Talk:Union Pacific 844

Revenue Use
There is a note for a needed citation after the discussion of 844 still being used in revenue service. I recall a 'Trains' magazine article from 6-10 years ago by the engineer of 844 who found himself using the steam engine in helper service, possibly in the Powder River basin. I don't have access to that copy, but a subscriber may be able to track down the reference.Earthworm Makarov (talk) 18:39, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Ferry move
The article says that 844 is used on freight during ferry moves. What. Exactly is a ferry move? To be honest, I've never heard of such a train before. Dinoboyaz (talk) 05:03, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps less techincal language should be used, but a "ferry move" is an operation whose primary intention is to move a piece of equipment from one point to another, rather than revenue transport of goods or people. In this case, in order to move the 844 to a point where an excursion was going to originate, UP assigned it to a freight train rather than just making a "light move", or in other words, just sending the locomotive down the line without a train, or instead of having it towed in a revenue freight train.  Hope that clears it up for you. Gtwfan52 (talk) 05:20, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Union Pacific 844, Painted Rocks, NV, 2009 (crop).jpg to appear as POTD soon
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Video
Surely there is some better video footage avaialable than this. Very mundane, dull location, badly shot and out of focus. If this is the best available I would suggest having no video at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Papermaker (talk • contribs) 22:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I have removed the video, but we need to see wether users agree with the removal of the video or not. --Davidng913 (talk) 20:23, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * And yet... Nobody steps up to the plate and uploads anything better. My then 6yo son and I chased her across eastern Texas, and I took the trouble to shoot the video and upload it in the required/approved format.  Back in 2010 the requirements were open-source / free OGV format.  I'm sorry you don't like the location/setting, but it's a bit harder to capture than you realize.  I knew it wasn't production quality when I uploaded it, but nobody seems willing to offer anything better almost ten years on. -rvassar  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvassar (talk • contribs) 02:53, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Dual-purpose or not?
The History section asserts that the FEF-3 class was both "the epitome of dual-service steam locomotive development" (i.e., created to haul both passenger and freight trains) and yet were also "designed as passenger engines". One of these can't be true. PRRfan (talk) 17:03, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Technically they were first passenger engines, then later assigned to freight service after diesels took over.

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Use of parts from 838
This obviously does not qualify as a reference, but the last time I saw 844 in person, at least one of the connecting rods was stamped 838. Hellbus (talk) 20:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

does anyone know about this sp 844 joke
i removed the sp 844 thing from the numbers section of the article and i have no idea about this sp 844 joke, could someone fill me in about it. 73.250.53.193 (talk) 13:53, 31 July 2021 (UTC)