T.G.'s Photography Blog

 Union Pacific 844 was on display at Kansas City Union Station over the 2006 Memorial Day Weekend. On the morning of Tuesday, May 30th, the train would depart Kansas City, Missouri, and head to Fairbury, Nebraska. UP 844 and the South Central Express Heritage Tour (SCEHT) were on the return portion of the trip and were heading back to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Ready to depart KC Union Station UP 844 and is waiting on Track 27 and is ready to depart KC Union Station. UP 844 and the SCEHT are on the return leg of a multi-state tour. The train arrived at Kansas City Union Station , from Claremore, Oklahoma , on May 28, 2006. On the morning of May 30th, the train was preparing to depart Kansas City for its run to Fairbury, Nebraska, where it would spend the night. Onlookers view and photograph UP 844 before it departs Kansas City, Missouri. UP 844 on the move UP 844 is eastbound at Swingster Road in Bonnor Springs, KS. UP 5989 and UP 8288 are stopped. The chase was a short one for m...

 After a nine-hour chase from Claremore, Oklahoma, to Kansas City, Missouri, Union Pacific's (UP) steam locomotive 844 arrived at Kansas City in the late afternoon of May 28, 2006. The train arrived at Union Station by way of Kansas City Terminal's (KCT) trackage from Sheffield Tower to Union Station. UP 844's arrival at Union Station UP 844 is westbound on KCT Main 4 between Main St. and Broadway Blvd. Sheffield Tower (also known as Sheffield Junction or Control Point (CP) Sheffield) is where UP's KC Metro Subdivision interchanges with and crosses over the Kansas City Terminal's tracks. As well as some trackage belonging to Kansas City Southern and BNSF. UP's Coffeyville Subdivision ends/begins a few miles to the south of Sheffield, and the KC Metro Subdivision connects it with the KCT tracks. UP 844 and the SCEHT are west bound at KCT milepost 7.0, next to Union Station. The famous Western Auto sign is in the background. From Sheffield Tower, UP 844 pulled th...

  In 2006 Union Pacific (UP) Railroad ran the South Central Express Heritage Tour (SCEHT) featuring steam locomotive UP 844. Over thirty-six days, the tour spanned nine states from April 27, 2006, to June 1, 2006. I departed St. Louis, Missouri, and went to Claremore, Oklahoma, to chase UP 844 from Claremore north to Kansas City, Missouri.   UP 844 on display at Claremore, OK. The SCEHT left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 27, 2006. I caught up with the train after it had traveled through the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Arkansas before passing back through Oklahoma on the return leg of its trip. In the early evening of May 27, 2006, I arrived in Claremore and found UP 844 parked along UP's Wagoner Subdivision, just south of West Blue Star Drive (milepost (MP) 610.43). The siding that the SCEHT is sitting on is just north of the diamond crossing of the Wagoner Subdivision and BNSF's Cherokee Subdivision.  In the early evening light, U...

A release of water from Union Pacific (UP) 844 occurs while the locomotive undergoes maintenance work, after having recently arrived at Kansas City Union Station. Photo taken: April 4, 2010. Kansas City, Missouri. Photo © Tom Gatermann

UP 844, UP 5989, & UP 8288 Union Pacific (UP) 844 rolls west past Union Pacific 5989 and Union Pacific 8288. UP 5989 and UP 8288 are on the point of a coal train that is stopped waiting to proceed east to Kansas City. UP 844 was on its way from Kansas City, MO to Fairbury, NE. Photo taken: May 30, 2006, at Bonner Springs, KS.

June 1, 2011. Union Pacific (UP) 6502 leads an empty coal train west at Jefferson City, MO. The building in the background, sticking just slightly above the tree line, is the Missouri Governor’s Mansion. Also, in the background is Union Pacific 844 .

Seen here heading south is Union Pacific 844, as it leads a train under the old MoPac signal bridge at Rhymer Road and Illinois Route 3, just north of McClure, Illinois. June 4, 2011. North of McClure, Illinois.

UP 844 - Shiloh Limited Union Pacific (UP) 844 , leads the Shiloh Limited east on Union Pacific's River Subdivision, under the US 24 bridge at Waverly, Missouri. The Shiloh Limited was a special excursion train heading to Memphis, Tennessee , for the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh occurred during the American Civil War, at Shiloh, Tennessee, north of Corinth, Mississippi., on April 6-7, 1862. Between Kansas City, Missouri, and Jefferson City, Missouri, Union Pacific's River Subdivision and Sedalia Subdivision  are used in a directional running capacity. The River Subdivision is used for east bound trains, while the Sedalia Subdivision is used for west bound trains, between the two cities. The only exception to the directional running is that Amtrak trains run in both directions on the Sedalia Subdivision. The River Subdivision is named so because it mostly follows the Missouri River between Kansas City and Jefferson City. Photo ta...

UP 844 - Running gear maintenance - KC, MO In the above and below photographs, while Union Pacific 844 sits on display at Kansas City Union Station, members of Union Pacific's steam crew work on the running gear on the engineer's side of the locomotive. The crew members have taken off a large nut, which you can see sitting on the ground between them and the locomotive's wheels. UP 844 - Running gear maintenance In the photograph below, a Union Pacific steam crew member is cleaning up and lubricating the running gear on the fireman's side of the locomotive.  UP 844 - Running gear cleaning and greasing These last two photographs are closeup shots of Union Pacific 844's running gear after fresh grease has been applied. UP 844 - Running gear after being lubricated UP 844 - Running gear after being lubricated Photographs taken: April 4, 2010. Kansas City, Missouri.