UP No. 844: Union Pacific's Great Excursion Adventure

[15nyonker]

I wish they'd come into Michigan, but that is CSX territory. There are no leftover

B & O steamers that I know of, and certainly none as fast as the 844 or powerful as the 3985. Sometime I'll have to go out to Cheyenne and see these things in action.

Great Video!

[jagafoto]

Excellent video!... I like it! ...

[s2k26]

Do you know how fast the top speed of this beautiful thing?

[SkipW]

@s2k26 easily over a 100 mph

[308RoadReady]

@SkipW she was built to maintain over 90 mph hour but can go over 120 if they pushed her

[ervans]

Amazing video, you are the best at pacing

[Lil2010Diva]

i think i saw dat train^-^

[foroke1]

You going to Kansas City Skip?

[Dinosorable]

She was going fast!

[IIIIIRepoIIIII]

Nice

[justwatchinguc]

Skip Just can't go on anymore WITH-OUT thank-in ya, your coverage of the 844 just get's better & and better.. say.. you know when she'll be making her "Western Swing" again? I'll be looking for what footage I have taken and let ya know (to many boxes lol )ie:When she ran Double headed with Big-Boy (Picked-up From SLC,ut. and ran with her to Calf. you have any footage of this trip?

[juneshopper]

That was a super vid. Whoever was driving did a awesome job of keeping pace.

I was on the steam special last Nov behind 844 and we saw a few people get stopped by the cops for pacing or cops would pull in front of a group and drive slow, just to keep them back. We'd leave them behind.

[BillingtonE2]

Great video! I hope the 844 has safe travels!

[WoelkerVideo]

GREAT!!!

Excellent video.

[sgtredbluered]

Some great pacin', man.

[SkipW]

@sgtredbluered nothing but the best for my viewers & Thanks for the kind comments!

[andygin]

Hello, Im from Bolton, Lancashire, England. Great train this love watching it. Have any of you looked at some of the many preserved railways in England ? They are worth looking at. One of the last steam trains built in my home town was 76079. If you search just that number you should be able to find it its fab. You can also search East Lancashire Railway that is the nearest preserved to me. Best wishes to you all in the US. x

[andygin]

@andygin I forgot to say. Would you please share my info. Thanks.

[yankeeshogun]

@andygin Yo Andy :-)

I think a lot of the steam aficionados on the Yank side look for similar steam locamotive in the UK as well. It's great to have common hobby interests across borders to encourage communication. A common hope for democracy also helps, of course...

[juancarlos85i]

Yeah !!!! UP844 !!!!!!

[arturroo9]

SUPER SKIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ronthecyborg]

Wait, are they slapping the Centennial on the back of the train?

[SkipW]

@ronthecyborg its possible, but i would like the streamline E units but the consist has not been announced yet

[BigCowboy1963]

Vielen Dank für deine Mühe. Du machst schöne Videos.

Ich kann dir gar nicht sagen , wie gut ich mich fühle wenn ich diese Dampfloks sehe.

Es geht mir immer gleich viel besser , wenn ich weiß, das es noch mehr Dampflokfreunde auf dieser Welt gibt.

Thank you, Sir.

[RailwaySeriesKB]

Have to say, I hate seeing them pushed by diesels...

[nakayle]

@RailwaySeriesKB I don't think the diesel is furnishing any power- it's just there to take over in case the steamer breaks down which is quite possible with such an old machine.

[DuoArtDanOz]

Always enjoy your clips! A+++

[nosmoking099]

Great video as always Skip,

Keep it coming :)

[geomodelrailroader]

enjoy the ride Skip you earned it

[gjhgjh]

Great job. Great catch of great action by a great machine and her crew.

[anderberger]

i have to admit i didn't read any of that i just could not take my eyes of those huge wheels

[TNtrainboy15]

Very cool that they'll be heading out this way. I hope I can make it but it's looking doubtful.

[Henryfan3]

skip how close does she get to the east coast

[thomasrosiefan1]

@Henryfan3 844 & 3985 were in Schnectady when they were built & 3985 visited Chicago in 2003. That's as far east as they've gone that I know of.

[Henryfan3]

@thomasrosiefan1 geez why won't union pacifc buy out BNSF or norfolk southern so that 844 and 3985 would be able to run somewhat closer to where I live

[thomasrosiefan1]

@Henryfan3 3985 has ran close to where I live TWICE & I missed out on it both times.

[SkipW]

@Henryfan3 Warren Buffet owns BNSF train set with lots of RR track but not 1steam locomotive, he could probably buy the UP and get 2 of them

[modeltrainman12345]

@SkipW Doesn't BNSF let 4-8-4 northern 3751 run on its track?

[SkipW]

@Henryfan3 the farthest east she runs to is St. Louis, Missouri & Little Rock, Arkansas, this trip

[trainguy3]

@SkipW darn, I wish she would come to Pa

[SkipW]

@Henryfan3 St. Louis, MO and Little Rock, Ark

[dwkcamman611]

Nice!

[63fenderjazzbass]

You're video posts are awesome and much appreciated.

But I must say, I am jealous.

You get to witness these locomotives live and in person.

[UPDetector]

Because of this being Union Pacific's 50th anniversary of the steam program I bet they'll put every passenger car in Union Pacific's passenger car fleet on this train if so I'll be looking forward to this excursion when it visits Kirkwood.

[SkipW]

@UPDetector thats quite a few but i doubt that they send more than more than 10 because no paying passengers / or tickets sold for any legs that I know of but the whole trip last to July 3, 2011