Several years ago, there was a video made of UP 844 tied on to the tail end of a stalled freight, giving it a shove up the hill. As I recall, after they got moving the dispatcher called for a progress report and the hogger simply hung the mike out of the window to give an earful of stack talk. Does anyone recall the title and video company on this one? Thanks for your help!

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> Several years ago, there was a video made of
> UP 844 tied on to the tail end of a stalled
> freight, giving it a shove up the hill. As I
> recall, after they got moving the dispatcher
> called for a progress report and the hogger
> simply hung the mike out of the window to
> give an earful of stack talk. Does anyone
> recall the title and video company on this
> one? Thanks for your help!

I remember the incident, and I beleive there was an article done by either Bob Kreiger or Steve Lee about the whole thing. However I don't know about any video of it. We shot sorta the reverse of this in 1989 with diesels pushing 844 but did not release it cause it showed the RR in a bad light.

Wish I could be more helpful on the video you are looking for but frankly I don't remember one.

Greg Scholl

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Check Gandy Dancer Video. I believe that they taped this incident a few years ago.

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