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Nostalgia & History > UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger trainDate: 08/06/22 07:04 UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger train Author: jtwlunch Today's Gibson collection scan is of a photo by Bill Gibson, SR of UP 4-8-4 844 pulling train 27 Overland westbound at Dale Creek, Wyoming in August of 1952. The photo has all the markers of the steam era, semaphores, water tank, water plug, a station sign you can read, trailing smoke, passenger train, and speed. The express box is interesting going westbound-what was in it? Company dining car supplies for down the line?
 Date: 08/06/22 07:19 Re: UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger train Author: monaddave jtwlunch Wrote:
>>The express box is interesting going westbound-what was in it? >> Could be REA? Thanks for this historic post. Dave in smokey MT Date: 08/06/22 07:28 Re: UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger train Author: Lackawanna484 Like this picture a lot. It's interesting to compare the depth of mainline ballast then, versus now.
Date: 08/06/22 08:05 Re: UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger train Author: gcm A great image by Mr.Gibson !
At that date while I was figuring out how to walk, it would be another 22 years before I had the pleasure of seeing that engine. Gary Date: 08/06/22 08:44 Re: UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger train Author: dan before the 3rd main construction
Date: 08/06/22 10:28 Re: UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger train Author: MojaveBill Express reefer.
Bill Deaver Tehachapi, CA Date: 08/06/22 11:50 Re: UP 844 earning its keep pulling a real passenger train Author: Bob3985 Yes Dan, They began construction of three track in 1953 from Dale around thru Harriman to Speer.
Bob Krieger Cheyenne, WY |