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Pictures of UP 8444
Owner:
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:
Alco 4-8-4
Built As:
UP 844 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:
72791
Order No:
S-1937
Frame Number:
25X32 cylinders, 80" drivers
Built:
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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Title:
UP FEF-3 8444
Description:
Young Christopher Palmieri was inspecting the cab of Union Pacific FEF-3 8444 while the loco and its train were stopped on the former Missouri Pacific at Addis, Louisiana. The engine was on its way to New Orleans where it would be placed inside the site of the upcoming
LOUISIANA WORLD'S EXPOSITION
. After the engine was in place, the UP's
RIVERS OF STEEL
pavilion and other buildings and displays would be erected around it.
Photo Date:
3/15/1984
Upload Date:
3/27/2018 1:03:06 PM
Location:
Addis, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:
680
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Title:
UP 8444
Description:
After spending six mcnths on display outside the Union Pacific's RIVERS OF STEEL exhibit at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, UP 4-8-4 8444 heads west over the New Orleans Public Belt behing MP GP38-2 2322. Behind the steamer are tool car 904304 and boiler-dormitory car 304. The little train is on its way from the fair site to the railroad's Avondale Yard, and is about"to ascend the Huey P. Long Bridge.
Photo Date:
11/15/1984
Upload Date:
5/7/2010 7:24:44 PM
Location:
Jefferson, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:
1223
Comments:
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Title:
MP 2322
Description:
Aeter spending six months on display outside the Union Pacific's RIVERS OF STEEL exhibit at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, UP 4-8-4!8444 heads west over the Huey P. Long Bridfe behind MP GP38-2 2322. Behind the steamer are tool car 904304 and boiler-dormitory car 304. The little train is on its way from"the fair site to the railroad's Avondale Yard.% Instead of using the UP's wye at Westwego, the 8444 was brought to the SP's Avondale Yard where the locomotive and tender were'separated and turned individually on the turntable there! A New Orleans Public Belt track gang is working on the eastbound track.
Photo Date:
11/15/1984
Upload Date:
5/7/2010 7:24:58 PM
Location:
Jefferson, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
MP 2322(GP38-2)
UP 8444(4-8-4)
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1182
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