UP Challenger 3985 Slow Runby
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I want a UP Big Boy...Now THAT is a baby to own.
2 years ago 7
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Holy crap,, it's even got a badass whistle,,,,I want one .....
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Внушаить, чёртъ возьми.
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Great footage
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@m173627 overflow on the injector that puts water into the boiler
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@Atomitod he heard a HEP car running.
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Why is it dropping water?
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@NightmareKato except Strasburg's. All four of theirs burn coal :)
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In some cases the FRA requires diesels with a steam train on steep grades for dynamic braking not to help the steam locomotive.
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@HaloCE14 that might be good if they can get 6611 and 1218 operational they have been mothballed in 1994.
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@HaloCE14 I agree but NS abandoned their steam program the only UP has a Steam program the others are ran by museums
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@HaloCE14 Steve Lee is right the problem with a Big Boy well as the name implies it is too big you try moving a locomotive the size of a Beluga whale down the rails it would not fit. plus have you seen a Big Boy they are huge. I would leave that giant dead and in the depot then on the rails. I don't want to see ties getting crushed.
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Sounds like a diesel is pushing...
MacGyver1179 3 years ago
There was a diesel on the other track waiting for the main line to clear.
Atomitod 3 years ago
no... challenger 3985 has a diesel with it....
micahthatrocks 3 years ago
No really...there was no diesel locomotive in the consist at all. I think what you must hear are the generators or air conditioning units at least one of the passenger cars had built into it. Either that or a truck going by on the adjacent highway.
Atomitod 3 years ago 3
I was very privileged to get to the Challenger 3985 come through Minnesota in 2002 (Northfield, twice). It was an incredible and wonderful sight, esp. for someone old enough to remember the real days of steam. nice to see it here in slower motion. I have a question: as it went by, there were bright flashes eminating from the undercarriage, just ahead of the cab. Does anyone know what this is?
Cyclist051 3 years ago
I'm not sure what you're referring too. I thought it might be a glimpse of the flames in the firebox, but I don't see that. All I see is the running gear moving up and down and the sunlight shining through from the other side of the engine...
Atomitod 3 years ago