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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-6-6-4Built As:UP 3985 (4-6-6-4)
Serial Number:70174Order No:S-1879
Frame Number:21X32 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:6/1943
Notes:Challenger class 4664-4, donated to RRHMA.
Other locos with this serial:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) CRR 676(4-6-6-4)
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UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:09:41 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:10:10 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:11:02 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:11:26 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  436   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:11:46 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:12:01 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:13:38 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  319   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP 3985 heads east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 8/25/2020 8:12:16 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
UP 3985 Passenger Special
Title:  UP 3985 Passenger Special
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/28/2011 1:17:12 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Paul DeLuca
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1739   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1988  Upload Date: 2/7/2006 11:40:28 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  2753   Comments: 1
Union Pacific Challenger in Forney Texas fall 1990
Title:  Union Pacific Challenger in Forney Texas fall 1990
Description:  Took this with a medium format Bronica in fall of 1990. Challenger had left Dallas and was on the way to Longview for the next overnight stop. Grabbed this along highway 80 out of Forney.
Photo Date:  9/1/1990  Upload Date: 7/23/2011 4:45:46 PM
Location:  Forney, TX
Author:  Jack Harris
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1980   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985
Title:  Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985
Description:  Taken during the early 1990s by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1991  Upload Date: 12/5/2022 8:20:16 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
UP Steam Special headed to Railfair 1991 - 844 - 3985 - 1243 on flat car
Title:  UP Steam Special headed to Railfair 1991 - 844 - 3985 - 1243 on flat car
Description:  UP Steam Special headed to Railfair 1991 - 844 - 3985 - 1243 on flat car
Photo Date:  1/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/7/2014 12:09:58 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Don Hinchliffe
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 3985(4-6-6-4) UP 1243(4-6-0)
Views:  2221   Comments: 0
3985 In Spring Tx
Title:  3985 In Spring Tx
Description:  UP 3985 in Houston in 1991 or 1992 I cannot remember the year it was in Houston We are at Spring Junction
Photo Date:  4/1/1991  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 10:15:46 PM
Location:  Spring, TX
Author:  Charles Gibbons
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1321   Comments: 0
UP 3985 Smoking It Up
Title:  UP 3985 Smoking It Up
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/1991  Upload Date: 5/28/2011 5:59:53 PM
Location:  Cache Junction, UT
Author:  Tom Kidd
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1494   Comments: 1
UP 3985 Buries a Photographer in Steam
Title:  UP 3985 Buries a Photographer in Steam
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/1991  Upload Date: 5/28/2011 5:59:23 PM
Location:  Cache Junction, UT
Author:  Tom Kidd
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  747   Comments: 0
UP 3985 at a Station Stop
Title:  UP 3985 at a Station Stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/1991  Upload Date: 5/28/2011 6:01:10 PM
Location:  Ogden, UT
Author:  Tom Kidd
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1055   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Challenger is southbound out of Wheelon, picking up speed after the 12mph speed restriction of Bear River Canyon
Photo Date:  4/21/1991  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 6:10:25 PM
Location:  Wheelon, UT
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  754   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/1991  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 7:51:27 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1014   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/1991  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 7:51:46 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1051   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/1991  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 7:52:07 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1404   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/1991  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 7:52:30 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1364   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  ALCO 4-6-6-4
Photo Date:  5/4/1991  Upload Date: 12/17/2013 11:35:41 AM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Doug Tilley
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  764   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/1991  Upload Date: 9/6/2007 8:05:59 PM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1774   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/1991  Upload Date: 9/6/2007 8:06:21 PM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1090   Comments: 1
up 3985
Title:  up 3985
Description:  More Steam Action at Spring Texas. Spring Junction ( date Approx)
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 10:18:53 PM
Location:  Spring, TX
Author:  Charles Gibbons
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  919   Comments: 0
UP #3985
Title:  UP #3985
Description:  Photo runby of a #3985-led passenger special on Altamont Pass. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Exact date is approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:19:07 PM
Location:  Altamont, CA
Author:  J.A. Lee/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  874   Comments: 1
UP 3985 East
Title:  UP 3985 East
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  7/22/1992  Upload Date: 2/6/2025 6:07:20 PM
Location:  Altamont Pass, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
UP 3985 East steaming towards Stockton
Title:  UP 3985 East steaming towards Stockton
Description:  Chris Lanphere photo
Photo Date:  7/22/1992  Upload Date: 6/28/2020 11:44:28 AM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Chris Lanphere
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
UP 3985 on the viaduct
Title:  UP 3985 on the viaduct
Description:  Peter Ehrlich photo
Photo Date:  7/27/1992  Upload Date: 3/13/2024 5:22:36 PM
Location:  Clio, CA
Author:  Peter Ehrlich
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
UP 3985 East
Title:  UP 3985 East
Description:  John E Shaw photo
Photo Date:  7/27/1992  Upload Date: 2/13/2025 4:25:09 AM
Location:  Sloat, CA
Author:  John E Shaw
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP excursion train to Texas 1992
Photo Date:  8/1/1992  Upload Date: 5/19/2005 12:24:03 AM
Location:  Forney, TX
Author:  Mike Murray
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  3239   Comments: 5
UP 3985 East
Title:  UP 3985 East
Description:  John E Shaw photo
Photo Date:  9/27/1992  Upload Date: 1/19/2025 2:52:38 PM
Location:  Pulga, CA
Author:  John E Shaw
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/1992  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 2:55:32 PM
Location:  Pleasant Hill, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1355   Comments: 5
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/1992  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 2:56:45 PM
Location:  Sullivan, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  832   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/1992  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 2:57:21 PM
Location:  Hermann, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  724   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/1992  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 2:55:51 PM
Location:  Strasburg, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/1992  Upload Date: 10/15/2008 2:56:26 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  765   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  3985 departs Sedalia, Missouri, while pulling a Kansas City to St. Louis excursion. The locomotive was on its way east to handle the CSX Santa Claus train on the old Clinchfield.
Photo Date:  11/7/1992  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 9:52:36 AM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1350   Comments: 2
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Challenger running southbound on the former Missouri Pacific DeSoto Subdivision on it's way to pull the Clinchfield Santa train - Exact location unknown - Myron Dudenbostle photo
Photo Date:  11/8/1992  Upload Date: 11/1/2008 9:41:03 PM
Location:  De Soto, MO
Author:  Myron Dudenbostle
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1579   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/16/1992  Upload Date: 4/28/2006 11:40:28 AM
Location:  Latonia, KY
Author:  Bryan Oliver
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1765   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/16/1992  Upload Date: 4/28/2006 11:40:48 AM
Location:  Covington, KY
Author:  Bryan Oliver
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1011   Comments: 4
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/16/1992  Upload Date: 4/28/2006 11:41:02 AM
Location:  Latonia, KY
Author:  Bryan Oliver
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  944   Comments: 0
CSX 8509 meets UP 3985 as CRR 676
Title:  CSX 8509 meets UP 3985 as CRR 676
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/19/1992  Upload Date: 4/19/2013 5:18:54 PM
Location:  Kingsport, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CSX 8509(SD50) UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  5090   Comments: 0
CSX 8456 and UP 3985
Title:  CSX 8456 and UP 3985
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/19/1992  Upload Date: 4/25/2013 1:24:26 PM
Location:  Kingsport, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CSX 8456(SD40-2) UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1282   Comments: 0
UP 3985 as Clinchfield 676 is passed by a CSX GP40
Title:  UP 3985 as Clinchfield 676 is passed by a CSX GP40
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/19/1992  Upload Date: 2/17/2034 6:52:59 PM
Location:  Kingsport, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) CSX 6805(GP40)
Views:  1162   Comments: 0
CSX 8456
Title:  CSX 8456
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/19/1992  Upload Date: 2/28/2013 2:33:59 PM
Location:  Kingsport, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CSX 8456(SD40-2) UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  995   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  This is between Jeff City and Kansas City that we were dropped off and they backed the train up and did a roll by for us. It was sweet!!
Photo Date:  12/4/1992  Upload Date: 9/5/2008 8:16:58 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Brian Vieck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  500   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Getting shots of the train as it rolls by just outside of St. Louis.
Photo Date:  12/4/1992  Upload Date: 9/5/2008 8:14:39 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Brian Vieck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  697   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Getting shots of the train as it rolls by just outside of St. Louis. Wish I'd had a better camera back then.
Photo Date:  12/4/1992  Upload Date: 9/5/2008 8:14:19 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Brian Vieck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  493   Comments: 0


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