UP 844 Chase Down Donner Pass (9/26-9/27/12)
Author: Jamie West
Chasing the Union Pacific FEF-3 class 4-8-4 steam locomotive #844 down Donner Pass and any freight trains I just happen to catch in the process. Also includes photos I took at Roseville the day before the chase.
Photo Gallery
Union Pacific Yard MP15AC #1448 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70M #4196 helps with switching duties at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70M #4196 switches locomotives at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70M #4196 helps with switching duties at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70ACe #8406 gets switched at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Looking rather grand in the afternoon sun, Union Pacific ES44AC #7670 gets switched at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Road power, including an ES44AC (UP 7670), SD70ACe (UP 8406), and SD70M (UP 4196) switch at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70ACe #8406 gets switched at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70M #3981 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Yard switchers sit parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville for the evening.
Union Pacific SD70ACe #8584 leads a 1x1 autorack train through the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70ACe #8584 leads a 1x1 autorack train through the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific ES44AC #7465 trails on the end of a 1x1 autorack train as it rolls through the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70ACe #8624 leads the Roseville to Roper, UT manifest out of the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70ACe #8624 leads the Roseville to Roper, UT manifest out of the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Three GEVOs, including UP 5261, serve as mid-train DPUs on the Roseville to Roper UT manifest (MRVRO) as it departs the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific SD70M #3981 enjoys the coolness of the evening as she sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Nighttime falls on the locomotive maintenance shops at JR Davis Yard in Roseville. At this point, the yard was pretty quiet.
Union Pacific ES44AC #7974 helps with some nighttime switching at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific ES44AC #5456 helps with some nighttime switching at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific ES44AC #7974 helps with some nighttime switching at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville. Gotta love the Scotchlite!
Union Pacific GP40-2 #1370 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville after serving on the "Rocklin Rocket".
Union Pacific GP40-2 #1370 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville after serving on the "Rocklin Rocket".
Union Pacific GP40-2 #1370 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville after serving on the "Rocklin Rocket". This is how my photos come out without the flash from my camera.
Union Pacific GP40-2 #1448 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville after serving on the "Rocklin Rocket". Awesome Scotchlite in this shot!
Union Pacific GP40-2 #1448 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville after serving on the "Rocklin Rocket". This photo was taken without using the flash from my camera.
Union Pacific SD70ACe #8372 enjoys the morning light and her new wheels at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific GP38-2s and one of the legendary SP rotary snowplows bask in the morning sunlight at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Amtrak P42DC #134 leads California Zephyr #5 over the summit of Donner Pass at Norden.
Amtrak P42DC #134 leads California Zephyr #5 over the summit of Donner Pass at Norden.
Amtrak P42DCs #134 and #77 lead California Zephyr #5 over the summit of Donner Pass at Norden.
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, emerges from the west end of Tunnel 41 at the summit of Donner Pass leading the 150th Anniversary Express!
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, emerges from the west end of Tunnel 41 at the summit of Donner Pass leading the 150th Anniversary Express!
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, crests the summit of Donner Pass at Norden leading the 150th Anniversary Express behind her!
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, crests the summit of Donner Pass at Norden leading the 150th Anniversary Express behind her!
This is one of the passenger cars in he consist of the 150th Anniversary Train. Here, the "Lone Star", a buisness car, rolls through Auburn, CA on its way to Sacramento.
Southern Pacific #(604 an old bay window caboose, sits on display in Auburn, CA.
This ex-Chicago & Northwestern boxcar was seen sitting on display in Auburn, CA.
This ex-Chicago & Northwestern boxcar was seen sitting on display in Auburn, CA.
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, leads the 150th Anniversary Express through the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, leads the 150th Anniversary Express through the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, leads the 150th Anniversary Express through the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific C45ACCTE #5253 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific AC4400CW #7262 sits parked at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, sits stopped at the JR Davis Yard in Roseville.
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, leads the 150th Anniversary Express through Johnston, CA (located near Elvas).
Union Pacific #844, an FEF-3 class Alco 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, leads the 150th Anniversary Express through Johnston, CA (located near Elvas).
Union Pacific ES44AC #7947 trails behind UP 844 on the 150th Anniversary Express as!the train rolls through Johnston (located near Elvas).
Union Racific SD70ACe #8715 trails behind UP 844 on the 150th Anniversary Express as the train rolls through Johnston (located near Elvas).
This refrigerator car was spotted on a Union Pacific manifest passing through Johnston, CA.