I Think Working From Home Next Wednesday is a Good Idea

[kevin_standlee]

Union Pacific railroad's steam locomotive 844 is coming to Sacramento and the Bay Area this weekend while I'm in Montreal, but according to the Western Heritage Tour Schedule, it will leave Oakland next Wednesday at 9 AM, and head for Stockton via Altamont Pass, which means it will be coming through Niles and passing within a mile of my apartment sometime between 9 and 10 AM. I could walk to Niles Junction, I think -- it's just beyond the BART tracks that run along the eastern edge of Quarry Lakes Park.

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[yourbob.livejournal.com]

Your welcome.

UP's bringing it here for our City Centennial, which is being celebrated this weekend (it's actually tomorrow), which is why it's being here for a couple days.

:)

[timill]

Schedule for the year (it was posted to steam_tech today).


Bay Area Special - Featuring UP 844
Date         Cities         Details
Apr 11         Cheyenne to Rock Springs         10 Elk St.
 
Apr 12         Rock Springs to Ogden         Old Ogden Depot
W. 25th & Wall St.
 
Apr 13         Ogden to Elko        
 
Apr 14         Elko         On Display at U.P. Yards
300 Union Pacific Wy.
 
Apr 15         Elko to Sparks        
 
Apr 16         Sparks         On Display at U.P. Yards
643 Nugget Ave.
 
Apr 17         Sparks to Roseville        
 
Apr 18         Roseville         Roseville Centennial
 
Apr 19         Roseville         Roseville Family Day
 
Apr 20         Roseville to Oakland        
 
Apr 21         Oakland         On Display
1408 Middle Harbor Rd.
Apr 22         Oakland to Stockton        
 
Apr 23         Stockton         On Display
Union & 1st St.
Apr 24         Stockton to Roseville        
 
Apr 25
to Apr 30         Roseville         On Display at U.P. City Yard
500 W. Atlantic St.
 
Apr 30         Roseville to Oroville        
 
May 1         Oroville         On Display
Mitchell Ave. Rd. Crossing
& U.P. Tracks
 
May 2         Oroville to Portola         WP Gold Spike Centennial
 
May 3 & 4         Portola         On Display at W.P. Museum
700 Western Pacific Way
 
May 5         Portola to Winemucca        
 
May 6         Winemucca to Elko        
 
May 7         Elko to Ogden        
 
May 8, 9 & 10         Ogden         140th Anniversay of the Golden Spike
On Display Old U.P. Depot
W. 25th & Wall St.
 
May 11          Ogden to Rock Springs        
 
May 12          Rock Springs to Cheyenne          Stop at Medicine Bow for the Centennial celebration
 
Cheyenne Frontier Days - 2009
Date         Cities         Details
July 16         Cheyenne to Denver        
 
July 17         Denver         On Display
 
July 18*         Denver to Cheyenne to Denver          Cheyenne Frontier Days
 
July 19*         Denver to Cheyenne         Cheyenne Depot Museum
 
* Tickets are available for this excursion. Click on link for details.
Omaha Railroad Days
Date         Cities         Details
June 18         Cheyenne to North Platte        
 
June 19         North Platte to Omaha        
 
June 20 & 21         Omaha         On Display at
Durham Western Heritage Museum
801 So. 10th St.
 
June 22         Omaha to North Platte        
 
June 23         North Platte to Cheyenne        
 
North Platte Rail Fest
Date         Cities         Details
Sept 17         Cheyenne to North Platte        
 
Sept 18 - 20         North Platte         On Display
2000 E. Front St.
Sept 21         North Platte to Cheyenne        
 

[redneckotaku.livejournal.com]

I wish that train was coming out East, so I could get to see a UP Steam train.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

That's relatively unlikely, on account of the Union Pacific being a western railroad.

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

Not sure if you knew or whether you're interested, but you can follow 844's progress on Twitter (http://twitter.com/UP_Steam).

I apologize. I've known about this for at least a week and it never occurred to me that anyone would be interested. :)

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Oh, I had someone at Norwescon point it out to me as well -- a fan who had also been one of the train attendants on a 2-day excursion behind Daylight locomotive 4449 that I and my wife rode some years ago instead of going to BayCon -- but my mind was full up there and I didn't say anything about it at the time.

There are a fair number of train buffs in SF fandom. I was on a panel at BayCon and trains and rail transit and the medium-sized function room was packed out.