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Butch Getz's Collection
 
5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-4Built As:UP 844 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:72791Order No:S-1937
Frame Number:25X32 cylinders, 80" driversBuilt:12/1944
Notes:FEF-3 class, UP Steam Program.
Other locos with this serial:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 844(4-8-4)
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UP 844 & Cotton Belt 819
Title:  UP 844 & Cotton Belt 819
Description:  UP 844 & Cotton Belt 819 at rest at St Louis Union Station
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 10/8/2006 8:58:23 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) SSW 819(4-8-4)
Views:  6972   Comments: 3
UP 844 & Cotton Belt 819
Title:  UP 844 & Cotton Belt 819
Description:  Headon of UP 844 & Cotton Belt 819 at Union station St Louis
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 10/8/2006 9:08:11 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) SSW 819(4-8-4)
Views:  5938   Comments: 0
UP 844 Tender
Title:  UP 844 Tender
Description:  Photo of UP 844 Tender
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 10/8/2006 9:02:06 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  3838   Comments: 0
New meets old..........
Title:  New meets old..........
Description:  A pair of pumpkins, withh a belle, get the go ahead, after service on UP 844 has been completed.
Photo Date:  6/4/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 7:04:58 PM
Location:  Gorham, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) BNSF 5340(C44-9W)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
A bit more smoke in this one..........
Title:  A bit more smoke in this one..........
Description:  A mixed freight has just passed, and 844 begins here run to Little Rock.
Photo Date:  6/4/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 7:14:10 PM
Location:  Gorham, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
UP 844
Title:  UP 844
Description:  UP 844 departs Gorham......
Photo Date:  6/4/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 7:01:20 PM
Location:  Gorham, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
Backing up on the service track....
Title:  Backing up on the service track....
Description:  Easing back to the servicing spot.
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 8:34:38 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  249   Comments: 1
An associate passes by, closely....
Title:  An associate passes by, closely....
Description:  The old, and the not so old, pass one another...
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 8:36:10 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 8855(SD70AH)
Views:  329   Comments: 2
Like ships passing in the night.....
Title:  Like ships passing in the night.....
Description:  The River Runner moves past the waiting to be serviced steam loco...
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 8:39:39 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) AMTK 69(P42DC)
Views:  282   Comments: 1
A local eases past....
Title:  A local eases past....
Description:  A short local has passed the steam engine.
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 8:42:47 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1346(GP40-2) UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  277   Comments: 2
One more associate passes by, but not as close.
Title:  One more associate passes by, but not as close.
Description:  An autorack train passes UP 844 while being serviced.
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 8:41:19 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 8595(SD70ACe)
Views:  306   Comments: 3
Still servicing, while a coal drag drifts past.
Title:  Still servicing, while a coal drag drifts past.
Description:  Servicing comntinues.....they had some low water pressure issues....
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 8:49:38 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  238   Comments: 2
Feeding the beast....
Title:  Feeding the beast....
Description:  Still feeding, as spectators look on......
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 8:47:56 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  271   Comments: 2
Heading for Rockview......
Title:  Heading for Rockview......
Description:  UP 844 eases on up toward Rockview, waiting for the track crew to clear the diamond.
Photo Date:  10/19/2016  Upload Date: 10/21/2016 12:09:56 AM
Location:  Rockview, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  272   Comments: 2
Out of Scott City.......
Title:  Out of Scott City.......
Description:  We opted to not wait at Scott City, because of the crowds. We found a spot, just before Rockview.......which soon had more railfans.
Photo Date:  10/20/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:17:48 PM
Location:  Rockview, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  273   Comments: 5
Slowing for the diamond.....
Title:  Slowing for the diamond.....
Description:  The diamond was being worked on at Rockview, so all trains were slowing as they approached, which allowed this photo.
Photo Date:  10/20/2016  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:18:52 PM
Location:  Rockview, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  247   Comments: 1


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