844 and 4449 double header Everett-Tacoma May 18th and 19th

[SUPERDAVIDLEVINE]

I hope we can keep these engines running but there is a ned something in the est steamtown railfans being railfans they call it a waist of money thre is still a feeling there shold be trolley musseuems but steamfans will have to take a back seat doneatons are coming forthe PM 1225 but will they be able toget the RR to permit triss and the longer ones they runnare diesle powered and uts te ssteam instutue could htee be enought corperate support to cover other then boiler the need for coaches

[B0BBARKER444]

at 3:41 is that at or near Mukilteo or Picnic Point beach?

[PereMarquette1223]

Was this a executive train or did they actually pull regular people?

[HunterR909]

having the two powerful steam engines backward seems demeaning, to me.

[traincowboy]

When double heading two steam locomotives that are different makes how do you get the engines to work smoothly together. Also when the diesel was driving are the steam engines under power, in a neutral gear? How does a steam engine work when you are not using the steam for power?

[CPDave1]

@traincowboy I wouldn't think that the make has much to do with it. If each locomotive operates well on it's own, then experienced crews will be able to coordinate with each other for smooth operation. Seam engines have a neutral position on the "Johnson bar". If you don't need steam, you just keep a low fire going so you can b ready to pull if you need to.

[doronlassil]

Love the diesel train with the gorgeous steamy surprise at the back. :)

[wyattnoahliko]

beautiful.

[pianomanmaestro]

There is nothing like the sound of the whisle blowing on those babys!

[strat8383]

thank you!

[trainz34]

2 my favorite trains working in together what a sight! WATCH TRAIN FACTS!!!!!!

[Benedetto1199]

I wish we could return to steam, use coal and get away from Fuel oil We have a lot of coal here and we would keep the people employed, and the money in the country. That is probably why they wont allow it. Can't be global warming, that is Bunk now!

[thomasVSstewie]

A double header isn't the same without 844 and 4449 leading it. What a great video!

[brickmaster24]

this is awesome but you know what would be even better a tripleheader with these two engines and norfolk and western 611 if she ever gets restored

[thomasVSstewie]

Actually 611 already did get restored in 1982.

[Starrywarz]

quad...add Milwaukee Road 261 in the mix...if she ever runs again.....

[brickmaster24]

@Starrywarz she still runs just not often

[pstnus2]

@brickmaster24 the 611 is an absolute gorgeous engine!!!

[ThomasRivette]

Did you use windows movie maker for this video?

[RailRoadWorker18]

Hey dose anyone know what the music from the Daylight Express movie (1995) was?

[RailRoadWorker18]

im not trying to be mean here but why the heak would u want a dessiel pulling the train that kinda ruins the steam trains!

[Classicalguy12]

I agree, but I think the main reason they do that is to lighten the load on the steamers so they will last longer. :)

[youngwarrior2]

@RailRoadWorker18 That was the return trip. They had no place to turn the steam locos.

[legokid900]

@RailRoadWorker18 atleast they didn't use a regular deisel to pull the train the way back. They used the S.P. heritage diesel.

[302skinny]

Great job, thanks for the video. My 2 1/2 yr old son loves this one. Travis said thanks as well.

[ThomasRivette]

Where were they going in the part where they were moving in reverse?

[dmontoya699]

Holly SH*T! did that steamer have a horn?

[DeltaPhi79]

Well, the Daylight has a horn.

[Weiberts]

How on earth could the UP put a diesel on the point when and stick the two best steamers ever built at the end of the the train? Did they think the #844 was an end of train device or what?

[DeltaPhi79]

to pull them back for the next trip maybe?

[Miketherailfan]

Yep, probably because of the lack of turning facilities

[dmontoya699]

yeah whatever happened to that thing called a wye?

[cnw8717]

Auburn Yard is the only wye they could turn the train on easily. Hence why the train was being dragged by the 1996.

[tweetsiefan1]

i love the diesel salute at 0:45 to 0:50 and i love 4449s whistle

[Kanefan701]

From 1962-1989, the locomotive was numbered UP 8444 due to a conflict with the railroad's numbering plan for the EMD GP30 locomotives that UP owned at the time. After the conflicting GP30 was retired from service in June 1989, 8444 was renumbered back to 844.

Interestingly, the GP30 is preserved and operable and there is now an EMD SD70ACe in UP's roster numbered 8444.

[Kanefan701]

4449 and 844 do make a great combo.

Imagen 4449 and 611 (if she where still runing) together?

[illxtra]

Outstanding !!!!

[Nachtwolf1]

Now what would really be great would be the 4449 leading a Sounder or Cascades Talgo!

[msc4lf]

Spectacular Vid, thanks so much for sharing, great job chasing the train.

[gcrebel2008]

Why is the Southern Pacific name gone off the 4449?

[jrahrig]

The tender been restored it's original look, pre-1960s. Near the top of the tender now reads "Southern Pacific Lines" In small white lettering.

[Fiddleman200616]

Love the meet between the steamers and the switcher.

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

Gotta Admit, 4449 and 844 make a hell of a combo.. I bet hearing 844 and 4449's horn sound together is just amazing.

[railfanatic844]

Doyle McCormick is one grand engineer. Along with UP's steam engineers

[eje653]

Excellent video!!! The opening shot with the switcher meeting the doubleheader was awesome no doubt! Nice Work!

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

absolutely fantastic!!, im an englishman but i just love and appreciate the american trains, great video 5*****

[DeltaPhi79]

I love up 844s whistle. Sounds just like the challenger. The only thing i thought was weird was its whistle placement.

[FitzNS]

Love the Audio On the first clip great whistle

[32INCHSTRIPER]

I love the acknowledgement between the diesel and the 4449 on the first clip..

[qlancer]

Be awesome to watch - but riding wouldn't be fun in those UP cars. The fun of riding behind the rion horse is to have the windows down, get soot in your eyes, and listen to the whistle scream into the night. Those coaches are airtight!

[birdturd11]

That must've been an incredible two days of train watching!

I would be lying if I said I wasn't more than a little jealous.

[LennyGaon]

does anybody know how often this train runs ? and if its expensive to have a ride on it ?

[LennyGaon]

yes , might be expensive but its worthy , i think also its great to be chasing the train if there is no chance to have a ride on the train. i would like to know more about the short Holiday Express.

[Xnewyork2]

4449's whistle in the beginning is simply amazing!

[salemcripple]

why doesn't she come down to the Oregon state fair anymore? Anyone know? That was one of the only reasons i ever went there.

[salemcripple]

Ah, i see. It was just so cool watching it roll into town. Then being able to get up close to it/tour it.

[DJSawBlade]

all those train sounds...such music to my ears...god what i would give to be a kid again, jus one more time...

[salemcripple]

I think we all wish that from time to time.

[Cockroach2008]

These old steam locomotive relics should have been sent to the scrap yard 60 years ago!

Junk iron!

[ThomasRivette]

That a boy Danny Boy, show that nasty old Cockroach who's Boss ; )

[WilbertVereAwdry]

yer MOMZ junk iron!

[yourmamaluigi]

more efficent then diesel, and some steamers like th 20th century could drop a scoop and get water from a trough without even stopping.

[CPDave1]

Outstanding. Gotta love the diesel salute at 0:45 to 0:50, and the response from the steamer.

Great Job!!

[wannabeangel83]

i cant wait to go on one of these excursions!

[drakester4321]

Totally Awesome Film!!! Nice One!!!

[NSguy07]

The way the 4449 blew the whistle at 4:24 sounds JUST like the way it did one time on it's way to Sacramento in 1991.

[TopThrillDan]

2:47 is my favorite part!!!!

[wannabeangel83]

yea...mine 2...the whistle actually sounds a lil erie???

[TopThrillDan]

Those two make such a good pair together, nice video 5 stars

[petespets]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[PredatorBrendan]

My Lord, look at all those trains.

[LoneSniperSG]

Holy shart, I've seriously never heard the 4449's horn before. The whistle, of course is drop-dead beautiful.

[gaycowboy31]

hey I know whatyou mean man I have yet to see them together either and I have been doing railphotography for years..and what really sucks I still have never seen just the 844 by herself at all just 3985 and I have rode behind 4449 alone before..I have allways been on other trips when they ran together DAMN the luck so I can relate

[NapierNimbus]

Superb - gives you goose bumps!!

[ragemanchoo82]

1:11 - 2:25 segment. Why are 4449 and 844 at the back? Was there no place for them to be turned around so they could be at the front of the train?

Are there any videos on here covering the 4449 christmas time derailment from a couple years back? I know its not glamorous (although it wasn't the engine's fault, as I recall) but I think it would be interesting to see. I've only read a text article about it.

[shininghappyperson7]

correct me if im wrong but was there 2 trains anyway that was one of the colest things i have ever seen keep the vids coming

[BoomerNavy70]

Brock:

Nice work. Brought back a lot of memories about my father who used to work on the railroad.

When I was a kid there were about 25 locomotives in the round house and he would take me out there and I would spend hours climbing all over them on a Saturday morning.

[bigsteam5344]

I didn't know that the southern Pacific  SD70aCe heritage Was up here

[CNKILLERCLOWN]

UP needs to turn the wheels on their varnish. lot o damn FLAT SPOTS on that train. dipshits need to learn to knock the handbrakes off before they more those cars around..... nice engines. CN SUX THEY DONT HAVE NONE>>>

[TrainDr101]

That would be cool. She's doing fine. We're getting ready for a run to San Diego again. ATSF 2926, another northern, is under restoration in Albaquerque. If we can get there, We'll steam w/ them when they're done. But that's still a ways off.

MW

[TrainDr101]

I work on one. ATSF 3751. People who are steam qualified run it.

MW

[TrainDr101]

This is awesome. It would've been a little better if that route had some grades to it. Nothing major. Something around 0.5 or 0.6%.

[CSXRP]

I hate steam engines but this is a great kicken video due to the different sounds.

[TrainDr101]

Why?

[CSXRP]

Because there not as powerful as GE and EMD units and steam units are noisier.

[TrainDr101]

I know that. I work on a 4-8-4 Northern. I'm just saying that if there was a little, yet noticeable grade, it make the locos work harder, providing a better show. Those 2 combines have more than enough tracktive effort to pull that train by themselves up any major grade.

[BNSF5608]

They're just K5LLA's my friend, some are K5LLAR2's

[HABU52]

Does anyone know if they are going to do this again in 2008 and if yes where do you get tickets? Thanks and nice vid!

[DarkTower97]

The shinkanen trains in japan are fasterand more refined. These trains are just better.

...Ill take a steamer anyday.

[tooteyfrootey]

My two year old likes to watch these train videos. Stupid question.....are they "honking their horn" or do you call it something else?

[Skiingiggy]

Its actually known as blowing the horn, and they do that near all the crossings to allert cars and other traffic they are coming, and to other engineers its considered friendly, and may be required though I'm not sure on that.

[Skiingiggy]

Its actually known as blowing the horn, and they do that near all the crossings to allert cars and other traffic they are coming, and to other engineers its considered friendly, and may be required though I'm not sure on that.

[tooteyfrootey]

K thanks!!!!

[Skiingiggy]

No prob, I'm here to help lol

[Baltimora1957]

I would call it blowing the whistle.

[tooteyfrootey]

Yeah that sounds good too....blowing the whistle

[weiwdxnw3nywyxrc98]

Great vid, well put together!

[lovethatagave]

Terrific - thanks for puttin it up. My boy loves it.

[operazanotaijin]

Also, looks a little weird with the 4449 coupled to the rest of the UP train.

[operazanotaijin]

Never would have ever expected to see a BNSF steamer in the same train with a UP steamer. Great stuff. Nice having a passenger train headed by a Heritage unit.

[TrainDr101]

BNSF is the only RR that could do something like this. UP maintains a strict no foreign steam policy on it's mainlines, yet, they'll obviously let their steam travel on other RRs. BNSF will run just about anything under their authority if they have the insurance & space on the line to do it.

[justhes]

I got to see the 4449 in person at the locomotive house where this beautiful train is stored.

[jimmyp42002]

But not for too much longer....

[justhes]

its too bad

[jimmyp42002]

Well they have a new site picked out, just need the money.

[justhes]

I hope they get the money.

[SteffenReichel]

Well, simple wonderfull. Two northers head on on a train, heavenly luck for a train spotter!

[Wonkawillie77]

God Bless the Union Pacific Railroad!

They really know how to keep steam alive!

I live in the east and I have to come west to see these beauties live before I get too old to travel.

[Hyce777]

I have a full video of 844 on the point at my channel.

[SF3751]

God vid, SP should awlays lead.

[Hyce777]

That it should.

[SF3751]

All the way, but mabye not this consist of cars it's pulling here.

[Hyce777]

Yeah, it needws a full set of daylights again :)

[SF3751]

Only a small handful remain to this day.

[jimmyp42002]

Reapaint and rebuild

[SF3751]

True.

[GP9railfan]

Elephant ears never looked so good! LOL.

[halofreak200715645]

wtf?!?!?!?

what did those bastards doing?!?!?!??

you put the crap in the BACK!

wtf was the diesel doing in front?!?!?!

the beaty like the 449 should be where everyone can see it, not in the back like some swithcer?!?!?!

THAT PISSES ME OFF!!!!

[smoothie6ft3]

The only reason i can think of them doing that,is that there was no way to turn the train...or It was a photo run going backwards and then forwards again.

[SF3751]

It's SP, whats the problem.

[ANDREWAMTRAK]

If your talking about them using the 1996 to pull the train then yes there was no way to turn the train in tacoma so it had to be pulled to auburn and then wyed then be pulled back to tacoma, but at least Union Pacific had the decency to use the SP 1996.

[DarkTower97]

844, since the 1940's has never been out of service. just an ff.

[CSXRP]

Not to big on Steam Engines but the only reason I'm favoriting this video is due to the horn on 1:55.

[SF3751]

Very good work.

[Trainman11185]

i have the 4449 on my train simulator

[EvilFartHead69]

me too! :D

[boeingLL747]

its funny how you can hear baseball in the background at 1:35

[lostchord359]

Love how the 4449, & the switcher loco both say "hello" to each other.

[jimmyp42002]

Nice idea but...

1. Those penny pincin coperat managers ain't gonna spnd that much

2. Nuclear radio activity would still leak out

[richintalent]

I remember there was a USAF nuclear powered bomber- I think it was a B-36N

[patana07]

Have you guys ever thought about Nuclear powered steam locomotive? Instead of coal in the fire-box, it would be a nuclear reactor in there. That would be nice unless you have a meltdown. =)

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

Awesome video,man

[Trainman11185]

dang how many baggage cars does that train need

[me412fan]

like a ton

[MaxInterjects]

what on Earth was 1996 doing there

[mafarnz]

A publicity shot for UP, and to pull the train back because there was no way to turn it.

[hireddutchcutthroat]

Well I told a brother hoghead that works on the BN. You have better track, but we (UP) have the better old stuff.

[Keegan63]

Does anyone know when the 4449 will be running next?

[4449steam]

I'm guessing the Holiday Express 2007

[pwhoward]

Brock, Awesome video! Lucca and I trekked down to Fife to see them, but unfortunately the UP website we were relying on to track its progress was a little glitchy, so we ended up arriving after it had pulled into Fife. We are so glad to be able to see how they looked along the way! Thanks! -Pat Howard

[mikokat]

What's with the modern horn?

[ronthecyborg]

if you mean in the opening shot, that was the diesel on the siding.

[nabezorger]

What an excellent video. Perfect.

[Oakshand]

Very beautiful! :)

[irishman196775]

2 beautiful ladies...Great job giving everyone a chance to admire true class. Now if we could only petition the government or Bill Gates to ressurect one of the UP Big Boys before we loose them forever.

[placekicker]

Fantastic video! I'm just sickened, however, that I had no idea these beautiful locomotives were in the Puget Sound region this past May. I'd have made the trek south to see them in action.

[Beaver456]

Great Video! That opening shot was by far the best one I ever saw.

[mafarnz]

Now that's just cool.

[2Brails]

Great Shots! I really liked the angles you took to take the shots. Fantastic runby's!!

[DASCO2136]

Sweet. UP 1996 with SP 4449 & UP 844. Now thats definitly good enough to draw out the railfans

[shadowfae19]

cool

[THandBfan]

Oh nice! Gotta love the 4449 and 844 steamers.

[NorthwestRailfan]

Awesome. I'll try to load mine once its finished.

[4449steam]

Great Video!

[railfunny]

That's the best video I've seen so far of this weekend's special steam excursions. The sounds of those engines pushing track speed is incredible. But where's Brian Bundridge? LOL!