hey speeder, what you know about this???
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Not to hy-jack but there's at least ONE, still operational in Cheyenne, Wo. I think it's Owned, Operated and maintained by the Union Pacific RR.
Been a couple years since I've heard anything though.
Saw it in Action near N Platte Neb.. A long while back.. Absolutely Amazing ! Especially if yer a Rail Fan. (like me)
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
Not to hy-jack but there's at least ONE, still operational in Cheyenne, Wo. I think it's Owned, Operated and maintained by the Union Pacific RR.
Been a couple years since I've heard anything though.
Saw it in Action near N Platte Neb.. A long while back.. Absolutely Amazing ! Especially if yer a Rail Fan. (like me)
That would be the Challenger. A little smaller than the Big Boy UP uses it for promotional purposes.
f100cleveland
When In Doubt,THROTTLE ON
The Challenger made an overnight stop in our town this fall and tanked up with water and fuel. You could book rides in it too. We used to be a big railroad town with a turn table, repair station, and big switching yard.
Zookie400
I WANNA GO FAST
i watched a few vids on the challenger, wich is quite large as well. i would love to go check one of them out.
how did they get the coal to the front of the 8 mile long fire box?
how did they get the coal to the front of the 8 mile long fire box?
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
Coal was fed via an augar ( automatic stoker) through out the fire box. If the augar quit you were SOL with this locomotive.
That would be the Challenger. A little smaller than the Big Boy UP uses it for promotional purposes.
I'll stand corrected. But are you sure ? I thought fer sure there was Challenger's And Big Boy's at Cheyenne back in the day, and the U.P. used them both for the frieght pulls to Laramie and further west.
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Zookie400
I WANNA GO FAST
Coal was fed via an augar ( automatic stoker) through out the fire box. If the augar quit you were SOL with this locomotive.
wow! it must have taken hours to get that thing cooking.
so what happened to the rest of the 25.....scrap?
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
I'll stand corrected. But are you sure ? I thought fer sure there was Challenger's And Big Boy's at Cheyenne back in the day, and the U.P. used them both for the frieght pulls to Laramie and further west.
Back in the day UP did use the Big Boys and the Challengers in freight. UP saved one Challenger for promotional duties.
The rest were scrapped or donated to museums.A little side note. The Big Boy could easily pull a 100 car train at 70+ mph.