Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Yard Goat Images is proud to present the Berkshire Productions video, The Greyhound Legend!
Available on DVD and Blu-Ray at yardgoatimages.com/Union-Pacific-844-The-Greyhound-Legend-YGI-Classics-p421982133
Union Pacific 4-8-4 number 844 was the last new steam locomotive built for the Union Pacific Railroad. She was one of forty-five 4-8-4’s used in regular passenger service on the Union Pacific.
The 844 was never retired, and has been on the Union Pacific locomotive roster her entire life.
In 1989, she set out on her busiest season in years. Kicking off the schedule was a special train out of Omaha, Nebraska. 8444 pulled a freight train across Nebraska on her way to Omaha. It was the longest and heaviest freight train she had pulled since 1960. This was the last year the engine was renumbered as 8444, a change made due to a diesel having the 844 number.
Freight and passenger car consists, 65-mile per hour pacing, and plenty of trackside action make “The Greyhound Legend” an exciting video!
Digitally re-mastered, this videos bring you nearly an hour of great steam action!
Yard Goat Images is proud to present the Berkshire Productions video, The Greyhound Legend!
Available on DVD and Blu-Ray at yardgoatimages.com/Union-Pacific-844-The-Greyhound-Legend-YGI-Classics-p421982133
Union Pacific 4-8-4 number 844 was the last new steam locomotive built for the Union Pacific Railroad. She was one of forty-five 4-8-4’s used in regular passenger service on the Union Pacific.
The 844 was never retired, and has been on the Union Pacific locomotive roster her entire life.
In 1989, she set out on her busiest season in years. Kicking off the schedule was a special train out of Omaha, Nebraska. 8444 pulled a freight train across Nebraska on her way to Omaha. It was the longest and heaviest freight train she had pulled since 1960. This was the last year the engine was renumbered as 8444, a change made due to a diesel having the 844 number.
Freight and passenger car consists, 65-mile per hour pacing, and plenty of trackside action make “The Greyhound Legend” an exciting video!
Digitally re-mastered, this videos bring you nearly an hour of great steam action!
