Union Pacific 844

[Rogue]

http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_tr...am/index.shtml
Union Pacific 844 Steam Engine and consist will be in Fort Worth at 3pm on 11/1 departing to the north at 8am 11/2.
It will be heading up thru Saginaw, Boyd, up to a water stop in Bowie.
An incredible site to see full speed live steam, and it moves pretty fast.
Take you camera, and the kids!

Here is where you can track 844 in realtime.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_tr...team/trace.cfm

[Bigsrturbo]

I rode on this train last year when it came thru...EXCEPT.. I was in the front cab not the pass cars...Perks of working for the railroads. Super cool train!!!

[Rogue]

Well I was in the black Miata that ran with 844 from Saginaw, way up into Oklahoma.......It was awesome!

[Bigsrturbo]

Well I was in the black Miata that ran with 844 from Saginaw, way up into Oklahoma.......It was awesome!

Nice,

[onething]

I will do my best to be there Thursday or Friday. Not sure which yet. Bigsturbo, can you get me in the cab

[Rogue]

Forgot to update this…...

[Rogue]

Model Train Show is this weekend in Plano….
http://dfwtrainshows.com/content/dal...ary-18-19-2014
ask at the door for the "home tour" and go see some personal layouts that will blow your mind.
http://youtu.be/SO3djsWf93k

[motorollow]

Here ia cool train pic. BNSF train going over a gorge in Oregon in 2012.

[cone-cerned]

Where's the smoke?

[AnthonyS]

Rogue thanks for the info. Funny thing I just got my hobby room finally. I'm going to start laying train track soon. I'm going to have a train track, slot car track (both digital), and space for my R/C airplanes. I used to have trains when I was a kid, so now I'm doing it again. So now with my hobbies and a hobby Miata I pretty much have all the money pits I need. It's great to be older and finally have a good job.

[JDSM]

i have an old Lionel set that needs to be played with....

[AnthonyS]

I got a great book today on the Southern Pacific / Cotton Belt in the Fort Worth, Dallas, Corsicana, Ennis districts. This is the area I'm going to model, but I'm not sure of the time period yet. The book was all '79 to '83. I'd like to get the late 50s / early 60s and the overlap of the diesel / steam era. Passenger trains that weren't Amtrak were popular then too. I could always do the early 80s. I'd have coal trains, auto parts trains, plain freights and Amtrak.

[altiain]

Model Train Show is this weekend in Plano….
http://dfwtrainshows.com/content/dal...ary-18-19-2014
ask at the door for the "home tour" and go see some personal layouts that will blow your mind.
http://youtu.be/SO3djsWf93k

Thanks for the link, Rogue! I think I'm going to take my son to this on Sunday.

[OZMDD]

Thanks for the link, Rogue! I think I'm going to take my son to this on Sunday.

+1
What time do you think you'll go Iain? Might try to coordinate and meet up.

[altiain]

+1
What time do you think you'll go Iain? Might try to coordinate and meet up.

Dunno yet. Gotta talk to Melissa. I'll shoot you a text once I have it figured out.

[Rogue]

Here are some of the home tours that will be available…..

Angelo's Central 5515b Bonner Dr	Haltom City	10 to 6	closed
Lone Star Hi-Railers (Grapevine Rail Yard) 298 W. Dallas Road	Grapevine	10 to 4	1 to 6
Brian and Ruth Jensen 7510 Spring Meadow Ln	Garland	3 to 6	3 to 5
Chip Romig 4609 Blackshear Trail	Plano	2 to 6	closed
Clyde Rypert	Plano	12 to 4	closed
Darrel Smith 5212 Lower Birdville Rd	Haltom City	9 to 9	9 to 9
Dean Ferris	Decatur	closed	1 to 5
DFW O Scale, SSRM	Dallas	11 to 7	closed
Steve and Amy Willis 1233 Collin Dr	Lewisville	closed	1 to 6
Don Murphey 1202 Strathmore Dr	Southlake	closed	1 to 5
E Texas MR Club	Commerce	9 to 5	9 to 5
Elbert Smith 518 Granada dr	Garland	closed	1 to 6
Interurban Museum	Plano	12 to 5	1 to 5
Walter Zahn 3309 Point East dr	Mesquite	closed	1 to 5
Jim Aust 1061 Woodbriar dr	Grapevine	1 to 8	closed
Jerry Hoverson	McKinney	1 to 7	1 to 6
Joe Barnhardt	Royce City	12 to 12	12 to 9
Mark Krause	Carrollton	3 to 9	closed
McKinney Ave Transit Authority	Dallas	10 to 5	10 to 4
Stan Pirzchalski 4832 Lakeside Dr	Colleyville	closed	12 to 5
Jim Hendersen	Dallas	4 to 8	closed
North Texas N-Trak 108 Lee st	Irving	12 to 6	12 to 5
Paul Domis 702 Pleasant dr	Dallas	closed	12 to 6
Allan Gartner	Richardson	12 to 5	closed
Steve and Kim Lazzari	Ft. Worth	11 to 5	11 to 4
South Side Railroad Modelers 1409 S Lamar st	Dallas	11 to 7	closed
Texas Northern MR Club	Mesquite	1 to 6	1 to 6

[AnthonyS]

I went today with my wife and baby girl. I didn't find the track I wanted, but I did find a few freight cars that will fill my needs. I'm going to model a pretty specific stretch of rail line and time frame.