Steve Lee and company put on a nice show for us easterners as UP 3985 headed north up the CSX
shortline for Cincinnati with the annual Christmas train
that was celebrating the 50th anniversary ... (more)
In 1992 CSX celebrated the 50th anniversary of their
annual Santa Train and to mark the occassion they
borrowed UP's Challenger that would eventually be dressed up as a Clinchfield unit.Here the... (more)
Union Pacific "Challenger" 3985 passes under the other mainline at the "natural crossover" at Frost, just south (railroad west) of Victorville, California. The big 4-6-6-4 is on a fan trip, and i... (more)
A 1954 Chevy farm truck sits in the afternoon sun, as UP 3985, heading towards Gibbon Jct., heads eastbound. Chances are these two have meet before, as the truck is owned by a local farmer just do... (more)