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5/31/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:GE AC45CCTEBuilt As:UP 7947 (ES44AC)
Serial Number:61018Order No:
Frame Number:Built:4/2012
Other locos with this serial:  UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
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UP Train Meet
Title:  UP Train Meet
Description:  Sitting in the hole under threatening skies at Jeffrey is UP Train QNLNP 12 as the UP 150 Express UP Train SMVKC 13 comes east with UP 844.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:12:46 AM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE) UP 6566(AC44CW) UP 8127(SD9043MAC) UP 6487(AC44CW) UP 6502(AC44CW) UP 6025(AC44CWCTE) UP 6758(AC44CW)
Views:  1234   Comments: 1
Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  It's now pouring rain as UP Train SMVKC 13 heads down the UP Kansas Sub. dodging stray hailstones.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:12:48 AM
Location:  Emmett, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  562   Comments: 0
Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  The UP 150 Express, UP Train SMVKC 13 is stopped at the Great Overland Station for servicing in Topeka in the pouring rain.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:12:54 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  742   Comments: 1
Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  UP 844 steams east on the UP Kansas Sub. with UP Train SMVKC 13 on the way to Kansas City.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:12:57 AM
Location:  Midland, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Taking it easy coming into KC ahead of schedule is UP Train SMVKC 13 making lots of noise through a pair of Form Bs in the area.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:13:01 AM
Location:  Bonner Springs, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  UP 844 on steam special UP Train SMVKC 13 passes a rail train complete with a MP Caboose, working in a Form B on the UP Kansas Sub. dropping continuous welded rail as UP Train WLWLWR 13. MP 7511 is Ex-MP 13056 and has been assigned to MOW service for the past 20 years or so.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:13:05 AM
Location:  Edwardsville, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Eastbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Easing across the KCT High Line is UP Train SMVKC 13 with UP 844 on the head end, making its final move of the day into Kansas City Union Station.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:13:10 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Westbound BNSF Mixed Freight Train
Title:  Westbound BNSF Mixed Freight Train
Description:  A BNSF freight passes through Kansas City Union Station and next to UP 844 being serviced in a thunderstorm.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 5:13:19 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4386(C44-9W) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe) UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  756   Comments: 1
Job Briefing
Title:  Job Briefing
Description:  The steam crew job briefs with the pilot crew about 15 minutes before departure as the sun begins to fill the eastern sky with stray light.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:30:55 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  554   Comments: 1
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Taking The Kenefick Connector for the first time is UP 844 with UP Train SKCMA 15, dropping down to the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. from the KCT High Line. Passing overhead is a westbound BNSF intermodal, and underneath is the Amtrak Southwest Chief Train #4.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:03 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE) AMTK 135(P42DC) AMTK 6(P42DC)
Views:  706   Comments: 5
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  With the rear of the train coming off The Kenefick Connector, UP Train SKCMA 15 about to be on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. for the first time ever.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:07 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Coming out of a rising sun leaving downtown Kansas City in the distance is UP Train SKCMA 15 passing CP Rosedale on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. for the first time ever.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:10 AM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  It's hard to believe that at almost 68 years old, UP 844 is still visiting new territory, like the Frisco overpass over Old Highway 56 with UP Train SKCMA 15, using the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:13 AM
Location:  Olathe, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  517   Comments: 1
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  After incurring a delay due to signal issues around Bonita, UP 844 blasts down the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. with UP Train SKCMA 15. This was the first time a UP steam engine had ever utilized this routing out of Kansas City.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:16 AM
Location:  Spring Hill, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  613   Comments: 2
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Passing a BNSF tie gang is UP Train SKCMA 15 coming into Paola for a service stop at Peoria Street. After the servicing is complete, the engine will leave town on the UP Parsons Sub. The train utilized trackage rights over the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. this morning from Kansas City, the first UP steam engine to ever do so.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:20 AM
Location:  Paola, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Now on UP rails for the first time today is UP Train SKCMA 15 headed south at 327th Street between the switches of Ringer Siding.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:25 AM
Location:  Ringer, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Loping down the UP Parsons Sub. following a coal train on yellows is UP Train SKCMA 15 with UP 844.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:27 AM
Location:  Beagle, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  426   Comments: 1
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Just north of Parker we again see UP Train SKCMA 15 on a beautiful morning on the UP Parsons Sub.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:32 AM
Location:  Parker, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  About 20 miles after our last look, UP Train SKCMA 15 is opened up south of Kincaid on the UP Parsons Sub.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:34 AM
Location:  Kincaid, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  364   Comments: 1
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  UP 844 clicks off the last few miles into Moran with UP Train SKCMA 15. It will stop there for servicing before heading south on the UP Parsons Sub. bound for McAlester, OK.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:36 AM
Location:  Moran, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  297   Comments: 1
Come See the Steam Engine
Title:  Come See the Steam Engine
Description:  A number of people observe UP 844 pausing at Moran for servicing with UP Train SKCMA 15. On its way for McAlester, OK this evening, the train is running about an hour late at this point thanks to a coal train being out in front of them.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:39 AM
Location:  Moran, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Title:  Southbound UP 844 and the UP 150 Express Train
Description:  Passing through a shallow sag and curve south of Moran is UP Train SKCMA 15 on the UP Parsons Sub. From here the train will head for McAlester, OK for the night.
Photo Date:  10/15/2012  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:31:41 AM
Location:  Moran, KS
Author:  Zach Pumphery
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Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4) UP 7947(AC45CCTE)
Views:  366   Comments: 2


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