As far as I know, this was UP 3985's only visit to San Antonio. On this morning, it is preparing to depart, only to be delayed about 5 hours because its tender is replenished with the wrong type o... (more)

Although this was 15 years ago, I'll never forget the hot blast of oil smoke gifted to me about 4 seconds after this shot was taken. All for giving the engineer a roll of film for his camera.

UP 3985 blows off steam as it backs in to couple of the first section of the train. It is preparing to return to Cheyenne.

UP 3985, steaming out the Ski Train, backs in to place to reconnect the remainder of the UP business cars, preparing to depart back to Cheyenne after a weekend of Cheyenne Frontier Days specials.

3985 performs a runpast near Hermosa, on the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club's 50th anniversary trip from Denver to Laramie and return.

UP 3985 pours on the oil for a show ... this overpass was temporarily shut down by the DPS for the foamers to occupy.

UP's Challenger 3985 on its way down Weber Canyon for a few day stop over in Ogden, Utah.

The 3985 and the E-units leaving Quartz after a meet with two freights.

Challenger fireman.......yeah, pretty cool job.

This was one of the last trips before the water tenders became the new standard in the consists. This photo runby was one of 6 or 7 that day, on which I had the pleasure of a cab ride a well. Than... (more)

UP 3985 passing under the Hwy 55 bridge.

UP 3985 arriving in St. Paul, MN.

The 3985 conquers Altamont Pass, beginning the long journey home from the 1992 NRHS Convention in San Jose.

One big machine. The 3985 heads north from Ogden to McCammon .