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Date: 04/24/24 11:37
UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: valmont

=15.6px‘masterphots’ (Alan Miller on TO) and I followed the train from Cheyenne to Council Bluffs including getting a coupe night photos when the train was laying over@ North Platte. 
=15.6px1. Cheyenne the morning of 9/22/87 getting ready for departure.=15.6px2. Timetable for the 2 day run to Omaha/Council Bluffs
3. @ North Platte








Date: 04/24/24 14:29
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: Stevo_Weimario

IMHO, there was never a time that 8444 looked better!
The two-tone grey gave it an understated, yet stylish elegance.

S_W

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Date: 04/24/24 17:28
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: kbarnett

Stevo_Weimario Wrote:
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> IMHO, there was never a time that 8444 looked
> better!
> The two-tone grey gave it an understated, yet
> stylish elegance.
>
> S_W
>
> Posted from Android

I agree, best she's ever looked in my opinion. Just don't tell my coal burning girls I said that.



Date: 04/25/24 08:35
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: Lightning_Slinger

Gone but Not Forgotten!



Date: 04/25/24 08:46
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: UP6936

Lynn Nystrom used to say, great paint scheme, pain to keep clean....



Date: 04/25/24 17:01
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: ProAmtrak

I still say they should've kept it!

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Date: 04/25/24 17:37
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: HotWater

ProAmtrak Wrote:
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> I still say they should've kept it!

Right, except you never had to help clean her!



Date: 04/26/24 10:19
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: CO1309

The song Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen comes to mind.  Those were the days.



Date: 04/29/24 21:32
Re: UP 8444 maiden run in gray paint '87
Author: ProAmtrak

HotWater Wrote:
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> ProAmtrak Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I still say they should've kept it!
>
> Right, except you never had to help clean her!


I believe that Jack, but that was an awesome paint scheme!

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