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Richard Kundert's Collection
 
5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-6-6-4Built As:UP 3985 (4-6-6-4)
Serial Number:70174Order No:S-1879
Frame Number:21X32 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:6/1943
Notes:Challenger class 4664-4, donated to RRHMA.
Other locos with this serial:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) CRR 676(4-6-6-4)
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UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Challenger is southbound out of Wheelon, picking up speed after the 12mph speed restriction of Bear River Canyon
Photo Date:  4/21/1991  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 6:10:25 PM
Location:  Wheelon, UT
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  670   Comments: 1
Union Pacific 3985
Title:  Union Pacific 3985
Description:  Eastbound 3985 bursts out of a short curved tunnel in the Taggarts area around MP 965. Both tunnels were bored through solid quartzite.
Photo Date:  5/29/1994  Upload Date: 6/29/2016 2:51:03 PM
Location:  Taggarts, UT
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Tunnel,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  196   Comments: 1
Union Pacific 3985
Title:  Union Pacific 3985
Description:  A few miles west of Wahsatch at MP 931, at the Curvo Crossover Tunnel, the original mainline, now used by westbounds, crosses over the newer eastbound mainline at the west portal. The Challenger has just come out of the east portal.
Photo Date:  5/29/1994  Upload Date: 6/29/2016 2:57:21 PM
Location:  Wahsatch, UT
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Tunnel,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985
Title:  Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985
Description:  The 3985 and a few supply cars storm up Archer Hill
Photo Date:  6/7/2001  Upload Date: 7/13/2016 3:03:32 PM
Location:  Archer Hill, WY
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  UP Challenger 3985 rolls south through Ault with a Cheyenne Frontier Days deadhead move to Denver
Photo Date:  7/19/2001  Upload Date: 9/15/2016 7:40:08 PM
Location:  Ault, CO
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The annual Cheyenne Frontier Days special north of Pierce. At Cheyenne, passengers would attend the CFD festivities and return by train to Denver in the evening. Notice the UP E8B helping the Challenger.
Photo Date:  7/21/2001  Upload Date: 9/15/2016 7:41:23 PM
Location:  Pierce, CO
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  256   Comments: 1
Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985
Title:  Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985
Description:  The 3985 is only a few miles from home as it drifts down Archer Hill
Photo Date:  11/5/2001  Upload Date: 7/13/2016 3:02:06 PM
Location:  Archer Hill, WY
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  2134   Comments: 2
Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985
Title:  Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985
Description:  The Challenger is westbound....in just over an hour she would arrive back in Cheyenne.
Photo Date:  11/5/2001  Upload Date: 7/13/2016 3:07:45 PM
Location:  Egbert, WY
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Cheyenne Frontier Days train on the curve at La Salle
Photo Date:  7/20/2002  Upload Date: 9/15/2016 7:47:08 PM
Location:  La Salle, CO
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  The Challenger pulls the Ringling Brothers Circus train north of Nunn.
Photo Date:  9/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/15/2016 7:52:28 PM
Location:  Nunn, CO
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  141   Comments: 1


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