Union Pacific 3985 steaming to the Super Bowl Jan2004 @ Lexington Neb

[2013dak]

black smoke doesn't mean its broken 

[ejovadi]

Maximum steam and smoke. from environmental consideration not nice but nice to see.

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[vinopeleon2]

I want all that smoke on my H0 locos!!!!

:-)

[CplConns]

Look at that old girl go.

[TonoFonseca]

Holy smoke

[BigThangsPoppinMayne]

not enough smoke!!

[foroke1]

Just imagine if they had to go through a tunnel...

[foroke1]

Suck on that EPA!

[Keith120286]

Doesn't meet the EPA Tier II emissions regulations...lol

[gorelord187]

LOOK AT THE POWER

[TrainmanEvan]

2004? i got it in st louis on display.

[watashimahou]

NO deisel engine pushing her in this VID :)

[CoastStarlight11]

HOT!!!!!

[x2stew]

thanks for the great videos Skip!

[Lightwolf333]

That was awesome Skip!

[BigUnitBeef]

Reminds me of the days when she burned coal.........I loved it!

[PereMarquette1223]

DAMN, somthing really was wrong with her. Do you know what was? I sure she hasn't smoked like this since she was coal fired in the 80's and 90's.

[jcmark611]

@PereMarquette1223 The UP Steam department tried a new arrangement for the steam exhaust nozzles known as a Lempor exhaust. As you can see the experiment didn't go well.

[captaintoroca]

To those commenting about the smoke: All that black smoke is the reason why 3985 only left the shop once or twice between when this video was shot and its run to Sedalia in 2010. An oil-burning engine should put out mostly steam once it's up to speed. They put her back in the shop after this run to fix whatever the problem was and then sent her to North Platte in 2008. They had the same problem and put her back in the shop for additional work until the run to Sedalia. She's back to normal now.

[SkipW]

@captaintoroca & That about sums it up

[Wonkawillie77]

@captaintoroca Thanks for the info. Nice to read someone in here who has the straight scoop and can articulate it properly.

[1339LARS]

Marvelous!

[drixdresspress]

absolutes Top Video ,coole bilder********

[BNSF7776]

Best thing about 3985 whata smoker she can be, Well done

[userunavailable3095]

You know, those old things may have needed a lot of maintenance, and a lot of water, but they didn't they didn't fund our enemies. Maybe we need to bring some of those old locomotives back into service, to burn American coal, instead of funding Chavez and Al Qaeda.

[andygin]

@userunavailable3095 I agree. Im British & we have lots of steam trains still running on preserved railways. I don't know of any that have been converted to oil though. I do believe many burn British coal but I think most is imported from Poland & Australia etc. Not many coal mines left in UK after Thatcher. I love the smell of coal lol. Maybe you would like to take a look at my local preserved railway. Search ... East Lancs railway or ELR cant just remember web site. All the best.

[MrElSatan]

why that all black smoke?

[sulray]

what a video awesum

[DuoArtDanOz]

loved it! :)

[BigCowboy1963]

Es geht doch nichts über eine schöne Dampflok, Thanks

[Henryfan3]

geez now this makes me not want to use my railworks cahllenger because the smoke is nothing like this

[tweetsie12190fan]

sanding the tubes

[trainguy3]

Talk about smoke!? OH my Goodness!!

[sgtredbluered]

This is fantastic! Why have you been hiding it ;)? *****

[ejovadi]

GreAT steam, thanks.

[slewpost]

Great Video Skip,,My 2 Year Old Grandson Loves It....Thanks....

[steamtrainmark]

The tubes must have been blocked after black smoke.

Great video thanks

[Bassfanatic94]

Awesome video Skip! They were really kickin' some black smoke that day! HOLY COW! Thanks for sharing!