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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by JohnLat I know UP has one or two Challengers running out of Wyoming, but I was wondering if there is an active running Big Boy somewhere? [/quote] UP has ONE challenger (3985) and ONE 4-8-4 (844). Both are based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Any additional Union Pacific 4-8-4s, challengers, big boys or other assorted UP steam that hasn't been scraped is pretty much on display in a park or at a museum. It is a hugh ru***o see either 844 or 3985 run by. I have had the opportunity to photograph both of them from time to time as they were steaming across Nebraska at speed. Usually they will use one of the two to pull a passenger special of some kind and them use it in revenue freight service on the way back home. It really looks wierd to see a steam giant from the 1940s on the point of a train of modern covered hoppers, gigantic box cars, and 85 foot auto racks. Lots of fun! Now that I live in Missouri I don't get the opportunity to see and photograph steam very often. Knock the big yellow and grey all you want. Nobody else in this day and age has or does provides us with such a spectacular steam show! Cheers
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