Union Pacifics steam locomotive 3985 is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world This 4664 locomotive built in 1943 still runs today as part of the railroads public relations program In ...

CHEYENNE – The Union Pacific steam crew has been busy preparing the Challenger No. 3985, along with the TTT-6 steam locomotive No. 5511 and Centennial diesel locomotive No. 6936, for delivery to the ...

Union Pacific's steam locomotive #3985 is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world. This 4-6-6-4 locomotive, built in 1943 still runs today as part of the railroad's public relations ...

ON BOARD NO. 3985 — Union Pacific’s Challenger No. 3985, steam locomotive will make a special stop in Columbus about 1:30 p.m. Monday at the U.P. office at 12th Street and 26th Avenue. The Challenger ...

ABOARD LOCOMOTIVE 3985 — When Steve Lee drives by, cattle stampede, deer run for their lives, fish jump from the water, children grin and gape, and grown-ups wave. It’s not the force of Mr. Lee’s ...

Union Pacific Railroad’s “Challenger” No. 3985, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will stop in Shakopee as part of a five-state, 1,750-mile tour from Cheyenne, Wyo., to St. Paul and back ...

SILVIS, Ill. (KWQC) - The Railroading Heritage of Midwestern America (RRHMA) is offering an opportunity to be part of a rare event in the Quad Cities. and you have a chance to win free tickets. The ...

Following the same track bed that was laid 135 years ago, two of the most famous Union Pacific locomotives will speed through Greeley several times this week, making trips between Cheyenne and Denver.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OMAHA, Neb.—One of Union Pacific’s historic steam locomotives will help deliver the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Denver later this month ...

To view a photo slide show of Challenger No. 3985, click here.To view a video click here. That 11-year-old Cooper Dalluge is fascinated with train lore is obvious. As his family waits for Challenger ...

Not so long ago, a great many boys wanted to be engineers when they grew up. Not the kind with a slide rule on his belt, but one who wore striped overalls and looked down from the cab of a steam ...

One of the largest and perhaps most famous steam locomotives ever built—Union Pacific’s articulated 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” No. 4014—will be restored to operating condition by UP’s Cheyenne, Wyo.-based ...