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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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Challenger Front View
Title:  Challenger Front View
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/27/2010 9:22:27 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  David Bodkin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Throughbred At Speed
Title:  Throughbred At Speed
Description:  UP's magnificant 3985 at speed, headed west near Chamois. Jeff City is about 30 minutes ahead.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 7:04:49 PM
Location:  Chamois, MO
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  304   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  THE UP Challenger leads the Missouri River Eagle excursion over the tranquil Meramec River on its way to Jefferson City and Sedalia, Missouri.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 12:09:31 PM
Location:  Jedburgh, MO
Author:  Matthew Chapman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  328   Comments: 3
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Challenger parks the excursion train at Engineer Ave. in Sedalia for the night.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 1/8/2011 2:37:55 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Chapman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Check out the jackass on the right who stood there and stood there and stood there, getting in everyone's photos. What a complete dick.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 1/8/2011 2:47:11 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Chapman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 1/8/2011 2:53:45 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Chapman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 11:54:37 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Keith B
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 11:54:52 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Keith B
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Westbound UP 3985 and The Missouri River Eagle Train
Title:  Westbound UP 3985 and The Missouri River Eagle Train
Description:  Blasting west down the UP Sedalia Sub. is the Missouri River Eagle headed for the Sedalia, Missouri Sesquicentennial later today running as UP Train SSLSD 09.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/10/2010 2:25:49 PM
Location:  Centertown, MO
Author:  Zach Pumphery
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
Westbound UP 3985 and The Missouri River Eagle Train
Title:  Westbound UP 3985 and The Missouri River Eagle Train
Description:  Headed west on the UP Sedalia Sub. is the Missouri River Eagle bound for the Sedalia, Missouri Sesquicentennial later today as UP Train SSLSD 09. This might be my favorite picture of the trip.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/10/2010 2:25:50 PM
Location:  Tipton, MO
Author:  Zach Pumphery
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Missouri River Eagle approaches the east side of Jefferson City near Militia Rd at full track speed.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 7:03:38 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Gary Dyhouse
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  467   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 strides into Jefferson City at Militia Rd.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 7:04:08 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Gary Dyhouse
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  400   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  After a half hour stop, the engineer of 3985 has the throttle opened wide as a coal train pulls out of the yard alongside.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 7:04:32 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Gary Dyhouse
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  It's off to the races as 3985 quickly builds up speed and leaves the state capitol behind on the way to Sedalia.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 7:04:55 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Gary Dyhouse
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  3985 sails past the fall foliage at 60 MPH on the Sedalia Sub. I barely had time to get another shot!
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 7:05:34 PM
Location:  Clarksburg, MO
Author:  Gary Dyhouse
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  438   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Even in the smallest towns, large crowds come out to see this magnificent locomotive sail by at 60 mph. In a flash it was gone. If you notice a bit of elevation in this shot, it is because I stood on the ladder rack of my truck. I think it added to the shot.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 7:05:56 PM
Location:  Clarksburg, MO
Author:  Gary Dyhouse
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:43:08 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:45:03 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 6:46:27 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  182   Comments: 3
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:46:07 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:47:49 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:50:25 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:52:30 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:53:41 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:54:57 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:56:22 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:57:28 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 4:58:48 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 5:00:00 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
UP 3985 smokes it up
Title:  UP 3985 smokes it up
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 5:01:26 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Chris Bodkin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #3985 departing Pacific, MO
Title:  Union Pacific #3985 departing Pacific, MO
Description:  Union Pacific #3985 slowly gets underway as it leaves Pacific, MO after a 15-minute whistlestop.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 1:18:15 AM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  William Acord
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
Look out there, what is that? IT'S 3985!!!!
Title:  Look out there, what is that? IT'S 3985!!!!
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:24 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Through the shadows
Title:  Through the shadows
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:27 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:29 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
Here she comes
Title:  Here she comes
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:31 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
UP 3985: One of my favorite shots from that wonderful day
Title:  UP 3985: One of my favorite shots from that wonderful day
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:35 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Love that overhead view
Title:  Love that overhead view
Description:  So at this point I was sitll farely new to photography so my amateurism ended up without the full loco, but still....
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:37 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
Better than a Tuxedo
Title:  Better than a Tuxedo
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:40 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
After going under me she rolls onward to Amtrak station to greet her fans
Title:  After going under me she rolls onward to Amtrak station to greet her fans
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:42 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
UP 3985 coming to a long stop out front of Amtrak station.
Title:  UP 3985 coming to a long stop out front of Amtrak station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:44 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Coming to a stop in Sedalia, Mo.
Title:  Coming to a stop in Sedalia, Mo.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:46 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
UP 3985 rear view with all passenger cars and locomotive!
Title:  UP 3985 rear view with all passenger cars and locomotive!
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:27:48 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:11 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Rolling by I enjoyed a 50+ year old tradition, deafness within my ears
Title:  Rolling by I enjoyed a 50+ year old tradition, deafness within my ears
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:13 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
UP 3985 slowly building momentum as she hits reverse, the sound was incredible
Title:  UP 3985 slowly building momentum as she hits reverse, the sound was incredible
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:15 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Another favorite as she rears back into the side rail for the night
Title:  Another favorite as she rears back into the side rail for the night
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:17 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:20 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
UP 3985 backin into the shadows onto the side-rail
Title:  UP 3985 backin into the shadows onto the side-rail
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:22 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
UP 3985 at a front glance, the most beautiful steamer I'd ever seen
Title:  UP 3985 at a front glance, the most beautiful steamer I'd ever seen
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:24 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
Maintenance on the black beast underway
Title:  Maintenance on the black beast underway
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2011 10:28:41 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  David Eugene Easley Prier
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  163   Comments: 0


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