Union Pacific 3985 with Maximum Smoke in HD
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- The Worlds Largest Operating Steam Locomotive stokes up her big boiler for maximum steam pressure for an eastbound trip to Omaha Nebraska
on Sept. 18, 2008
UP 3985 operated in its last "regular" train service in 1957. The locomotive was retired about 1962 and after many years of storage in a roundhouse at Cheyenne, Wyoming. UP 3985 was placed on outdoor display beside the Cheyenne depot in 1975. Beginning in 1979 a group of Union Pacific employee-volunteers started work on overhauling the locomotive, and it was returned to operational condition in 1981. Originally a coal-burner, to prevent lineside grass fires it was successfully converted to oil firing in 1990. Stationed at Cheyenne with other equipment in the UP's heritage collection, it is currently used for excursion trains and occasionally mainline freight on ferry moves. It was in the maintenance shop at Cheyenne in 2007 and underwent necessary repairs for service in 2008. It is now back up and running as of 2008. It is one of only two of the original 105 Union Pacific "Challenger" types in existence, the other being UP 3977 on static display in North Platte, Nebraska.
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Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 was designed by Union Pacific and built in 1943 by the American Locomotive Company. It is one of 105 Challengers built for Union Pacific between 1936 and 1943 and is the only operating engine of its class in the world today the largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive.
No. 3985 last operated in "regular" train service in 1957. It was retired in 1962 and stored in the roundhouse in Cheyenne, Wyoming, until 1975 when it was placed on display near the Cheyenne depot. A group of Union Pacific employees volunteered their services to restore the locomotive to running condition in 1981.
The name Challenger was given to steam locomotives with a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement. This means that they have four wheels in the leading "pilot" truck, which helps guide the locomotive into curves; two sets of six "driving" wheels, and finally, four "trailing" wheels, which support the rear of the engine and its massive firebox. Each set of driving wheels has its own steam cylinder. In essence, the result is two engines under one boiler.
The frame of the locomotive is "articulated," or hinged, to allow it to go through curves. When watching the approaching locomotive go through a curve, you can see the boiler swing out left or right independently of the lower half of the engine, as the rear half of the locomotive remains in a straight direction until its wheels and frame are halfway through the curve.
The Challengers were designed for fast freight service, but occasionally pulled passenger trains. No. 3985 originally burned coal and pulled a tender with a 32-ton capacity. In 1990, it was converted to use No. 5 oil. The top speed of No. 3985 is about 70 m
What a magnificent engine. As a UK resident I will never get to to see it up close but can still admire it. She is a credit to everyone who keeps her steaming, that whistle just gives you goosebumps hearing it. Great piece of American history of which you can justly be proud.
Sadly, a massive amount were scrapped in the last fifty years. The nice thing is, in the last twenty years these old beasts have had a resurgence due to their heritage and the sheer number of people who want them saved now.
@@GetDougDimmadomed Agreed. In the last year, at least two 4-8-4's have come back to life. Soon, there will be at least three, or four more
That whistle is the sound that built America.
Just listen to that steam whistle!! How many great Blues, Country, and Rock songs have been inspired by that sound?
itself inspired by whales mating call :p
Its a nice idea about the whales, but not really true... There were no sound recordings of whale song (or anything else for that matter) when the "air chime" multi-pitch whistle came into use in the 19th century. The particular "air chime" chord used by different railroads varied. The (?) Chessie or was it Norfolk & Southern, or another line... well, the sound that inspired the country music ballads was a bit different, more of a minor chord...
I hear that train a' comming. It's rolling round the bend
JACKSON
Cosmic: Tears of joy in my eyes from this sound .... saw the steel beasts in Germany in my late teens in their "natural environment" ... thi impression is stamped to my soul for my lifetime....
What a master piece of engineering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pure mechanical engineering.
Agreed.
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Now this is just pure and true beauty
Incredible!!! Two minutes and thirty-four seconds of sheer, thundering power! What an awesome chase! Thanks so much for sharing this rail-fanning gem!
An amazing and often forgotten piece of American history
If the driver ever sees this comment, I just wanna let you know something. You look like a complete bad ass just hangin outside the train as this sleek black monstrosity just starts powering through.
It's not the driver, He is in the window of the Cab. Probably the conductor.
the driver is in the window the conducted keeps track of the schedule
Ya I see. You filming me, you look like a crazy person filming me at work. You don't see me going to your job with a camera and later posting it on CZcams.
AnAsian2010 yes yes he does
Why do not the roofs of vehicles with solar panels free of charge in the day and converted to high pressure for resistance wires
Within the steam tank, the greater the number of vehicles, the better. At night, the vehicles are equipped with a battery for initial operation at the start. Each wheel is equipped with an electric generator and connected in sequence to the heating wires in the steam bath.
Awesome! Love all the smoke!
Great Video, thank you,mate*****
cant wait till the 4014 is up and running! #steamlocomotive
+john72ss Neither can I! Imagine hooking the two of them together, what a train that could be.
bushranger51 I just missed the time of seeing one in action, I can only imagine what that must have been like...
I can watch videos like this all day long.
Fantastic locomotive, as of this year she's now enjoying retirement while stored in the UP Round house in Cheyenne while as of now we got living legend 844 & big boy 4014.
Awwwww MAN the train is awsome and the whistle is the iceing on the cake. i love steam power.
The beast leans out and starts running with efficiency @1:40
I am so glad that the engineer blew the whistle at the end of the video... such an awesome sound. Great video!
Brings tears to my eyes what a fantastically beautiful piece of machinery. What man can build.
two smoke stacks..awesome !!! just something magical about these big fellas ...
Incredible. "The Age of Steam."
As a Brit. I LOVE these giant American locos. The power, the engineering - I could watch them all day. Awesome! And that 'lonesome whistle blowing' - It speaks of the wide open spaces. Man!
Utterly fantastic. What a shame the era of massive steam locomotives is nearly extinct.
Wow, that is beyond impressive. I've always loved steam trains. There is just nothing quite like them and that one is an absolute monster (in a good way of coarse)
I can't wait until 4014 runs again!
+Streamlined Steamroller me neither, but she's gonna take a while, so sit back and get cozy.
Yeah. I heard 2019 but you know the promises of any steam locomotive restoration. Most likely 2022 or something. Especially as 844 is on the top of the list right now.
+Streamlined Steamroller in Albuquerque, NM, There is a huge restoration nearing completion of the Santa Fe 2729(or something like that). The plan is for it to be fired up next summer.
Satchel Hogan Ah yes. That is ATSF 2926. It is nearing completion and last I heard, it may be ready to run early this year, possibly in a few months! Right now they are trying to raise funds for a building to protect the locomotive from the elements. Once it is done, I'm sure it will look great double heading with ATSF 3751!
I visited it, Did you know that the Grand Canyon Railroad manufactured New bearings, $100K worth of labor and they did it for just the cost of the material. Also, in pueblo Colorado, there is a sister engine that lent them her parts for manufactured copies after several parts were stolen from the site. I'm a member there now, so after helping out at Campo CA, I'll head out and lend a helping hand there.
I remember these Alco Steamers were a power house, and Baldwin had a 4-10-10-2, both of them can handle 120 loaded railcars up grades. I enjoyed working with these old steamers during my younger years with Santa Fe Railway. Awesome memories.
how fast was she going. also who puts thumbs down for a piece of history working again
Kinda like 60 to 70 mph
People that are trying to chase the train and get stuck behind goobers pacing it
It's the EPA. Hahahahahahahaha
Unfortunately, I don't think 3985 will be running any time soon. Maybe they might rebuild it better than ever and when 844 or 4014 needs a rebuild, it'll run the high iron once again. But that's my theory, A Steam Theory. Thanks for reading.
@@Hawkers02 you do know that she was recently donated right? The new owners have already promised to get her up and running once again!
Can't wait for her sister to get up and running. Would love to see her and the big boy running to gather
Big Boy is back!
I come from the future
prepare to be disappointed about 3985
Diesel pickup "smoke blowers", eat your hearts out!
I don't have a diesel but I think the term is "Rolling Coal" or "Roll Coal".
@@Hawkers02 It's called Coal Rolling
I wrote it here a long Time ago. The Massive Black Smoke is a sign for burning Oil. The 3985 has no Stoker. The 3985 has from beginning his Duty an Oil Fire. Same as 4014 Big Boy.
I hope that 3985 and 4014 some Day running together. Because this Steamers are Masterpieces of Steam Lokomotives.
Beautiful locomotive!
9/10 no explosion and eagle, is not enough american...
Lol needs P51 and F16 escorts...
Excellent engine, great photography -- many thanks!
John
Gloucestershire, UK
The beast is on the move.
Oh to see 3985 double-head with 4014.
Now that's some good music!
I would like to see a drag race between a Big Boy and an Allegehny.
DubleDeuce. This is a Challenger. It's not a Big Boy.
tom, jones it is big boy challenger has 6 wheels each side while big boy has 8 look it up
Gaming Soir: If you look at the video, you will see that it has six pairs of driving wheels. So, not a Big Boy.
@@Soir27 what's crack are you on and why are you not sharing! You're completely different models like he just said one has 12 Wheels one has 16.....16 I tell you 16 that's a little bit of a difference!
An Allegehny would win the race because it can run faster. A test of strength, however, Big Boy would win hands down.
developed with paper and pencils .........that traction bar who connects wheels , i dont know its technical name , and her bolts must resist to some incredible forces during pull especially at speed...........outstanding.
This is awesome they had it right all along these were works of art and beauty , The men that built and maintained these did it with a labor of Love . nothing today even comes close .
One million pounds with almost 100 thousand pounds of tractive effort. In comparison, a modern GE 5000 HP EMD V20 with a 3.7 MW alternator weighs 420,000 pounds and has a tractive effort of 185,000 pounds. This shows how impressive that rolling boiler is.
Modern trains blow a fine sand mist on the rails under the wheels for traction automatically, these old beasts did it by shear weight alone without the benefit of electrically reversible passive brakes and automatic wheel traction rail sanding scrubbers.
Wow, that was sweet!
Just one word: AWESOME!
I just absolutely love how you can feel it accelerating through the whole video..
I saw that once when I was playing a baseball game
MrGumbwit eidt
Kick ass they should use old trains more its not good to never run them either
This is so cool! I didn't even know there was still a Big Boy in use.
Really good fore nature
Ok guys, just remember that volcanoes around the world are doing this same thing on a much larger scale....
.... And have been doing so since the dawn of Earth’s conception. So chug on locomotive steam-machines. Chug on! 🚂🔥💨💨💨💨
Looks like a scene from the late 1940s.
Thank you, UP
You need no Words for this Beautyful Lady.Just.Only watching the Sound and Moving from all Parts is a Symphony!
Imagine once they restore the Big Boy, having a Big Boy, Challenger double header.
Make it a Big Boy-Challenger-Northern triple header!
***** Imagine if they could pair 4014, 3985 and 844 together for a triple header across the country. i mean that would be freaken awesome! XD but of course, asking that would be like asking Morgan Freeman to step down from acting and devoting his career to the tap-dancing industry. IN OTHER WORDS, it has a very low chance of happening :P
LMG Vids 844, 3985 and 4014 on the same train is EXACTLY what I mean with 'Big Boy-Challenger-Northern triple header'! You thought I don't know what it means? I know, I'm not American, but I LOVE UP steam locomotives! BTW Awesome is an understatement... It's f*cking steam powered MAGIC!!!
LMG Vids
UP has run double headers with 3985 and 844. What would make it so impossible they might one day go for all 3?
Hendo56 idk, ik its really expensive to run 2 of the biggest steam locomotives in America, but having three will be outrageous! i really want to see a triple header, but at the expense of all of the fuel and water i really dont see it happening :/
Looks like both sets of drivers are closely in phase with one another. Is there any advantage/disadvantage to running front and rear sets closely synchronized, and is there any mechanism to do this, or is it just something that happens sometimes? I assume L/R are 90 degrees out of phase, but would welcome any thoughts on front and rear from those who know. Any issues with harmonics, traction, pulsation, etc?
There are typically no issues if the two sets of drivers are out of sync because both sets of drivers should be moving at the same speed. But sometimes when engines get put on the track for the first time/after a derailment the drivers are occasionally in the same position.
if your not into this then dont comment cause these paved our way here in america
The whistle even sounds like it's out of an old western. The old girl is happy to be alive.
No offense, but steam may not be the greatest (or most efficient) engines. However, that doesn't make them any less of something special. Heck, they do seem a lot like sentient beings, since they burn fuel for energy (which is like you eating something), with the firebox being like the mouth and the boiler being like the stomach. They even have different personalities with like the genders and names (like for instance: the Wabash Cannonball is a female, the Challenger is also a female, and the Big Boy is a male). No wonder you guys like these things so much!
wow! 65 idiots dislike this???? really?
These idiots are the problem of our society
Geo Von Lengerke yes and most likely drive a prius
+Geo Von Lengerke Or sad about the enviromental damage.
MrAbgeBrandt what damage is that?
MrAbgeBrandt why kind of harm could possibly a coal locomotive give to the environment? One steam locomotive running will destroy the ecosystem or something according to you?
I love it when she's all smokey like that. I love that whistle too.
When this thing ran on coal the smoke was way darker because of all the soot. The oil doesn't burn as dark, but it still looks cool when the engineer uses extra fuel. The more smoke the better! Looks awsome.
Very Nice ! To sad they had to convert it to oil. Even the oil Big Boy won't be the real thing, it need to smell like coal ! The problem with the grass fire is also well known in Germany, but they allow the run coal steamers. One block after the steam train, a maintenance vehicle with a water tank follows to check for grass fires. They should start diong that here as well.
American mechanical engineering at its finest-before everyone got lazy with unreliable electronic junk. This is why 70 year old Farmall tractors still run-mechanical governors and robust simplicity in design...you can do anything by mechanical means and not rely on electronics that go bad in a couple of years...
Too bad we can't build more of these because they really hit their stride with boiler locomotives during this era but the tree huggers would go nuts and they run the show nowadays.
If only steam trains still drove all over the worlds instead of diesel and electricity
I agree with you so. Mutch,just look at clockwork,durable and butieful,but then gay-ass japan brought us plastic and our world got a hole lot cheaper.
flirtwithapokerface There are an infinite number of reasons diesel is better. Any railfan will tell you that. The diesels have been around before this steamer was even made and are produced in america with the same materials.
Steam has more torque. On before you comment
And the rail fans I meet all say: steam is the best. And the made in japan electric pieces of shit decay in a recycling bin.
Reading some of the more knowledgeable comments here,l think we can agree that the smoke was laid on for the benefit of the cameras. lt happens over here with the UK steam excursion trains too. The crew know the popular vantage points en-route and lay on a bit of a display for a few moments. l think on coalers they stoke up then starve the fire of air so the combustion is incomplete. With oil,simply open the valves and burn it ritch. Navy destroyers made smoke screens that way. Great stuff !
WOW!! Loved watching this glorious locomotive. Can you imagine someone going about their daily activities, looking up, and seeing this coming along the tracks? I work at a university that has railroad tracks going through the north side of the campus, under a bridge, on a bridge between buildings, and at ground level. I would love to see Union Pacific 3985 going through the campus of Indiana University.
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fusselmusgesicht22 fuck yeaaaah!!!!
It's called the United States of America and I love it.
Thomas the tank engine's dad
+Ravindran Cardoza No, he is British. This is all American.
Sodor is too small to fit such an engine.
Epic Train good one
More like his American uncle
had this beauty roll through my hometown last october
The 3985, she has the best steam horn. It is so damn good.
I need to get one of these as a daily driver. Just something to go to work everyday in, maybe haul some trash to the dump. I'd put a lift kit on it and a Hammer Down sticker on the back and roll coal all over the priuses and anyone with a Bernie Sanders sticker. I'd be a real badass...until a gas shortage hits the east coast.
Indrid Cold lol
Never seen a steam engine belch out so much soot!! Poor driving? I've heard if the drivers here in the UK were to run the engines like that back in the day, they would have been given a bollocking.
It was done for show, they know what they’re doing over there
If they didn't know what they were doing they wouldn't be driving the bloody thing, it's a masterpiece one of the last if you fucked it up, you'd get fucked up
..are you sure it wouldn't have been a 'plonkering'..
It would take 1/2 dozen UK choo-choos to equal a Big Boy.
James Hazen this isn’t a big boy
Beautiful. How I miss those. Good thing the tree huggers weren't around back then. Would never have heard the end of it.
its nice to see thay are still using them and not letting then rust away or cut up.
And the environmentalists lost their shit that day!
Trump wants to bring these trains back to help the coal industry.
eh no
The Donald would be able to financially back the train buff who wants to build a Pennsylvania R.R. T-1 Duplex!
WHAT a sight for sore eyes - and of course, the sound that goes with it!!
It'll be nice to see it running again someday. I know UP will do a masterful job on the rebuild.
They announced 3985 is retired. When they started digging into it after 4014's initial tour, they discovered it was in worse condition than they expected.
@@karlrovey you do know she was recently donated right? Her new owners have already promised to get her up and running once again
@@rudycarlson8245 I am aware. However, it doesn't change the fact that at the time of my reply, 3985 had officially re-entered retirement with no active restoration plan.
I am a railfan big time and have watches literally dozens and dozens of steam loco videos.
Why is it that I've never seen ONE Black face at any of the hundreds of people who gather to watch them arrive and depart? It's as if they either detest them or don't feel the patriotic Americana that accompanies the sighting and admiration we get when we see these magnificent pieces of Western accomplishment. I know I'm not imagining this.
Same goes for the space program, seemingly. Comments are welcome.
It's HD! Wow!!!!!
I LOVE this locomotive!
thanks great video brought tears to my eyes,
I think that the smoke and steam are the best parts of any steamer
That's one good looking little engine. Bet the ladies along that line don't hang their laundry out.
By the end of the video that engine is really high balling it, and that whistle is just amazing. Great Video.
That machine is a badass. Flex your muscles.
Actually, that is a UP 3000 Challenger Class; the second largest Locomotive UP built. The largest were the 4000 Class 'Bigboys'
WOW 2 sets of steam cylinders on Both Sides. What a sight! And sound!
Black smoke is Prius Repellant!
the challenger, smaller brother to the big boy, may not be the nicest looking locomotive in some minds, but it has to be admitted, seeing a 4-6-6-4 at pace is a sight to behold.
The more smoke, the better! Now, let's adapt a steam loco to burn old tires as fuel. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!
Is there a reason why they didn't adapt them to burn old tires
I gather we will never see a Big Boy brought back to life, but this comes real close.
With that much smoke, you'd almost think the 3985 was still running on coal despite being converted to oil decades before.
Really Cool! Makes as much black smoke as a straight-piped Ram 3500 Cummins or a Ford F-350 with one of those whistle-then-fart kits installed on it.
Sure hope I can see it run again in my life! 3985 is my baby!
there's something about steam trains just watching them is hypnotic IMO i think is the awesome movement of the rods connecting the wheels also steamers just feel like their alive perhaps because they have a heart beat a voice that screams they can sneeze, cough,shudder and generally misbehave just like humans and that is why we love them.
A masterpiece among steam trains.
@JollyRodders it is fairly rare when running right, but this run had some modifications that did not work out as planned so it was reworked after this run
The original coal powered locomotives were fed by a giant steam powered screw in the bottom of the tender that ground the coal into manageable chunks then fed it through a tube into the locomotives firebox. It would take a crew of almost 10 men to shovel the coal fast enough, if you include the breaks needed due to exhaustion.
Nowadays she runs on fuel oil pumped from the tender.
Hi SkipW. As promised look up: 60009 on the move. filmed by beeman37, duration of video 6m 50secs. The loco is an A4 Pacific called Union of South Africa. It was recorded by the speed the car was doing to keep up with it at around 100mph on a stretch of track along the M5 motorway in South West England (Devon). Enjoy, Dave.
I did get to see this engine running when she visited one time. Awesome.
This is so cool. Nothing excites me more than a speeding locomotive!
That is one beautiful machine! Now, if we could only get a Big Boy up & running! :-)
now that's rollin coal! was really interested in big boy when I was a kid.
so cool how it all that huffing and pounding went quiet once it got to speed
don't know anything about what I just watched but I know it was bad ass,,,,,thanks for sharing,,,☃ was here
The whistle sounds so much better than an air horn!