Txhighballer Wrote:
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> The Union Pacific has indeed allowed foreign steam
> locomotives to operate on its trackage. Here is a
> partial list of known "foreign" steam on the UP:
>
> 1. SP 4449
>
> 2. SP&S 700
>
> 3. GW 75
>
> 4. ATSF 3751
>
> 5. SLSF 1522
>
> 6. TSRR 201( In steam, but towed by diesel )
>
> There have been other steam moves which I have
> personally witnessed, but not included for the
> sake of simplicity.
>
> The policy came about due to the actions by a
> certain big steam operator on another Class One
> railroad which were witnessed by an upper
> management person. That person later achieved high
> brass on the Union Pacific, and HE was the source
> of the steam restrictions currently enforced by
> the Union Pacific.. Names have been omitted
> purposely, and this issue had been discussed in
> full in a Trains Magazine article a few years
> back.

I can only comment on the moves I saw, but in the case of 4449 and 3751 going to CSRM's Railfair, they operated as BNSF moves in territories where BNSF had trackage rights over UP.