(HD) Union Pacific steam through St. Louis: UP 844 and Challenger 3985

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Scenes of Union Pacific steam in and around St. Louis, 2010 - 2011, in high definition. Viewable in 1080p HD (select the option above and full screen). (Copyright Dan Robinson)
(New video from March 27-28, 2012 can be seen at • (HD) Union Pacific #84... )
Shot list:
1 - UP 844 on the approach to the MacArthur Bridge in downtown St. Louis. June 4, 2011.
2 - UP 844 at speed at Columbia, Illinois. June 4, 2011.
3. - UP Challenger 3985 at speed at Fults, Illinois. October 7, 2010.
4. - UP 3985 on the approach to the MacArthur Bridge in downtown St. Louis. October 7, 2010.
5. - UP 3985 at the Hampton Avenue overpass in St. Louis. October 9, 2010.
6. - UP 3986 at I-44 near Eureka, Missouri. October 9, 2010.
7. - UP 3985 accelerating from a stop at Pacific, Missouri. October 9, 2010.
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@36Divine 12 лет назад

The sound of those whistles is so haunting and beautiful.

@gmaneis 8 лет назад

Just watched this again a year later, and it's still amazing! Some people dislike zoomed in shots, but I think they bring out the massive size of the trains. It's also fun to watch track side train buffs continue to step farther and farther back as the beast approaches. Thanks for posting.

@sgtwylde1996 9 лет назад

I love how around 2:10 you can hear the bridge creaking under 3985's weight.

@nuthineatholl6434 8 лет назад

+sgtwylde1996 -- Nah, that's just the sound of my brain straining at its moorings as I try to wrap my head around this amazing machine! : P Imagine-- at some point 4014 will be on the head end in scenes like this (although I'm not sure how far out of its historic haunts the Big Boy can navigate, weight/wheelbase-wise...) Cheers.

@MrLunchHour2 5 лет назад

I ordered the new vision line #3985 and seeing these videos just makes me so happy knowing it’s coming in a few months

@PennRailVideos 11 лет назад

Great video. Both engines are so impressive in their own right.

@emanuelnunezlazo Год назад

Amazing! 🚂 😱

@rickpalo1 11 лет назад

Fantastic video, thank you for helping everyone relive the glory of Steam Railroading in America!

@DEVILTAZ35 11 лет назад

i didn't know any of these old engines were still running. That is fantastic to see :)

@mr.epicmemerman131 4 года назад

It's good to know that Challenger is coming back pretty soon.

@jamesm6638 4 года назад

Not sure if I just took the bait or if you really don't know she's been retired...

@mr.epicmemerman131 2 года назад

@@jamesm6638 Nah it's coming back. Union Pacific recently announced it.

@jamesm6638 2 года назад

@@mr.epicmemerman131 it was retired by UP in 2020, it's been purchased by a different party. When/if it does run again, it won't be on the UP.

@rudycarlson8245 9 месяцев назад

@@jamesm6638 3985 was donated by the Union Pacific

@MackeyBigBoy4014 7 месяцев назад

Railroading Heritage of Midwest America.

@TwinFun0327 7 лет назад

5:22 lol she putting coins on track

@AbeLincoln166 3 года назад

This year when the 4014 came to valley park (on my channel) my father put some coins on the track lol they are gonna be kept for memories

@rhondanugent7648 2 года назад

@@AbeLincoln166 where were you when big boy came, I was in New orleans

@irelandbloke 8 лет назад

Brilliant videos and awesome trains !

@ntsuabtxoovxyooj9807 6 лет назад

irelandbloke p

@MalWave 7 лет назад

it's amazing these things are still in working order...let alone being able to run at nearly their top speeds.

@MidnightmoonRR 7 лет назад

and to think 4014 will be joining them soon. gives me goosebumps

@arthurmchugh5184 6 лет назад

Mi-28 Havoc taking the motorcycle to the coast from Pennsylvania on in August, gonna stop by and see 4014 !!! In Wyoming

@startrek91481 6 лет назад

3985 is down for a complete rebuild like 4014. It may never run again. The steam shop did order extra parts for 3985 if they were the same as the ones being replaced on 4014.

@NEAFarmKid4010 6 лет назад

Ed Dickens has said that the Challenger will run again, it just needs a good rebuilding. The 844 took them about a year once it was really hit hard, so the Challenger probably will take more than that since it's an articulated. My guess is about 2021 or 22. I hope they come to Arkansas.

@AlbertaTrackside 6 лет назад

Ed says they're shooting for 2020 with the Challenger

@erniethecat5621 6 лет назад

AlbertaTrackside Oh good. I was a little scared.

@theup3985 11 лет назад

Thanks for sharing this awesome steam footage, loved the locations and shots!

@Xenthera 12 лет назад

As of May 20th 2012: the 3985 is getting some minor running gear and boiler work done. They said it should be operational around that time next year.

@davidng2336 5 лет назад

Still not ready, because 4014's restoration was a priority. It should be back by 2022 the latest. UPDATE: it is leaving UP.

@mylesspear 7 лет назад

Holy smokes! Did anyone see gas at that BP station at 0:19 ?

@OnlyTheEd 7 лет назад

$3.59/gallon? Holy crap!

@soarinskies1105 7 лет назад

Myles Spear geez gas in St. Louis is crazy expensive. In Michigan it's more than a dollar less

@mylesspear 7 лет назад

wow

@palithajayawardena1063 7 лет назад

Myles Spear .

@Toaster844 4 года назад

Hell yeah! BP ima get some gas! Btw did u hear something loud? XD

@ivatt442 12 лет назад

Superbly shot & positioned video,thanks very much! It's a shame 3985 is going to be off the rails for some time!

@DaveW0nka 4 года назад

Let's get the Challenger back in business now.

@Rick-remlrp 4 года назад

Sadly, it is retired.

@rudycarlson8245 9 месяцев назад

@@Rick-remlrp challenger 3985 at the present moment is getting rebuilt

@mrlionel1965 8 лет назад

What 74 idiots don't like that chest thumping whistle? Seriously? Just great stuff here!!

@railpast 9 лет назад

Never get enough of scenes like that. Nice video

@wmv3 11 лет назад

AMESOME VIDEO. I never had the chance to see Steam giants in person how ever this video Made me feel like I was right there train side. Great Cameraman work. My favorite scene is when The 844 and 3985 are Crossing the MacArthur Bridge; I felt like I took a trip back in time to where steam power still dominated the rails. I am the son of 2 locomotive engineers and have watched many train videos. That being said I personally believe that this was the best Capturing of live steam. Thank You

@pragmadev.478 Год назад

05:15 Probly the best long shot of 3985 I've ever found.

@garymorris1856 7 лет назад

Really cool Just love the steam locomotives. Thanks for posting these great videos.

@Mxsmanic 12 лет назад

Excellent work! Great shots, great editing.

@GerardvanSchip 8 лет назад

69 people have no soul.

@8aleph 8 лет назад

+Gerard van Schip Nothing in the world sounds like an American Steam Locomotive Whistle

@BlueLemonStudios 6 лет назад

96*

@samuellongo7299 6 лет назад

102

@sergeybobr6645 6 лет назад

Because of watermarks

@davidng2336 5 лет назад

And now 108 don’t appreciate UP's hard work at keeping steam alive.

@prathermharrell 8 лет назад

That was awesome!!

@OutdoorsSC 7 месяцев назад

Good stuff! We love our train videos in Clemson SC, Go Tigers! Keep it up

@TonyGru27 6 месяцев назад

I’m in anderson sc!

@S117M4sterChief 3 года назад

1:50 Talk about “rolling thunder”

@308RoadReady 11 лет назад

they actually have 5 steamers on their roster. 838 (parts for 844), 844, 5511 (last of its kind a T1), 3985, and 4014 (UP already owns him) Only 844, 3985, and 4014 will be operable. 838 has been a donor since retirement and 5511 is a drag engine (low speed high tractive force helper). For the next project I would vote for either the turbine in Utah or #9000 as it is the height of non articulated design. They actually outperformed most articulated locos on the UP til the 4-6-6-4s came around.

@davidng2336 2 года назад

5511 is finally being sent somewhere to be restored. Also, 3985 is about to get another chance when it gets sent to the same place 5511 is going. 9000 will unfortunately never be brought back as the tracks today can’t handle the long frame, and also because of the third cylinder making maintenance horrible.

@gmaneis 10 лет назад

Thanks for posting. Really fun!

@patrickhill82 6 лет назад

that whistle though!! amazing

@michaelglass4701 9 лет назад

AWESOME

@motorTranz 8 лет назад

Excellent video. Thank you.

@PrimeMoverVideos 11 лет назад

Great video...That Challenger is something to see.

@TheNWClassA1218 11 лет назад

Cool!!!! Cool how 844 was working with heritage #1982.

@Necrovamp101 11 лет назад

Excellent video! One day i'm going to have to visit the US to see one for myself.

@dailydoseoftrain3634 11 лет назад

That horn is beautiful!

@tiztim 11 лет назад

Excellent camera work. Very skilled use of zoom and perspective.

@tikkltikkl 12 лет назад

Beautiful footage, I can't WAIT to see 3985

@tenorbanjo4 11 лет назад

I also noticed. It was also my favorite sport when I was a child!!

@yellowbonnetproductions5424 4 года назад

Too bad Union Pacific decided to retire 3985. She was a great locomotive and I hope she is put on display somewhere special.

@NS6711 Год назад

She is displayed in Silvis, IL along with 6936, & 5511

@MackeyBigBoy4014 7 месяцев назад

@@NS6711 #3985 and #5511 are both under restoration as of today, and Centennial #6936 is operational.

@1946nimrod 8 лет назад

I bet the lady with the bag at 5.18 is putting pennies on the line so they will be crushed and she can give them to her Grandchildren as mementos of 'the last steam train that came through this town'! Nice idea if it's true!

@dsmerak 8 лет назад

:) I did it when I was child with firends. Pennies or nails.

@musialrocks6 7 лет назад

Yeah, Brilliant! Stepping across one live main, turning one's back to said live main in order to stoop over another live main while a train is approaching just for a silly souvenir?

@tractorsmachinesro1405 4 года назад

Amazing captures

@HugoTheWChad Год назад

BUT 4014 WAS AWAITING OVERHAUL AND RESTORATION BUT FINALLY IN 2021 HE IS FINALLY BACK INTO SERVICE AND RETURN TO THE STEAM.

@dixiewife47 9 лет назад

There's just something about steam....... =)

@TonoFonseca 11 лет назад

Haha, some old lady flattening coins... This is a really high-quality video.

@Hornhausen 10 лет назад

awesome video

@seba81376 11 лет назад

Fully enjoyed.. thanks 4 shaing

@SD457500 12 лет назад

Great video! What did you use to edit this video?

@billyboi57 10 лет назад

If they are going to team diesel locomotive with either of these heritage steam locomotives i wish that they would put UP 6936 in with them.

@fmehrtens 12 лет назад

excellent video. Thank you

@haledmondson2756 8 лет назад

To William Roberts; There are thousands upon thousands of miles of track in North America no company could even begin to fence the rails. Britain is pretty small and easy to fence...Hal

@1946nimrod 8 лет назад

True! That said, I think that most of our trains are also faster. Even provincial commuter trains will get up to 80/90 once they get out of the cities, and the thought of a cow or a deer mooching onto the line in front of an Inter City Train doing its design speed of 140 mph doesn't bear thinking about!

@milou7300a 9 лет назад

Hi Dan a very nice Cd for train very good. I like it, Thank's, Friendly Jacques.

@RailyardProductions 11 лет назад

I have an excursion set up to be pulled by Pere Marquette 1225 on March 15th 2014. It will be her first excursion in almost five years. More info on my RU-vid channel.

@7822welshsteam 9 лет назад

It's amazing how you guys are allowed to stand on mainline track. In the UK, you're not even allowed on a station without a platform ticket and all the lines are fenced off. You're not allowed anywhere near the track on preserved lines, either.

@geraldstrainstrucksandplan4904 3 года назад

Can I use this vid for something?

@HOscalelocoguy 12 лет назад

Beautiful video!

@zacharyspinks6207 6 лет назад

That was Amazing!

@trainmanjg611 11 лет назад

just curious ive seen 3985 pulling only short excursion trains. Why isn't 3985 pulling long excursion trains like she use to do?

@stormy5969 10 лет назад

So well done...,

@wysoserius 10 лет назад

sooo can somebody tell me why most steam engines need a diesel locomotive behind it but the challenger doesnt need one? this is driving me crazy...

@rpgmurphy 10 лет назад

Both normally run with a diesel in tow, and is controlled by the engineer of the steamer. The only thing they use the diesel for is dynamic braking. But running mainlines, it is also available in case of breakdown to avoid blocking trains that will be along all too soon. They occasionally get permission to run without one but it isn't often. In this case, I suspect 844 was acting as backup for 3985 :-) (About 15 yrs. ago, 844 pushed a stalled diesel freighter up Archer Hill!)

@wysoserius 10 лет назад

rpgmurphy goes to show that sometimes new isn't always better.. and thank you for the response

@TheRealEasyA 6 лет назад

rpgmurphy That and I also think it has to do with the locomotives being apart of Union Pacific's own steam program which I think gives them a few liberties if It's their tracks.

@phillipwalling7470 6 лет назад

AJ Jackson The diesel powers the car behind it.

@davidng2336 Год назад

@@phillipwalling7470 no it doesn’t. Freight engines don’t have head end power. Separate power cars on the train do that.

@austrorus 9 лет назад

wonder though, did the lady got her flat pressed coins back?

@niknamevideos 11 лет назад

Union Pacific has been talking about restoring a UP Big Boy for excursions. that is what i have heard

@Seussenshmirtz 10 лет назад

I like those shots where it's just a peaceful shot of nature then suddenly, chugga chugga...

@JoshsTrainVideos 10 лет назад

Very nice video!

@eljacek4434 10 лет назад

Super, super, super! Good job)))) Greetings from Poland! ))

@KenBrownekb71000duke 12 лет назад

Superb video Dan and very well edited! I particularly liked the passing shot at Hampton Avenue St Louis, although the Eureka and acceleration away from Pacific shots run it close! I was trying to guess what all the cars were and assumed the first two behind 3985 are water tanks. Are there two support cars behind the water tanks? Great camera work, thanks for sharing it. Ken

@trains5570 10 лет назад

Awesome video!!! She is a beast!!

@robertalan2427 4 года назад

Haunting whistle

@mikes47jeep 11 лет назад

Steam really isn’t used, it’s mainly for historic, and rail fan trips, and diesel is the predominant motive power mainly because of the lack of railroad electrical infrastructure

@MovieModerator 11 лет назад

It's a Challenger. The Challenger class locomotives had a 4-6-6-4 wheel configuration, whilst the Big Boy class locomotives had a 4-8-8-4 wheel configuration/

@specks1983 12 лет назад

Great Video.

@HankAmericanEngine 11 лет назад

Absolutely wonderful footage, and great camera work! May I please use this audio for an upcoming video I'm working on? I will credit you as the audio's owner, and have a link to your video, in addition to your channel.

@Selykreg 6 лет назад

Wery cool video. Steam monster!

@Vanakatherock 12 лет назад

Outstanding Video!

@guitarhero849 11 лет назад

dont get me wrong but i think that its cool that some raillines still use steam engines from time to time

11 лет назад

I cannot wait for the 4014 to be back on the rails. seeing a Big Boy in action will be awesome

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 3 года назад

1:51 slow the video down to 0.75x and the Challenger's bells sounds like sp 4449s bell.

@Djcman331 12 лет назад

Great video! Only if 844 and 3985 were on the same train.

@ChaseGrage01 11 лет назад

third? whats the second or first then? UP only runs the 844 and the 3985, what else is there?

@voidjavelin23 Месяц назад

the only steam locomotive that UP had is only No. 844, No. 3985 comes next and donates to RRHMA, then No. 4014 comes

@jorgegaleno9518 3 года назад

look of the speed of 3985 on the first camra of her

@Philios2Glory1 5 лет назад

is it just me or does the train seem to shake from the rods swinging back and forth. 4:11 Seems like it might be unbalanced,

@davidreyes2298 5 лет назад

I've believe it's the rails

@user-mg9ne2nf9c 5 месяцев назад

I like that the big boy is back, but I don’t like how Union Pacific basically just threw the challenger away, very wrong in my eyes, they are technically very similar, but to me both locomotives are very unique in their own ways

@struck2soon 12 лет назад

Very nice footage. Couldn't help but notice the petrol price at the BP station, 3.59 per gallon? That would barely buy half that in England, no wonder you lot drive round in big trucks!

@mr.epicmemerman131 5 лет назад

We need to see the Big Boy, The Challenger, and the 844 pulling a long passenger train together.

@DEVILTAZ35 11 лет назад

Thanks alot will do

@ChaseGrage01 11 лет назад

they probably knew she was going to need repairs which she's in the shop for right now. I believe it's a class 3 rebuild which means she getting some much needed upgrades.

@artmchugh5644 2 года назад

844 has those big high speed wheels!!!!!😂😁😁😁😀😀😀🚂🚂🍺🍺🍺🍺

@quintoflyer 11 лет назад

Fantastic

@beingatliberty 11 лет назад

great stuff

@trainfan844 11 лет назад

Dont tell me, they restored another challenger?

@olocomeu7137 11 лет назад

Que coisa linda!!!! Majestosa e imponente!

@8aleph 8 лет назад

I'll be happy when they get 4014 up and running, wish someone could find an H8 Allegheny to put back on the tracks

@davidng2336 5 лет назад

Fast forward to now and it's now running!

@bigkev2084 9 лет назад

i think this may be the 2nd most beautiful engine other then Bigboy 4018

@MamaEtna 11 лет назад

There's a certain fury about 3985 that is cool. The old lady putting coins on the track in front of her for her to flatten was just plain stupid. They were probably pulverized.

@DAViDD767 8 лет назад

Are they updated with existing technologies?

@exiarules6712 8 лет назад

not really, probably replacements or new parts, plus new technologies would take all of the fun out of it :)

@SMVvids 8 лет назад

I mean, maybe they have a radio equipped if something happens, but other than that you're right.

@TaymyrSabre 8 лет назад

Other than being oil fired and the crew having radios, unlikely.

@SquareCanine 7 лет назад

There aren't really any modern technologies to update them with. Advancements in steam locomotive technology stopped when we stopped building them, which isn't that long after engines like 844 were built. Engines like that still represent the pinnacle of steam locomotive technology, and likely always will.

@TaymyrSabre 7 лет назад

The "newest" Steam Locomotive you'll see in the next few years will be the PRR T1 that people are trying to get rebuilt, look up the T1 Trust.

@Godzilla691138MW3 10 лет назад

I always anted to see one of these pass by in real life, heard one passed down rhe rail road pass my house but I was at school, that sucked, this jappened a few uears back and I remember I was in class and I heard the steam engine blow its whistle, it sounded awesome

@wiestbound 10 лет назад

That really sucks, happened to me too, one time I saw the smoke on Milwaukee Road 261 on interstate 494, but I never got too see the engine.

@Godzilla691138MW3 10 лет назад

Yeah, I always wanted to see a big Steam Locomotive pass by with my own eyes, long ago when I was a little kid, I wanted to drive a steam engine,but I then found out not many are left being used still, so that was when I knew o couldn't be a steam locomotive train engineer

@wiestbound 10 лет назад

godzilla691138MW3 Don't get your hopes down, if you work on the railway you might be able to get a steam engine license, or work at a railway museum withworking steam locomotives, also I got too see 261 this year anyway

@LexLucario7922 8 лет назад

WOW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A STEAM ENGINE! Well, Consider yourself lucky because you at least heard a whistle... I missed my opportunity because of school and the boys and girls club getting in the way, It was also in downtown, which is another reason I missed it...