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Date: 03/16/18 14:32
BB: UP 8444 ... with tender first (1971)
Author: valmont

As mentioned by 'timz' in my earlier UP post today, here's one of those tender first views of 8444 @ Colores, WY on 1/24/70 with an NRHS Special.

by Bruce Black

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Date: 03/16/18 15:11
Re: BB: UP 8444 ... with tender first (1971)
Author: WAF

Heading to Sherman where they will wye the locomotive

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Date: 03/16/18 15:55
Re: BB: UP 8444 ... with tender first (1971)
Author: chakk

Maybe 8444 was a helper shoving on the rear? ;^)

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Date: 03/16/18 16:15
Re: BB: UP 8444 ... with tender first (1971)
Author: Bob3985

A rail train had derailed at Laramie earlier and the wye was rebuilt and would not handle the 8444 thus the turning on the wye at Sherman.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY



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Date: 03/16/18 18:55
Re: BB: UP 8444 ... with tender first (1971)
Author: valmont

thanks Bob!

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Date: 03/16/18 23:26
Re: BB: UP 8444 ... with tender first (1971)
Author: Odyssey

Thanks for sharing the image!

What a beautiful shot!

Odyssey,
Evergreen, CO

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Date: 03/17/18 00:18
Re: BB: UP 8444 ... with tender first (1971)
Author: RailRat

Great shot of an unusual move!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

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