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A high-speed passenger engine, it pulled such widely known trains as the Overland Limited, Los Angeles Limited, Portland Rose and Challenger. Many people know the engine as the No. 8444, since an extra '4' was added to its number in 1962 to distinguish it from a diesel numbered in the 800 series.
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The Challenger name has also been applied to the 4-6-6-4 type steam-driven locomotives, the first of which were designed by the UP and built by the American Locomotive Company between 1936 and 1943. Best known among these is Union Pacific 3985, one of 105 Challengers built for the railroad.
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It is one of 105 Challengers built for Union Pacific between 1936 and 1943 and was, for many years, the only operating engine of its class in the world - the largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive. That title has transitioned to Big Boy No. 4014 following the Big Boy's restoration.
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The first Challengers were conceived in 1936 as fast freight engines to replace the Union Pacific's fleet of three-cylinder 4-12-2 locomotives. With an extra center cylinder for added power and a top speed of 45 mph, the 4-12-2s had been successful freigh. MTH 20-3892-1 O 4-6-6-4 Challenger Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-rail Wheels.
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CHEYENNE - The Union Pacific steam crew has been busy preparing the Challenger No. 3985, along with the TTT-6 steam locomotive No. 5511 and Centennial diesel locomotive No. 6936, for
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Built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1943, UP #3985 features a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement, known as a Challenger type, and was one of 25 in this group of simple articulated Challengers delivered to Union Pacific. This group of Challengers pulled several design elements and improvements from the recently delivered Big Boy (4-8-8-4.
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The first Challengers were conceived in 1936 as fast freight engines to replace the Union Pacific's fleet of three-cylinder 4-12-2 locomotives. With an extra center cylinder for added power and a top speed of 45 mph, the 4-12-2s had been successful freight engines when built in 1926. But a decade later they were considered slow and difficult to.
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The Challenger was the biggest operational steamer in the world while running, another point of pride. Its replacement by the even larger UP 4014 following a multi-million dollar rebuild might well be part of a swan song for the program as some claiming inside information have claimed, but even with PSR in place, it remains unknown when the last note of that song will fade.
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In the Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 4-6-6-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four leading wheels followed by two sets of six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. 4-6-6-4's are commonly known as Challengers. [1]
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It featured the latest in steam technology at the time (and with the arrival of the diesel just around the corner, in many ways the 4-6-6-4s were some of the most advanced steamers ever built) including roller bearings on all axles (engine and tender), a massive boiler, and large firebox.
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Union Pacific 3985, also known as the "Challenger", is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-6-6-4 "Challenger"-type steam locomotive built in July 1943 by the ALCO of Schenectady, New York, for the Union Pacific Railroad. No. 3985 is one of only two Challengers still in existence and the only one to have operated in excursion service.
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A Union Pacific official christened the engine "Challenger." Six of the locomotives were fitted for passenger service. While UP and Alco were designing the Challenger, the Northern Pacific began shopping for new fast freight power.