenger train duties, No. 844 was placed in freight service in Nebraska between 1957 and 1959. It was saved from being scrapped in 1960 and held for special service.
UP 844
Holy Tillamook Bay, Batman! They’re double-heading them? Hmmm…yeah…I won’t be doing anything other than hanging out on the Greeley sub this weekend!
I’m jellous !!!
Try looking at www.upsteam.com they have thier schedule posted, but alas, no trips west this summer.