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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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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:  2515   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:  765   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:  690   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:  717   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:  710   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:  635   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:  671   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:  706   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:  2337   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:  438   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:  449   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:  435   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:  416   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:  420   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:  497   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:  419   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:  562   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-4 #8444 - Union Pacific
Title:  UP 4-8-4 #8444 - Union Pacific
Description:  Great action shot of the 1944 Alco-Schenectady built 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive. The loco is preserved as one of the "jewels" in the UP Heritage Fleet based in Cheyenne, WY. An unknown photographer captured the moment in an unidentified location.
Photo Date:  9/1/1963  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 5:35:07 PM
Location:  Unknown, WY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  374   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:  746   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:  713   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:  744   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:  674   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:  735   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:  656   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:  889   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:  943   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:  910   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:  855   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:  753   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:  744   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:  3831   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:  864   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:  842   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:  883   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:  886   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:  834   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:  816   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:  859   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:  838   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:  841   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:  1103   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:  1218   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:  881   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:  845   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:  1162   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:  837   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:  779   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:  782   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:  854   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:  860   Comments: 0

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