#3985 is departing Cheyenne on the first day of the Missouri River Eagle trip....which turned out to be its last mainline outing. No messing around, they were doing every MPH they could muster.

Union Pacific's big 1995 excursion to the Northwest is rolling along the Oregon Trail near Quartz, Oregon.

During the course of an excursion with Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985 on Sherman Hill, several run-bys were all but obliterated by smoke that was blown on the photographers’ side of the train by the... (more)

The smoke from Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985 mixes with the heavy clouds during a run-by on the Lone Tree Fill west of Buford, Wyoming.

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985 enters storm territory as it executes a runby west of Colores, Wyoming,

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 pulls a photo run by at MP 555.7, about a mile and a half west of Colores, Wyoming.

Challenger at Archer Hill UP Challenger #3985 is on the final leg of a tour to Texas and Arkansas which had lasted over a month and included 10 states. All that road time shows, as the loc... (more)

Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 rattles an old grain elevator at Yoder, Wyoming, on September 23, 2003, pulling a long passenger train eastbound toward South Morrill, Nebraska.

The Clinchfield 676 at dusk, about halfway between Dante and St. Paul, rolling toward Kingsport. It was our last photo of the day, as the train was delayed at Boody after the 676 sideswiped a tra... (more)

The "Clinchfield 676" at dawn on the Friday of the 50th anniversary Santa Claus Special weekend. Two items were on the agenda- fix the twisted running board (above the fireman's side fro... (more)

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 In a Heavy Snow storm on Sherman hill in the the fall of 1984. Yes they really did many photo runbys on that day even in these conditions.

The old meets the new in Clinchfield country, as UP Challenger No. 3985 disguised as CRR No. 676 pauses for servicing. On the right, 3-month old CSX C40-8W No. 7787 is on the point of a 5-unit la... (more)

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 makes a photo run-by at Milepost 559, about half way between Forelle and Colores, Wyoming.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 passes the photo line at Milepost 561, two miles east of Forelle, Wyoming.

Union Pacific Challenger is a few miles out of Laramie on the windy Wyoming plains. Here it executes a photo run-by at Milepost 561, two miles east of Forelle.