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Steam & Excursion > UP 8444 This WAS a photo runDate: 07/04/25 09:13 UP 8444 This WAS a photo run Author: masterphots As a follow up to my smoky 3985 post yesterday, here's 8444 on a photo run.
Snyder, CO on 7/28/79. Denver to Sterling trip Again, more captions welcome ![]() ![]() Date: 07/04/25 09:55 Re: UP 8444 This WAS a photo run Author: Goalieman WOW!!!! No doubt the tubes were clean after THAT!!! Good Lord!!!!
Posted from iPhone Date: 07/06/25 01:00 Re: UP 8444 This WAS a photo run Author: dan it was a hot one
sucks this is abandoned Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/25 17:51 by dan. Date: 07/06/25 18:04 Re: UP 8444 This WAS a photo run Author: Auburnrail And THAT''S a major reason the railroads
looked for something else...diesel. Date: 07/06/25 18:10 Re: UP 8444 This WAS a photo run Author: HotWater Auburnrail Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And THAT''S a major reason the railroads > looked for something else...diesel. Oh for heaven's sake, get a clue! This is a photo run-by in 1979, more than 20 years after regular steam was gone from UP. Plus, they were still using bunker C in 8444 back then, and it was VERY easy to produce such excessive smoke, back then. Date: 07/08/25 18:56 Re: UP 8444 This WAS a photo run Author: Mike6640-2 poor kid never seen a Alco or Baldwin smoke....or an early Ge!!!!
Date: 07/09/25 10:47 Re: UP 8444 This WAS a photo run Author: santafe199 LABOR was the main reason Steam gave way to Diesel-Electric power. Besides taking two men to run a steam engine, there were many more men needed on the ground and in the shops just to service and maintain them…
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