844 Night Train is a photograph by Sylvia Thornton which was uploaded on June 12th, 2013.
844 Night Train
Steam Locomotive No. 844 is the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad. It was delivered in 1944. A high-speed passenger engine, it... more
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844 Night Train
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Sylvia Thornton
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Steam Locomotive No. 844 is 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 of the 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.
The engine has run hundreds of thousands of miles as Union Pacific's ambassador of goodwill. It has made appearances at Expo '74 in Spokane, the 1981 opening of the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans and the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Los Angeles Union Station in 1989.
Hailed as Union Pacific's "Living Legend," the engine is widely known among railroad enthusiasts for its excursion runs, especially over Union Pacific's fabled crossing of Sherman Hill between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming.
More info at: http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/steam/locomotives/844.shtml
This is Union Pacific's 844 steam locomotive sitting in front of a grain elevator. The photo was taken at night in North Platte, NE.
Note: This locomotive had a chain link fence in front of it. You may see a faint chain link pattern in some areas of the photo.
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June 12th, 2013
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