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UP 3985 - 4-6-6-4 Challenger

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richhotrain
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UP 3985 - 4-6-6-4 Challenger
Posted by richhotrain on Thursday, October 7, 2010 5:45 PM

My son took these photos of the UP 3985 - 4-6-6-4 Challenger in Jefferson City Missouri on Tuesday.

The UP 3985 locomotive was built in 1943 by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York. It is currently the largest operational steam locomotive in the world.

Visit www.upsteam.com for more information on this current excursion:


Alton Junction

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daveklepper
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Posted by daveklepper on Friday, October 8, 2010 5:59 AM

THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

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AgentKid
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Posted by AgentKid on Saturday, October 9, 2010 1:53 PM

Very nice pictures. The last photo really puts the size of those things into perspective.

Bruce

 

So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.

"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere"  CP Rail Public Timetable

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Burgard540
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Posted by Burgard540 on Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:42 PM

Thanks for sharing.  I wish I could see her again! 

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson

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richhotrain
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Posted by richhotrain on Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:55 AM

Thanks all, 

Glad you enjoyed the photos.

See my latest post for more photos of the UP 3985.

Rich

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