Union Pacific 844 Steam Train speeds through Hondo, TX

[shadowknight227]

Ah! Back in the day when there was NO DIESEL behind her!

[HughFromAlice]

UP 844 is a beauty. TU :-) There's just something about steam loco's at speed.... so I posted this vid.... Techno Music: Steam Trains At High Speed

[MrCzechers]

@gdfsob Good idea. Although Diesel fuel was originally supposed to be made from peanut oil, back in the day. If today's biodiesel can ever cost less than oil based diesel, the railroads will definitely be interested. Its all about cost savings. Your ideas are excellent, but at the moment fossil fuels still cost less

[princenoah21]

@gdfsob Because maintaining steam engines require demanding labor. They have to be lubricated every two hours. Getting them started when they're stone cold takes hours of work. Diesel avoids all of those problems. Steamers are still the best in awesomeness, though

[ozzie7652]

@gdfsob I agree with you totally. Another point also would be that the UPRR would need and could use less locomotives because if they do in fact In the future do what you said, and create a new "Big Boy" locomotive you only need one of those to pull 150 cars when you need 2 or 4 Diesel locomotives to hall 150 cars, Because 1 Big Boy has 16 drivers and one diesel only has 12. So it would be even more efficient by no having to build so many locomotives.

[TheBeechingAxe]

@gdfsob Because, Virginia, the labor cost to maintain a steam engine was one of the main reasons that diesels won out over steam originally !! Also, coal is a major source of hydrocarbon pollution.

[djbigcrunk06]

words cant explain how much i love steam trains

[vigo894]

@gdfsob= That's actually a great idea.

[nclemens]

Unfortunately the camera follows the train and the frame rate is poor, making calculating the speed very difficult. But it is definitely NOT going 100 mph as a comment stated below.

[TNOOWL]

Cool video!

[8534951]

man that was fast was it going 100MPH

[arkansastrash320]

@8534951 I can not tell you the speed as i was not there.but i can tell you that trains can;t just go as fast as they want to they are governed by the law and speed limits just as cars are.Now when they are way out in the middle of now where i don't see what could keep them from putting their foot in the carb so to speak.Track speed means as fast as the speed limit is on the track they are on if not mistaken?Thanks..

[RIITOSONORA]

Nice Video!!!!

[maniacmarklewin52]

that was very awesome

[jdubbjazzbass]

thats nostalgia at its finest

[WoelkerVideo]

Very great!

[michaelcsm]

She is a beauty!

[jay600katana]

I wish we had the track to break the mallards record, 844 could hold two big titles hahaha

[brwnandfriendly]

wow. this puts mallard to shame.

[09JDCTrainMan]

She sure can move!

[CoastStarlight11]

Nice!!!!! I shot vids of UP 844 when it passed through Nevada and California in 2009!!!

[satanxhhhx]

Yeah, now THAT is what you call a real damn train.

[jasonjjason]

i really wish the crew caller would have told me what i was going to do.. i would have got some good video.. o well

[jasonjjason]

i got to pilot this train from san antonio to kyle. ya there are so many people who wanted to pilot that they (mngt) decided to break up the trip from san antonio to austin into quarters. i thought that was freakin awesome.. being that i hired out 2005 and they called me off the x-tra brd and an engineer off the x-tra brd as well. we took our small trip and dead headed back to tie up. the second car behind the engine has parts and lathe machines/ welders to make thier parts on the go. hi ball

[baglan2014]

HOLY BAJESUS

[maddennis55]

Great shot!! UP used to run their steam locos upwards of 90 mph, so they have no problem running at authorized track speed! May I suggest you check the videos of ( you tube ) SkipW .  He is with the UP steam crew, and has some great video here!

[mariomari0]

ME TOO!

[Wonkawillie77]

I've said it before and I'll say it again....WOW says it all!

[CQDX018]

I seen the 844 and sat in the engineers seat of it at the Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The piece of machinery is a living legend and has a mind of it's own! Great shot and five stars.

[caseyjonesfan]

oh hay i sat in the driver seat of her sister 833 where she sits she sits at ogden uinon staion it rocet i think that where the turbine is I think so if you go there and its not there im sorry plus i said i think

[swedepea]

fastest steam train i've ever seen!

[trainboy32]

awesome video

[bigfishcatcherdw]

Nice Dopler Effect!

[fildowns]

wow indeed!

[lizzay18]

awesome!

[megadonkey101]

wat tha heck mario

[DanielVolker]

get a life!

[thetrainking]

going at full speed/ no kidding!

[FGLK1702]

do those gates stay down long enough?

[Wonkawillie77]

From the clip's soundtrack: WOW!

I guess that says it all!

[Linkdude678]

That is as fast as an Amtrak. Jeez...

[gamingguy492]

lol, its america's newest and upgraded version of the Amtrak

[Wonkawillie77]

if we had steam on Amtrak you'd have to make your seat reservations months in advance - steam represents how they used to run a railroad

[lt1caprice57l]

You had to book your seat months in advance back then because it was a time when everybody took the train.

Flying, now days, isn't any different.

[godzilla74114]

months? no YEARS!

[gaycowboy31]

shit that would be an improvment from what we have now  LOL

[oyamajiujitsu]

NO I WOULD HAVE TO LEAN FOR BEAUTIFUL

[princenoah21]

Holy shit! That choo choo is GONE! XD

[LNERMallard]

WOW! I wouldn't be suprised if she beat Mallard's record cause american steam rocks!

[trainmaster844]

I don't think she could beat Mallard. IF she did, then she'd be in pieces. Her max. permitted speed is 80 mph, but her stats show that she is capable of going 110 MPH!

[LNERMallard]

Well, that still beats some high speed records for some steam locomotives. That's also 7 mph than a modern F40PH. I can't belive a 1944 steam locomotive that has been running for more than 60 years can beat a modern 1972 F40PH that's been running for just a little over 30 years.

[1961sd]

I love steam too, I'm a railroader in Colorado and have to say all our steam ideas came from Europe, come to think of it so did I! English, Scottish, German and French makes me American! I love it all.

[JimTLonW6]

Great video and it was really good that you left the comments on after it had gone by. I should imagine seeing something like that must take a lot of people aback (and not just kids either!)

[LanceCampeau]

Man, i'd love to see that in person... woosh!

[EternalFallout]

ahaha @ the what hell was that

[PKingman]

Wonderful video.

[Bootsy40Cabcar]

Kicking ass n taking names...wow n whoa..

[mikes47jeep]

"WOW" That seems like the appropriate response :-)

[gobo760]

LOL, I love the kid in the background, "what the hell was that?"