Union Pacific 844 Schedule

Union Pacific 844 is scheduled to make New Mexico trips for state centennial

Union Pacific Railroad’s historic steam locomotive, No. 844, celebrates the railroad’s history and heritage with a first ever jaunt into New Mexico on May 07, 2006. Photo by Mitch Goldman

Union Pacific 4-8-4 will visit the railroad’s New Mexico lines in November to commemorate the state’s centennial. The train will cross the former Rock Island “Golden State Route,” then the former Southern Pacific “Sunset Route.”

The Union Pacific 844 is housed at the Cheyenne, Wyoming Roadhouse. The 1944 Alco built 4-8-4 is  the only one of 45 Northern type steam locomotives built for the Union Pacific Railroad still operating today.

The Union Pacific 844  New Mexico November schedule is as follows:

Nov. 4:
Tucumcari, 12 p.m.; engine will stay overnight.

Nov. 5:
Santa Rosa, 10 a.m.
Vaughn, 12 p.m.
Carrizozo, 3 p.m.
Alamogordo, 5 p.m.; engine will stay overnight

Nov. 6:
All day at Alamogordo

Nov. 7 and 8:
El Paso, Texas, all of both days

Nov. 9:
Santa Teresa, 10 a.m.
Deming, 1 p.m.
Lordsburg, 3 p.m.; engine will stay overnight

The Union Pacific Northern No. 844 was the last steam locomotive built for UP. It was saved in 1960 for excursion and public relations service, an assignment that continues to this day. UP No. 838 is stored at Cheyenne and is used as a  source of parts for the 844.

Follow  the Union Pacific 844 schedule, visit UP 844

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