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Title: |
Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985 |
Description: |
The 3985 is only a few miles from home as it drifts down Archer Hill |
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11/5/2001 Upload Date: 7/13/2016 3:02:06 PM |
Location: |
Archer Hill, WY |
Author: |
Richard Kundert |
Categories: |
Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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2158 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985 |
Description: |
The Challenger is westbound....in just over an hour she would arrive back in Cheyenne. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2001 Upload Date: 7/13/2016 3:07:45 PM |
Location: |
Egbert, WY |
Author: |
Richard Kundert |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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259 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
3985 At rest |
Description: |
3985 resting in West Chicago |
Photo Date: |
6/1/2002 Upload Date: 3/28/2010 4:27:45 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Robert E. Petit Jr. |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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392 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
3985 in Wisconsin |
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Photo Date: |
6/1/2002 Upload Date: 3/28/2010 4:29:14 PM |
Location: |
Kenosha, WI |
Author: |
Robert E. Petit Jr. |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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318 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Reason I took Pictures |
Description: |
In the first place. I'd heard from a friend that this was coming into town. I decided to see it. |
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6/1/2002 Upload Date: 11/22/2005 2:00:05 PM |
Location: |
Council Bluffs, IA |
Author: |
Rick C |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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325 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Stopped |
Description: |
The day after the 3985 was at Council Bluff's Golden Spike Park she went for an excursion to Sargent Bluff IA and back. I followed from Honey Creek IA and took this from the Hwy 30 overpass. |
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6/1/2002 Upload Date: 11/22/2005 2:17:18 PM |
Location: |
Missouri Valley, IA |
Author: |
Rick C |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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672 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:26 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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473 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:32 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
424 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:27 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:28 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
526 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:29 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
521 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:29 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
675 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:30 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
501 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:30 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
474 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:31 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
473 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:32 PM |
Location: |
Boone, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
612 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:37 PM |
Location: |
Denison, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
523 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:37 PM |
Location: |
Denison, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
453 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:38 PM |
Location: |
Denison, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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523 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:39 PM |
Location: |
Denison, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
384 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:39 PM |
Location: |
Denison, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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475 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
In the summer of 2002, UP hosted a number of excursions out of Chicago to Butler. Here we see the Challenger on the trestle over the CP mainline and Watertown-Plank Rd. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2002 Upload Date: 1/19/2005 9:50:35 PM |
Location: |
Wauwatosa, WI |
Author: |
Brian Connolly |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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638 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:23 PM |
Location: |
Bertram, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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265 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:24 PM |
Location: |
Bertram, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
300 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:24 PM |
Location: |
Bertram, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
324 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:25 PM |
Location: |
Bertram, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
295 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:26 PM |
Location: |
Bertram, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
446 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:33 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
634 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:34 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
336 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:40 PM |
Location: |
Le Grand, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
381 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:40 PM |
Location: |
Le Grand, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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322 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:41 PM |
Location: |
Le Grand, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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487 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:42 PM |
Location: |
Le Grand, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
400 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:42 PM |
Location: |
Tama, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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340 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:43 PM |
Location: |
Tama, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:44 PM |
Location: |
Tama, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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302 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:22 PM |
Location: |
Tama, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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331 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/12/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:35 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
454 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/12/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:35 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
299 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/12/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:36 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
260 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/12/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2005 3:06:36 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, IA |
Author: |
Matt Carlson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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502 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
West through the suburbs. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/2002 Upload Date: 11/26/2004 8:18:00 PM |
Location: |
Wheaton, IL |
Author: |
Todd Morgan |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
883 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP Challenger 3985 stops |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/16/2002 Upload Date: 2/6/2004 11:39:08 PM |
Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
Author: |
David Hallman |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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813 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 pulls an excursion |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/16/2002 Upload Date: 2/6/2004 11:39:08 PM |
Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
Author: |
David Hallman |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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565 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP Challenger 3985 gets moving on it's way to Wisconsin |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/16/2002 Upload Date: 2/6/2004 11:39:08 PM |
Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
Author: |
David Hallman |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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596 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
Putting on a good show on her way to Milwaukee. |
Photo Date: |
6/16/2002 Upload Date: 11/26/2004 8:21:57 PM |
Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
Author: |
Todd Morgan |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
424 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
Luckily that coal train in the distance cleared in time! |
Photo Date: |
6/16/2002 Upload Date: 11/26/2004 8:24:40 PM |
Location: |
Winfield, IL |
Author: |
Todd Morgan |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
391 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3985 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/17/2002 Upload Date: 5/15/2009 3:38:10 AM |
Location: |
Nelson, IL |
Author: |
Larry Gholson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
274 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
3985 "Challenger" |
Description: |
The special Union Pacific steam train is seen departing West Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 2002 heading west. It is headed to Saint Paul, Minnesota to be displayed later. At this time the 4-6-6-4 “Challenger” steam locomotive, #3985, is the largest operating in the world. There are two sets of driving wheels and the frame is “articulated.” This way the wheels turn separately of the main frame to operate better where the track has tight turns. This engine was built in 1943. UP retired it from regular service in 1957. It was restored to operation once again in 1981 for use on special trips by UP. They converted it to run with oil instead of coal in 1990. UP ordered 105 “Challenger” locomotives between 1936 and 1943. They are about 122 feet long and weigh more than 1 million pounds. 3985 is the only one in operation of the two remaining. That is me (RLJ II) on the left videotaping at age 18. (Canon 35mm S.L.R. camera, Kodak Gold 800 print film) |
Photo Date: |
6/18/2002 Upload Date: 5/8/2019 8:54:52 AM |
Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Robert Jackson (father) |
Categories: |
Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
459 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP "Challenger" #3985 at West Chicago |
Description: |
The special Union Pacific steam train is seen departing West Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 2002 heading west. It is headed to Saint Paul, Minnesota to be displayed later. At this time the 4-6-6-4 “Challenger” steam locomotive, #3985, is the largest operating in the world. There are two sets of driving wheels and the frame is “articulated.” This way the wheels turn separately of the main frame to operate better where the track has tight turns. This engine was built in 1943. UP retired it from regular service in 1957. It was restored to operation once again in 1981 for use on special trips by UP. They converted it to run with oil instead of coal in 1990. UP ordered 105 “Challenger” locomotives between 1936 and 1943. They are about 122 feet long and weigh more than 1 million pounds. 3985 is the only one in operation of the two remaining. (Canon 35mm S.L.R. camera, Kodak Gold 800 print film) |
Photo Date: |
6/18/2002 Upload Date: 5/8/2019 9:48:04 AM |
Location: |
West Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Robert Jackson (father) |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
Views: |
666 Comments: 2 |
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