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By Lloyd Stagner Union Pacific steam locomotive 844 moved from Council Bluffs, where it had been held for snowmelter service, to Cheyenne on November 14, handling a train of empty PFE refrigerator cars. At Cheyenne, it was readied to handle a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club special to Rawlins and return on November 20, it's first public excursion and starting a career that has endured four decades. The main source of traffic is the Wilroads Garden Co-Op. There is a connection with BNSF at Dodge City but the trackage from Wilroads Garden to Bucklin is reported to be in bad shape. The Wright Co-Op will not be running a tourist train over the line.