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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Union Pacific's steam locomotive 3985 -- on a trip from Houston from Cheyenne, Wyo. -- was the center of attention recently as it lumbered into Old Town Spring. The 537-ton locomotive, pulling a ...

FRED LYNCH * flynch@semissourian.com Union Pacific Railroad's Challenger steam locomotive No. 3985 slowly rolled to a brief stop in Scott City Thursday afternoon as train enthusiasts gathered to watch ...

ABOARD LOCOMOTIVE 3985 (AP) - When Steve Lee drives by, cattle stampede, deer run for their lives, fish jump from the water, children grin and gape and grownups wave. It's not the force of Lee's ...

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 ...