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Thread #91182   Message #1918372
Posted By: GUEST,.gargoyle
24-Dec-06 - 05:41 PM
Thread Name: Folklore for Rail Roadies: UP No 844
Subject: RE: Folklore for Rail Roadies: UP No 844
On the rails running folks to Chyenne Wyoming's "Frontier Days" an opperating 844 makes a run every summer, Challenger (the largest opperating engine) tags along.

Gives me the goosebumps and makes me choke up to see them - ererie feeling of tremendous thundering power - they are beautiful.

GREELEY TRIBUNE - KIDS COMMENTS
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20050722/NEWS/107220054&SearchID=73266953218281

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2005/0718_steam_schedule.shtml

PHOTOS - 844
http://www.trainweb.org/rradventures/RRAdventures_Colorado/9999-Cheyenne_Frontier_Days.htm

DENVER POST - Trains To Run Between Pueblo and Denver Summer 2007
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4663908

DENVER POST
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_4079579

CHYENNE - Trainspotting "Big Boy" and 844
http://www.wyomingtourism.org/cms/d/trainspotting.php

CHALLENGER - UP3985 GREAT PHOTOS
(What a shame if Kyoto Accords sidetracks these trains)
http://www.trainweb.org/brettrw/steam/steam.html

For over 60 years our family received the large Union Pacific Calendar at this time of year. Tightly rolled in a tube - they were more exciting than a new comic book to open - and lasted longer.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Look Kid - if you need a BLUE CLICKY you shouldn't be riding the rails of the information superhighway.