Western Railroad Discussion > 8444 and Smoke and More Highlights . . .

1. NS 8444 I waited for all day basically just because of the number but had no idea it was going to put on a steam engine-like show as it pulled through Wagoner OK with a grain shuttle headed for Salina KS

2. NS 8444 needs some serious number board work on both sides of the unit

3. While waiting for more trains to show up, the ever-present coal load--this one at Mazie OK going to Ft Gibson OK
more to follow . .

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4. More waiting at Mazie with a pleasant surprise of UP 4357 & EC-5 and the same ol' SP flatcar testing all the defect detectors

5. Not far behind was the San Antonio business train with UP 3028 with Business Car Kenefick and 3 complimentary cars

6. Another unit that needs some serious attention to number boards---UP 8400 at South Wagoner takes a junk manifest north. Looks like it spent a lot of time behind another unit
Photos October 17 2017 Thanks for looking
Brian Stevens

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Nice catches Brian with lots of variety. I like NS 8444 giving it's steam engine effect. You had a good day!

Larry

Outstanding, looks like a pretty good day in the Midwest!

Good stuff!

Which brings a question to mind. How many other photos exist of other railroad 8444/844/3985's?

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

A good day along the old KATY in Wagoner.
JB

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> Which brings a question to mind. How many other
> photos exist of other railroad 8444/844/3985's?


Somewhere I have a picture of CSX 8444 on the BN in western Nebraska in the early 1990's.

Here ya go,Bob!

1. BNSF 3985
An ET44C4, date built unknown
Photo taken Aug. 28, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4786074

2. BNSF 844
A C40-8W, built May, 1992, as Santa Fe 844
Photo taken May 12, 2010, in Commerce, California.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2081861

3. BNSF 8444
An SD70ACe, date built unknown.
Photo taken June 9, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4475038

There is a short video on That Site That Shall Not Be Named
that shows the BNSF 8444 in Vancouver, Washington, on April 1, 2017.

4. CSX 3985
CSX does not have a locomotive numbered "3985".

5. CSX 844
An ES44AC-H, built March 2008
Photo taken JKuly 5, 2017, in Hamlet, North Carolina

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4789936

6. CSX 8444
An SD40-2 built in Sept., 1971, as SD40 UP 3109.
Photo taken Sept. 11, 2015, in Fostoria, Ohio.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4278532

7. NS 3985
A B23-7, built as Southern 3985 Jan., 1979
Photo taken July 20, 2000, Macon, Georgia

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=84651

8. NS 844
NS does not have a locomotive numbered "844".
NS TRAIN #844 is a coal drag
Photographed pulled by NS 7613
Photo taken in Canebrake, West Virginia, Jan. 5, 2012

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/386139/

9. NS 8444
A C40-8W, built as Conrail 747, November, 1994
Photo in top post of this thread.

10. UP 8444
An SD70ACe, built May, 2006
Photo taken Sept. 13, 2010, Rufus, Oregon

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2231249

I am not including any CP or CN locomotives with
those numbers, only those of the 4 big US Class 1s.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/17 11:20 by Margaret_SP_fan.

SCKP187 --
Youi waited all day to see the NS 8444? Man, that
IS determination! Glad ya caught her, and behaving
like the steam loco whose number she bears, whose
crew is pleasin' the public by pourin' on far more
oil than she needs. Yeah, she does need numbers in
her number boards. Nice series of photos. You do
take great picture., Thanks for sharin' what ya saw!

I was fortunate to get a grab shot of 8444 on home rails in PA a few years ago. She gets around!

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