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UP 3985 "Challenger"
Title:  UP 3985 "Challenger"
Description:  On her maiden voyage after a 2 year storage, she is pullling the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 6:59:23 PM
Location:  Carr, CO
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  610   Comments: 4
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 3:47:27 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 3:53:28 PM
Location:  Platteville, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 3:57:18 PM
Location:  Platteville, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 4:03:19 PM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 4:08:31 PM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  A member from the Circus makes a speech on the stage while 3985 is displayed in the background with the Circus Train
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 4:10:06 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  278   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 4:15:28 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 getting turned after uncoupling from the Circus Train
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 4:17:38 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
A Beast of a Challenger
Title:  A Beast of a Challenger
Description:  The profile. Pulling the Circus train from Speer to Denver.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 12:05:27 PM
Location:  Nunn, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
Going-Away
Title:  Going-Away
Description:  The UP 1985 pulling the circus train from Speer, WY to Denver, CO. The diesel engine was used mostly for dynamic brakes coming out of Speer.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 12:05:28 PM
Location:  Platteville, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Continuing to makes it's way towards Denver. UP 1985 pulling the Circus Train from Speer to Denver.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 12:05:31 PM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  543   Comments: 2
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 1:54:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  323   Comments: 2
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 1:58:09 PM
Location:  Adams City (subdivis, CO
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  387   Comments: 2
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 2:02:37 PM
Location:  Adams City (subdivis, CO
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  511   Comments: 3
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 2:04:18 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Early morning light.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/29/2010 4:43:39 PM
Location:  Platteville, CO
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  356   Comments: 3
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/29/2010 4:45:44 PM
Location:  Pierce, CO
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  526   Comments: 1
UP 985
Title:  UP 985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/29/2010 4:48:08 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/29/2010 4:49:40 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
UP #3985
Title:  UP #3985
Description:  3985 sets in the yard ready to depart to meet the Circus Train.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 9:35:45 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) UP 96(SW10)
Views:  900   Comments: 2
UP #3985
Title:  UP #3985
Description:  3985 sets in the yard ready to depart to meet the Circus Train.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 9:37:03 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) UP 96(SW10)
Views:  809   Comments: 1
UP #3985
Title:  UP #3985
Description:  3985 sets in the yard ready to depart to meet the Circus Train.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 9:37:51 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  439   Comments: 1
UP #3985
Title:  UP #3985
Description:  3985 sets in the yard ready to depart to meet the Circus Train.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 10:39:24 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  398   Comments: 1
up #3985
Title:  up #3985
Description:  3985 sets in the yard ready to depart to meet the Circus Train.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 10:39:47 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
UP Train SCYDV
Title:  UP Train SCYDV
Description:  Circus Train Departs Speer for Denver.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 9:39:15 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  904   Comments: 10
UP Train SCYDV
Title:  UP Train SCYDV
Description:  Circus Train Departs Speer for Denver.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 2:25:36 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
UP Train SCYDV
Title:  UP Train SCYDV
Description:  Circus Train Departs Speer for Denver.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 9:40:17 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  387   Comments: 1
UP Train SCYDV
Title:  UP Train SCYDV
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 10:11:47 PM
Location:  Platteville, CO
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  413   Comments: 4
UP Train SCYDV
Title:  UP Train SCYDV
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/4/2010 10:12:12 PM
Location:  Platteville, CO
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
UP Train SCYDV
Title:  UP Train SCYDV
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 2:25:56 PM
Location:  Platteville, CO
Author:  Terry Lovell
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 11:58:26 AM
Location:  Carr, CO
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 11:57:58 AM
Location:  Greeley, CO
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  312   Comments: 1
Smoking it up!
Title:  Smoking it up!
Description:  The big Challenger starts up again after a 10 minute service stop at Greeley, CO with the Ringling Circus Train in tow.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/28/2010 11:56:45 AM
Location:  Greeley, CO
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  452   Comments: 3
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Challenger pulls the Ringling Brothers Circus train north of Nunn.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/15/2016 7:52:28 PM
Location:  Nunn, CO
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  183   Comments: 65537
Circus Train Steam History
Title:  Circus Train Steam History
Description:  The UP uses the 4-6-6-4 Challenger No. 3985 to pull the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus train from Speer, WY to Denver, CO. There were way too many morons out on the road. Makes me wish I had a shotgun.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 12:05:26 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  amtrakswchief 4
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  616   Comments: 2
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:39 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
UP 3985 At Night
Title:  UP 3985 At Night
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:40 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:41 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
UP 3985 waiting
Title:  UP 3985 waiting
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 7:10:58 PM
Location:  Carr, CO
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
UP 3985 & UP 3202 waiting to come into the yard
Title:  UP 3985 & UP 3202 waiting to come into the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 7:12:59 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) UP 3202(SD40-2) UP 3201(SD40-2)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
UP 3985 switching around the yard
Title:  UP 3985 switching around the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 7:17:05 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kerry Klarr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) UP 96(SW10)
Views:  811   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  It's easy to see why this is a favorite shot of trains headed east from Cheyenne...it doesn't get any better.
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 8:07:43 PM
Location:  Archer, WY
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  242   Comments: 2
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Missouri Eagle headed east.
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:44 PM
Location:  Archer, WY
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  531   Comments: 9
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:45 PM
Location:  Dix, NE
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The parting shot of the chase, which was pretty wicked & took me farther west than I'd planned! The train has just made a dip back into Colorado here, making a pit stop in the speed trap town of Julesburg.
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 8:45:18 PM
Location:  Big Springs, NE
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  163   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:46 PM
Location:  Lodgepole, NE
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  194   Comments: 2
Chevy-Challenger-Cheyenne
Title:  Chevy-Challenger-Cheyenne
Description:  Davy Vs Goliath. 360 Meets 4-6-6-4. Impala Against Alco. However you wanna word it, this Cheyenne-Chevy-Challenger moment comes just after sunrise on the first day of the Missouri River Eagle tour. The ultimate "Coke can" photo moment, to give you an idea how big it really is.
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 9:07:19 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  606   Comments: 5
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:47 PM
Location:  Sidney, NE
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 4:53:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  174   Comments: 2


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