UP No. 844 Steam Excursion

[Ocala Mike]

My son went to Ogden today to see the scheduled arrival of UP No. 844 on the Western Heritage Tour at 2:30 pm. Anyone have any pix of this?

[ljeppson]

Here are my shots of 844 coming down Weber Canyon, today, Easter 2009.

www.utahtransit.us/es1.htm

[Ocala Mike]

Thanks for those shots. Lew. I forwarded the link to your website to my son, an avid SLC railfan.

[mobarbq]

For any railroad postal enthusiasts, here is the souvenir cover I made up for 844's visit to Parsons, Kansas stopping on "The Valley Eagle" Heritage Tour, Cheyenne to Harlingen, TX and return. This was on April 7, 2009, with Nystrom as the engineer, his autograph is on the envelope. There were six such souvenirs made up.

http://www.qsl.net/kg0yh/UP844_04072010_67357m.jpg Front side
http://www.qsl.net/kg0yh/UP844back.jpg Back side

I have some pictures of that event as well, if anyone is interested, can post links.

[mobarbq]

Here is a shot of 844 being refueled at the MKT station, Parsons, KS on April 7, 2010.

http://www.qsl.net/kg0yh/100_0633full.jpg