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And 3985 at silvis Illinois she also with the Union Pacific 2-10-2 5511 built in 1923 is also being restored to steam again and the Union Pacific 6936 a EMD DDA40X Centennial type is working great in diesel power operating very good and she doesn't need a restoration because she operating as a brand new EMD DDA40X Centennial locomotive in 2025 as good as new running very powerful

I hard that the union pacific challenger 4-6-6-4 3985 is being restored to steam again at the railroading heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) in silvis, Illinois. In 2025 season

It's pretty safe to assume that such a spectacle will never be repeated, at least at this scale. And to think all that was required for it was one water tender and a single tool car. Nowadays, you'd see two water tenders, a diesel, and like three tool cars always behind 4014.

Old school highballing!

Just once I want to see big boy 4014 haul a good size freight train at speed just like 3985 did here

Amazing!!!

I love Union Pacific 4014 way more than Union Pacific 3985, but however, I wonder and hope if both of them are still running today. 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

Holy shit

Great video! Come see lucastrainverse!

Ok, how the hell is the Challenger hauling the Intermodal Train? Like…. It’s a single locomotive

Amazing power.

Unlike diesel locomotives, steam locomotives gain more tractive effort at higher speeds.

Well this is a rare doubleheader.

Another Cass Scenic Railroad Style Whistle Chorus like other tourist railroads do!

N&W 1218 just called, it wants it's hooter whistle back.

I really don’t understand why you copyright a video when it’s not your own video.

And for those that see the smoke as polluting in is only due to the difficulty of the run. Normally smoke is at a minimum.

A beautiful sight, indeed!

That whistle kinda sounds like 1218

UP: “IS THERE NO LOCOMOTIVE AVAILABLE FOR OUR INTERMODAL TRAIN?!?!” Workers: “Well, there is one Locomotive Available. But you may not like it.” UP: “Whatever. I just need a locomotive to Haul this Train.” The Challenger: “It’s Show Time.”

Just so we’re clear… steam wasn’t retired because they couldn’t do the work. They were retired because the diesel/electric locomotives were cheaper. Steam can pull harder than a diesel. Look at 844 shunting the NPST-Manifest while pulling her own excursion train!

The GEVOs: We can't pull all this up a grade, we'll stall! 3985: What grade?

Honestly this train is quite long, 8900 feet long and 7859 tons, Last year the Big Boy pushed a jammed train of 146 freight cars, 6 passenger cars, a caboose, 3 modern diesel locomotives, and 10,000 feet long, and weighing 11,000 tons, 156 freight cars load, the reason why the locomotive did not carry the train at a higher speed, was because as the engine has enough power to push and pull at the same time,If he had applied too much pressure when pushing the train, the entire train would have derailed, compressing the cars and breaking them into pieces. In a video where the locomotive was pushing the train, someone wrote, That if the train had been in a siding and needed to be moved out, the 4014 would have applied all its power to pull the train all the way and would have been able to carry all that tonnage at a speed Considerable.

My favorite clip of all steam trains

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Very incredible to see a steam train that many cars. Another thing I found very shocking that the big boy can pull up to 120 cars while 3895 was pulling 143 cars which is 23 more cars then the big boy can pull

Other residence struggle with that much freight cars challenger does it in a breeze

It’s exciting to see a steam locomotive pulling a modern day Freight passing by

What year was this?

Wow. Now that's a lot.

Oh Yeah, Way To Go Union Pacific 3985, I Hope You’re Restored And On The Move Again Soon

Was it going downhill lol

What a Double header.

WHAT YEAR WAS YEAR WAS THIS AND THIS BIG BOY WHERE IS IT TODAY I BET ITS THE ONE FROM THE SOUTH SOMEWHERE 1 RAILROAD HAS ONE OF THESE FULLY RESTORED AND IT HELPED A FRIGHT TRAIN GET UP A HILL THATCIT GOT STUCK ON. THE BIG BOY PUSH IT LIKE IT WAS PUSHING A train of feathers. SO POWERFUL I WISH I COULD SEE ONE IN REAL LIFE ONE DAY A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. GREAT VIDEO 🥳 ❤🎉❤🎉

Lots of stack talk there.

The locomotives produced near the end of the steam era were amazing machines!

This Was a 30,888,000lbs Train Or 30million so yeaaa....

Contracter: I need you to help move all this across the states UP: Okay Contracter: How much for steam to do it? UP: yes

More than 30 years ago ! Impressive, thanks for sharing. Hope to do a vid of this in O scale, but have only about 2 dozens cars not 143 :-(

Love seeing UP steam in Wyoming. I run UP on my N scale layout, but my oldest loco would be an Alco PA/B set. I have subbed.

Fun fact. The tender on 3985 is actually the tender from 4014

This clip reminds me of the Beyer Garretts that we have over here in 🇦🇺. The ultimate work horse.

Impressive indeed 😮

Absolutely breath-taking.I wish I was alive to see this

Is the Big Boy Stinky steam engine still in service or is it Retired?

Cool steam powered intermodal

What year was this?

Marvellous! And no helper diesel ruining the picture!

I couldn't do any better, but that fireman needs to clean up that exhaust! Wasting fuel! Maybe it's just for the cameras...

3985 was doing about 70 mph in the second clip. It's impressive how it could still go so fast with such a long and heavy (7,000+ ton) train.