They waited more than two hours — kicking rocks, whittling, talking about trains or pressing hand-held scanners to their ears — until, at last, it happened. “Whistle!” Lawrence resident Richie Kennedy ...

ON BOARD NO. 3985 — Union Pacific’s Challenger No. 3985, steam locomotive will make a special stop in Columbus about 1:30 p.m. Monday at the U.P. office at 12th Street and 26th Avenue. The Challenger ...

Union Pacific Railroad’s “Challenger” No. 3985, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will stop in Shakopee as part of a five-state, 1,750-mile tour from Cheyenne, Wyo., to St. Paul and back ...

OMAHA, Neb.—One of Union Pacific’s historic steam locomotives will help deliver the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Denver later this month as part of a 2,200-mile tour of six states.

To view a photo slide show of Challenger No. 3985, click here.To view a video click here. That 11-year-old Cooper Dalluge is fascinated with train lore is obvious. As his family waits for Challenger ...

ABOARD LOCOMOTIVE 3985 -- When Steve Lee drives by, cattle stampede, deer run for their lives, fish jump from the water, children grin and gape and grown-ups wave. It's not the force of Lee's ...

Union Pacifics steam locomotive 3985 is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world This 4664 locomotive built in 1943 still runs today as part of the railroads public relations program In ...

Union Pacific's steam locomotive #3985 is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world. This 4-6-6-4 locomotive, built in 1943 still runs today as part of the railroad's public relations ...

Union Pacific's huge steam locomotive No. 3985 is scheduled to pass through Central Nebraska Wednesday on the return leg of its unusual winter trip to Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston that began last ...