Talk:Union Pacific 844

Revenue Use

There is a note for a needed citation after the discussion of 844 still being used in revenue service. I recall a 'Trains' magazine article from 6-10 years ago by the engineer of 844 who found himself using the steam engine in helper service, possibly in the Powder River basin. I don't have access to that copy, but a subscriber may be able to track down the reference.Earthworm Makarov (talk) 18:39, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Ferry move

The article says that 844 is used on freight during ferry moves. What. Exactly is a ferry move? To be honest, I've never heard of such a train before. Dinoboyaz (talk) 05:03, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps less techincal language should be used, but a "ferry move" is an operation whose primary intention is to move a piece of equipment from one point to another, rather than revenue transport of goods or people. In this case, in order to move the 844 to a point where an excursion was going to originate, UP assigned it to a freight train rather than just making a "light move", or in other words, just sending the locomotive down the line without a train, or instead of having it towed in a revenue freight train. Hope that clears it up for you. Gtwfan52 (talk) 05:20, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Union Pacific 844, Painted Rocks, NV, 2009 (crop).jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Picture of the day

Union Pacific 844 at Painted Rocks, Nevada, on a run from Elko to Sparks, on September 15, 2009. Built in 1944, it was the last steam locomotive delivered to Union Pacific and is the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad.Photo: Drew Jacksich; edit: Bruce1ee

Video

Surely there is some better video footage avaialable than this. Very mundane, dull location, badly shot and out of focus. If this is the best available I would suggest having no video at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Papermaker (talk • contribs) 22:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

I have removed the video, but we need to see wether users agree with the removal of the video or not. --Davidng913 (talk) 20:23, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

And yet... Nobody steps up to the plate and uploads anything better. My then 6yo son and I chased her across eastern Texas, and I took the trouble to shoot the video and upload it in the required/approved format. Back in 2010 the requirements were open-source / free OGV format. I'm sorry you don't like the location/setting, but it's a bit harder to capture than you realize. I knew it wasn't production quality when I uploaded it, but nobody seems willing to offer anything better almost ten years on. -rvassar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvassar (talk • contribs) 02:53, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Dual-purpose or not?

The History section asserts that the FEF-3 class was both "the epitome of dual-service steam locomotive development" (i.e., created to haul both passenger and freight trains) and yet were also "designed as passenger engines". One of these can't be true. PRRfan (talk) 17:03, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Technically they were first passenger engines, then later assigned to freight service after diesels took over.

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Use of parts from 838

This obviously does not qualify as a reference, but the last time I saw 844 in person, at least one of the connecting rods was stamped 838. Hellbus (talk) 20:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

does anyone know about this sp 844 joke

i removed the sp 844 thing from the numbers section of the article and i have no idea about this sp 844 joke, could someone fill me in about it. 73.250.53.193 (talk) 13:53, 31 July 2021 (UTC)