Union Pacific's 844 steam engine is spending it's last night in North Little Rock tonight, April 13, 2012 after being here for 15 days. I thought I'd try to get some night shots if the engine was positioned right. Well, it was positioned right, but I couldn't get to the front side of the engine due to barricades, but did manage to get some front shots anyway from the nearby parking lot. Anyway, it's ready for departure to Texas early Saturday morning, April 14. It will go around the Van Buren Wye and turned so that 844 will be on the rear of the train in the morning, and be pulled to Pine Bluff in the morning facing backwards. UP 7808 ought to be the locomotive pulling the train to Pine Bluff. Should be an interesting train with 844 sorta being the DPU.


9:05 p.m.






Did a black and white shot.










My photo of the day....UP 844 poised to head to Texas showing the Arkansas State Capitol in the distance. This was taken at 9:16 p.m.




The rest of the train with UP''s Jenks Shops in the background.


The two water tenders.


UP 1982 is positioned right behind the tenders.


Oil tender.




844's cab.


Front of 844 lit by an approaching intermodal train at 9:37 p.m.


The northbound was right on the engine.




Union Pacific sign inside it's 4th Street office in North Little Rock.

Here's the schedule for the train on Saturday, April 14:

SNLTX 14        S-customer Special      Passenger
Event   City/State               Date/Time
Scheduled Events
Estimated Call  Nlitrock, AR    04/14/12 06:00
Scheduled Departure     Nlitrock, AR    04/14/12 07:00
Scheduled Arrival       Vanburwye, AR   04/14/12 07:20
Scheduled Departure     Vanburwye, AR   04/14/12 08:00
Scheduled Arrival       Ipcpinblu, AR   04/14/12 09:45
Scheduled Departure     Ipcpinblu, AR   04/14/12 10:15
Scheduled Arrival       Camden, AR      04/14/12 12:01
Scheduled Departure     Camden, AR      04/14/12 12:30
Scheduled Arrival       Lewisvill, AR   04/14/12 14:01
Scheduled Departure     Lewisvill, AR   04/14/12 14:15
Scheduled Arrival       Texarkana, TX   04/14/12 15:15

To see a complete schedule of 844 and its train during the next 2 weeks, click on UP's site here:
http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/steam/details.shtml

To keep track of the journey via 844's GPS system, click on:
http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/steam/trace.cfm

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