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4/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-6-6-4Built As:UP 3985 (4-6-6-4)
Serial Number:70174Order No:S-1879
Frame Number:21X32 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:6/1943
Notes:Challenger class 4664-4, donated to RRHMA.
Other locos with this serial:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) CRR 676(4-6-6-4)
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SNPMV22
Title:  SNPMV22
Description:  UP 3985, comes charging along US 30, into Maxwell, with its equipment cars, heading for its first servicing stop at Cozad. Throwing everyone off the big Challenger stopped just on the other side of the bridge, while a crew member checked things out.
Photo Date:  8/22/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 3:46:22 PM
Location:  Maxwell, NE
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
SNPMV22
Title:  SNPMV22
Description:  Having just taken off from a quick stop at Maxwell, Challenger UP 3985, has 7 cars in tow, as it rounds on of few curves on the UP Kearney Sub, eastbound, while a UP empty coal train with UP 7086 & 8149 pass by.
Photo Date:  8/22/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 3:47:02 PM
Location:  Brady, NE
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) UP 7086(AC44CW) UP 8149(SD9043MAC)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
SNPMV22
Title:  SNPMV22
Description:  Hightailing east bound for its next stop in Kearney, UP 3985 hauls it seven cars, on towards Minneapolis, MN for its planed appearance.
Photo Date:  8/22/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 3:48:00 PM
Location:  Overton, NE
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
SNPMV22
Title:  SNPMV22
Description:  Grease, dirt, sweat and a lot of love, is what it takes to keep big steam rolling along, as two of the UPs Steam Team work to "Shoot the rods", at its midway service stop, eastbound for Missouri Valley.
Photo Date:  8/22/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 3:49:06 PM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  229   Comments: 1
SNPMV22
Title:  SNPMV22
Description:  With Old Glory flying overhead, UP 3985, sits still while getting serviced, as railfans take photos and a father and son team get a closer look at the big Challenger, while a classic Coke, advertisement, keeps with a nostalgic look.
Photo Date:  8/22/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 3:49:45 PM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
SNPMV22
Title:  SNPMV22
Description:  A 1954 Chevy farm truck sits in the afternoon sun, as UP 3985, heading towards Gibbon Jct., heads eastbound. Chances are these two have meet before, as the truck is owned by a local farmer just down the road its whole life.
Photo Date:  8/22/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 3:50:59 PM
Location:  Optic, NE
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  2145   Comments: 23
UP SNPMV22
Title:  UP SNPMV22
Description:  Union Pacific 3985 has just arrived at Kearney, NE. as it pulls to a stop so the UP Steam Team can give it a good look over at this servicing stop, as it keeps heading east towards the days end in Missouri Valley.
Photo Date:  9/22/2008  Upload Date: 7/9/2010 3:35:44 PM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  215   Comments: 0


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