Sitting ready to go....

UP 3985 sit waiting for tomorrow's run to Jefferson City

Cab shot of the engineers side of 3985 sitting inside the Steam Shops. Taken with permission.

UP 3985 storms through Eaton as it pulls the Ringling Bros Circus Train from Cheyenne to Denver.

UP 3985 leads the Missouri River Eagle up Archer Hill.

UP 3985 is seen here pulling the Ringling Bros Circus Train from Cheyenne to Denver.

The Biggest and Baddest active steam locomotive in the world sits inside the Union Pacific's steam shops in Cheyenne WY. Taken with permission.

Renumbered as a Clinchfield the Challenger arrives to begin the 50th Anniversary Santa Train.

UP's Challenger heads south through the beginning of fall colors on the scenic Chester Subdivision.

UP 3966 goes for a spin. Click "UP 3966" in the loco # field for additional views of the engine being serviced that day.

The steam special slowly steams around the bend approaching "Pace", where the dispatcher will hold him to meet a westbound Amtrak.

Portrait of an engineer, a man and his machine. Ed Dickens, Engineer, and Manager of Heritage Equipment & Facilities, poses for a photo while performing post-trip maintenance in St. Louis.

UP 3985 returns to St Louis after a quick romp to Gorham, IL.

DURING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SANTA TRAIN UP 3985 DISGUISED AS CRR 4-6-6-4 676 IS SB AT GOFF TUNNEL AT STEINMAN, VA ON 11/19/92 ON HER FIRST RUN SOUTH.

The westbound Missouri River Eagle special sits on display in St. Louis. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) can be seen in the background.