Union Pacific's 844 filmed from a speeder.

[Jerry Barnes]

844 stopped for maintenance. A friend pulled up on a siding with his speeder and offered to give me a ride alongside as 844 pulled out of town. Great fun!

http://youtu.be/9P8aFFvXAPM
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[annieshalt]

cool jerry.

 

[alec dawe]

I see that she looses her feet for a few revolutions at minute 1.06, but not catastrophically, the engineer kept her Under control, couldn't see or hear if he backed off on the regulator, or sanded, or both!

 

[Richie]

Fantastic

 

[beavercreek]

What fun, what fun, what fun.........damn excellent that!

 

[shropshire lad]

Superb

 

[royale]

You lucky guy - bet you had a big smile on your face.

 

[Madman]

Nice experience for you Jerry. We all need to thank railroads like the Union Pacific for keeping these beasts alive.

 

[Gavin Sowry]

You will recall, that 844 for a time carried the road number 8444.... here's why, the number was needed for this little hunchback GP 30. Of course, 844 is no longer on the UP roster, so 844 is now 844, again, and 844 is out to pasture (desert, actually) not far from Las Vegas.