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Steam Train Highball UP#3985@70mph

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Uploaded by on Jan 9, 2007

Worlds Largest Operating Steam Locomotive, Union Pacific #3985 almost a million pound Challenger class 4-6-6-4 streches her legs at speeds near 70 mph high balling to Cheyenne, WY after a run to Omaha

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  • @dueltruckman

    wow that's 1 thing i did not know thnx for telling me that.

    as far as i knew it was just the 4-6-6-4 Challenger & 4-8-8-4 Big boy both had augers

  • @Multi80sfan Most big steam locomotives has a augar to feed coal.

  • 1 interesting fact about the challenger class locomotives is the fireboxes were so big that it would take too long to shovel anough coal into them to get them up & running so the factory built a special auger into them running from the tender to the firebox that fills the coal.

    i live in wisconsin so we got a train museum in greenbay that has a UP Big Boy No. 4017 stored in the Train shed along with a PRR GG1, an Aero Train, & a LNER/British Railways A4 No. 60008 "Dwight D. Eisenhower"

  • @clam502

    the only reason it's still running is they converted it from Coal to Oil.

    but man she looks gr8

  • .......great! and she doesn't even seem to be trying!

  • These locomotives weren't meant to be stored, they're only happy when their out on open track.

  • great video

  • super 112 km/h

  • super maszyna

    

  • quit flashing the god damn copyright....it is annoying!!!

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