UP 3985 heads to railfest in North Platte NB 18sept08

[Godzilla23i]

awesome steam engine. and a great video.

[trampl69]

excellent-- should be brought back

[djmk1988]

i wish i had it !:D

[MovieModerator]

Just a couple days ago it went for a warm - up run after being in the roundhouse for liek a year.

[UPTRAIN]

@HaloCE14

This thing burns used motor oil. That supply will pretty much never go away.

[UPTRAIN]

@HaloCE14

Good luck being chosen for these executive level positions.

[Tanvan180]

#5 is a residual oil, what's leftover from the refinery that can't be refined further. It also runs on recycled motor oil. There is a large supply and less demand these days for both.

[Rtchugg]

THIS loco runs on oil!

[jdubbjazzbass]

these locomotives are so majestic.

[vanwahlgren]

My grandma lives there!

[HorsegirlJenny]

MAN! Love that black smoke! Great video, Skip.....

[plaplaw]

SWJJ3JFWRRQRR

[777worldliner]

what type of oil does it burn?

[Gryszaq]

coal, not oil

[777worldliner]

wasn't it converted to burn oil? in the late 80's or eraly 90's because i wached a show on tv about 3985 and it said it ran on oil

[Gryszaq]

oh I didn,t know that. Check this out :)

[shnimmuc]

you are wrong golf123 unless you believe in the tooth fairy.

[shnimmuc]

2 triplexes, GN 2882, N&WYb6Yellowstone, Allegheny , NPZ5 and the Russian 6-14-6 all more powerful then the Big Boy. Read the STATS

[golfisgreat123]

the big boy had more horse power but the others had more power going no faster then 10mph

[Guruludu]

hight smoke;P

[footeze226]

Can you buy tickets for a trip on these trains ????

[trainz675]

yes, you can

[shnimmuc]

Yellowstones Locomotives were more powerful then the Big Boy

[DeltaPhi79]

Yeah? How powerful were they? I honestly don't know.

[golfisgreat123]

the big boy had more hp

[DeltaPhi79]

What does a comment about a Big Boy have to do with the Challenger.

[7kinderen]

in 1 woord geweldig

[bnsfup1]

Yo isn't 3985 sitting in Omaha,NE?

[TopThrillDan]

The one sitting at Omaha, NE is 3977. 3985 is at Cheyenne, Wyoming.

[bnsfup1]

Wrong. 4023 is sitting in Omaha,NE. 3977 is at Cody Park in North Platte NE along with UP DDA40X 6922.

[SkipW]

BigBoy in Omaha

Challenger in No.Platte

But I didnt know the #'s

[Dividend]

I love the whistle.

[Tronicoz]

MMMM that smoke looks really helathy!

[SkipW]

thats why it hasnt run since, the mods didnt work out, so the old parts are going back in and running in late '09 or 2010

[palealien]

Never realized the whistle is blowin' "W00T!!

[NatureKnitter]

Great Video Skip! I had the chance to see this awesome train and capture some video in Minnesota on 9-26-08. Too bad they don't make trains like this anymore.....

[coster993]

What a beautiful thing.

[Kjr0se]

AWESOME whistle on that steam locomotive, cool sounding whistle, really powerful, and a great video of that locomotive.

[varisae]

pretty big girl...

[micahthatrocks]

i was really close to coming to the rail fest. but i live in colorado and it was a 6 hour drive. :-(

[Cidrian]

cudo

[Detoyato]

Why dont we just start a fund group and start building Improved Steam Locomotives? After all they are much simpler than todays electrics (no endless looms of wires) and diesels (again PIPES and WIRES mania)

[micahthatrocks]

that would really be nice.

[freckldnred]

Another great video, thanks a lot!

[TrainSpotterX]

Nice vid thanks for sharing mate.

[Stellina9227]

wooo great black smoke!!! =P

[ffej980]

the 3985 is oil fired...but it should run cleaner than this...and yes i know its an alco...

[DanielVolker]

Good point on the 'Alco' comment :)

[micahthatrocks]

what did i say? lol.

[DanielVolker]

Sorry, Where are you talking about?

[micahthatrocks]

you was talking to me...right?

[lenramirez]

Did that loco use welsh coal?

[SkipW]

#5 fuel oil, sorry

[Tanvan180]

@lenramirez And before 1990, Wyoming coal.

[DanielVolker]

You and me both. I'll be working with the 4449 and 700!

[Westbound70]

You or your kids will never see oil run out. Just the known reserves are immeasurable.

Put the enviromental idiots aside and start drilling our own.

[kaynme]

I chased the 3985 this am across part of Neb. Due to the darkness and even more smoke than normal I was unable to get any pictures. But man did she look and sound good.

[aleu650]

very good video, 5 stars for you, I hope the economy does not affect too much these activities and "challenger" remain in operation for many years more

[yankeeshogun]

Thanks Skip, as usual I kicked you five stars. So when are they going to convert this lady back to coal considering the cost of oil nowadays?

[1mile2go]

I doubt coal will ever burn in it again. Because of the hot cinder, brush fire issues. I remember a excursion in the late 80's when it started 5 of 6 brush fires on a run and PO'd a whole load of volunteer fire departments who had to put them out. I rember driving home along a still smouldering RR right-of-way Leading to it being banned anywhere out of Wyoming thus leading to the conversion to oil or at least part of it

[yankeeshogun]

I understand that. My family took an excursion in Japan pulled by a coal-fired steam locomotive, and the soot and particles were indeed intense. And that was a pretty tiny locomotive. But the engineers, who were in their 50s or 60s, sure were in good shape...

[gibiliz]

Muito bom!!!

[3254man]

Amazing

[BigUnitBeef]

I hope she never retires!

[cektito87]

I love the black smoke!

[TECHKLEC]

Excellent!!!

[hoolg]

Awesome shot Skip. It's great to see her back, fully restored and in full operation. I'm looking forward to seeing more of her in the near future.

Thanks for keeping us all in the loop as the enging came back into service.