Union Pacific 3985 puts on an impressive display as it does a photo runby. This was the infamous trip in which the coal burning 3985 set a lot of brush fires, which led the Union Pacific to change... (more)

The familiar rise at Dale, Wyoming is captured in the reflection on the side of one of Union Pacific’s excursion coaches. Standing in the Dutch door was a fine way to see Sherman Hill.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 puts on a smoky display as it storms through Perkins, Wyoming on a photo runby.

UP 3985 rounds the curve at at Saint Francis, WI as it heads to Butler in August of 2002. A couple of locals watch it go by.

The 3985 pulls into the northern portion of the Bear River Gorge heading north. The train will soon stop and let off it's passenger for a photo run by.

The 3985 maneuvers through the rugged Bear River Gorge on Ogden Subdivision. The articulation of the Challenger is really put to the test through this segment of track-age.

UP 3985 puts on a show as it departs the south side of Chicago, IL with a NRHS fantrip in June of 1993.

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" number 3985 and E9A number 949 rest in the roundhouse at the Cheyenne, Wyoming shops on March 25, 2017.

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" number 3985 and E9A number 951 rest in the roundhouse at the Cheyenne, Wyoming shops on March 25, 2017.

”Boy, You’re About to Get a Cinder Bath!”

That seems to be the look being cast at the photographer as Union Pacific 3985 puts on quite a display for a photo runby. The locati... (more)

The winds on Sherman Hill are not cooperating during the 1985 Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion from Denver to Laramie. Thick coal smoke is blowing over the sunny side of the train, casting a... (more)

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 steams into Laramie with the excursion from Denver. There had been snow both in Cheyenne and on Sherman Hill.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 sits on a curve after having done a photo runby at Perkins on Sherman Hill. The October snow for the excursion to Laramie was a nice bonus.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 hustles through the snowfall while running light to Speer. The locomotive is to take over the excursion to Laramie that has been brought up from Denver by EMD DD40X C... (more)

Snow is falling on Saturday morning as Challenger 3985 is readied for an excursion from Denver to Laramie and return.