Rollin --
It is an honor and a pleasure that you chose to
reply to my post, and I really appreciate the info.
You certainly are an authority on these things. Thank you!

Sammie --
Thank you very much for your very interesting post.
It is wonderful to read what you know, because you have
been in the railroad business for many years, and in the
same area as the SP 4449, and know what is going on.

Ed --
Thank you very much for that important piece of
information. Until I read this thread, I was sure
that that wonderful once-in-a-lifetime double-header
was for invited guests only. I am beyond glad that
the Saturday excursion was open to the public. I wish
I could have ridden it. And thank you very, very much for
all the hard work you have done in the past with the 4449,
arranging excursions, etc. Many of us owe you a huge debt
of gratitude that we will never be able to repay for all
that you did. Thank you!

Keep on steamin --
Thank you, too, very much for the very helpful and detailed
info you provided. I did not know much of it, and did not know
who owned what, nor did I know which places the excursions ran
between.

I did see -- on the web -- the really, really funny pranks the
two crews played on each other. Those were hilarious!
"SOUTHERN PACIFIC" on the 844's tender, and a yellow patch
with "UPY 845" on the 4449's cab, are two I can remember
off the top of my head right now. That colors and numbers
on that yellow patch looked exactly like the ones the UP
puts on SP locomotives when renumbering them, and "845"
could be a number the 4449 could be given were she to be
put into yard service on the UP. LOLOL!! ROFL!! LMAO!!
Those pranks were VERY clever and VERY funny!! THAT was
one of the BEST things about the 4449 and the 844 back then --
the camaraderie between the two crews. Ahhhh.... Those
were the days.....

"A1" asks what I am asking: Would someone please be
so kind as to post a list of all public excursions that were
pulled by a non-UP-owned steam locomotive on UP-owned
tracks since 1960? It does not matter to me if those excursions
were by trackage rights or not. I just would like to see that list.
TIA to anyone who provides such a list!

Margaret
SP 4449 and UP 844/4 fan