Union Pacific Challenger 3985 runs fast into morning sunlight with a short ferry train at Rock Springs.
Union Pacific Challenger 3985 and baggage car are set to pick up a short ferry train in the morning for Cheyenne. The locomotive was coal-fired at this time.
Challenger locomotive 3985 is undergoing attention inside the steam shops at the Cheyenne UP depot
Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 rolls west on the Sidney Subdivision east of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, on October 9, 2008.
Northbound from Denver to Cheyenne.
I arrived at Harriman just as the train arrived and this was a real grab shot. But it has a dramatic quality that perhaps offsets the considerable technical faults. I had taken a previous shot ar... (more)
Just in from the east, Extra 3949 eases through the Cheyenne yards past construction of a new yard tower. A high-railer paces the train on the adjoining track. Soon, a Big Boy will take over for t... (more)
The UP 3985 Challenger with the Circus Train on there way to Denver.
In a panned photograph, Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 steams west between Dix and Owasco, Nebraska, on June 13, 2000.
Union Pacific's Challenger No. 3985 is disguised as Clinchfield 676 for the 50th running of the Clinchfield's Santa Train. CSX went all out to make the anniversary one to remember.
A Challenger pulls a train mainly of box cars over Sherman Hill at Dale. No photographer name listed on slide.
Challenger 3991 pulls 13 passenger cars over Sherman Hill. No photographer name listed on slide.
An early challenger rounding the curve at Durham, WY. No photographer listed on slide.
Looks like a well used challenger. No photographer listed on slide.
An early challenger with what looks like a solid string of gondolas in tow. No photographer listed on slide.