Western Railroad Discussion > UP 844 Returns to Denver

After a few years of the UP E9s pulling the CFD Train, UP 844 finally returned to Denver pulling the 2016 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train. Like many others did today, I ventured out to the UP Greeley Sub to grab 844 this afternoon. Even with 844 being the star of the show and the main reason for driving out to the Greeley Sub, it was a nice sight to also see UP 1989 as the helper unit for the CFD Train instead of UP 6936. I look forward to the big Saturday run and I’m sure I’ll see some of you out there. Happy 844 hunting!! 

1: UP 844 charges south pulling the 2016 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train through Brighton, CO.
2: UP 1989 as the helper unit on the train.
3: A video of UP 844 as it flies through Brighton, CO.

Thanks for looking!!

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Good to see both UP844 and UP1989 back in Denver

I estimate it was 50 mph

We can all say what we want about the current steam team, UP, etc., but nowhere else in the entire world will you see a classier train than that.  The fact that UP has kept and maintained that passenger car fleet is incredible.  Kudos to UP!
Thanks for the post.

Nice video! The thing that struck me as I watched your video as the train passed was how the sunlight glinted off the domes of the cars as they passed... Very nice effect!

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer

Is the 'vested' person hanging out of the cab holding a Video Camera?

Congrats on the return to Steam, big money in all of this stuff.

He's just waving to myself and the rest of the people that were at the grade crossing.

TCnR Wrote:
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> Is the 'vested' person hanging out of the cab
> holding a Video Camera?
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> Congrats on the return to Steam, big money in all
> of this stuff.

Nice clear images!

CPRR Wrote:
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> I estimate it was 50 mph


For decades the speed restriction at Brighton was 40.

Realist Wrote:
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> For decades the speed restriction at Brighton was
> 40.

Thanks. I do not have a TT for that area.

Can anyone supply the consist names?

DH

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but this is the list of all the car names in the train.

http://cfdtrain.com/CFDTrain/Consist.html

DHarrison Wrote:
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> Can anyone supply the consist names?
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> DH

TCnR Wrote:
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> Is the 'vested' person hanging out of the cab
> holding a Video Camera?

If he was a UP employee, i.e. the Pilot Engineer, he had better NOT have any sort of camera as that would be an FRA violation.

Thanks es44fan. Excellent info.

DH

that is an incomplete list of cars on the train. I count 22 cars behind the diesel.

Here's the numbers... you can google names if you want. 
1    UPP9009                     
2    UPP9005                       
3    UPP208                      
4    UPP8008                     
5    UPP7001                     
6    UPP5483                      
7    UPP5468                     
8    UPP5769                      
9    UPP7015                     
10    UPP5480                       
11    UPP5473                        
12    UPP5486                     
13    UPP5011                    
14    UPP7011                     
15    UPP101                    
16    UPP9004                      
17    UPP102                   
18    UPP114                     
19    UPP2066                   
20    UPP209                     
21    UPP6334                  
22    UPP809                     
23    UPP103   
24    UP1989
25    UP844

Great photos & video. Congratulations on Video of the day.

Ronda Thomas

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Who was the steam locomotive engineer?

JoCoLB Wrote:
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> Who was the steam locomotive engineer?

The current manager. He is the "ONLY qualified steam locomotive Engineer on the UP system.", according to a direct quote from his highness.

Nice video man!