Steam Trains and Train Tracks

"Union Pacific Railroad's "Challenger" No. 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, stopped in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 6, as part of a six-state, 2,200-mile tour from Wyoming to Illinois. The 122-foot long articulated locomotive weighs over 1 million pounds. It was built in 1943, retired in 1959 and restored in 1981. The train made a 10-minute whistle stop at the Amtrak station in Washington.

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"Union Pacific Railroad's "Challenger" No. 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, stopped in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 6, as part of a six-state, 2,200-mile tour from Wyoming to Illinois. The 122-foot long articulated locomotive weighs over 1 million pounds. It was built in 1943, retired in 1959 and restored in 1981. The train made a 10-minute whistle stop at the Amtrak station in Washington.

Train Spotting

"It's a Steam Engine" "Union Pacific Railroad's "Challenger" No. 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, stopped in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 as part of a six-state, 2,200-mile tour from Wyoming to Illinois. The 122-foot long articulated locomotive weighs over 1 million pounds. It was built in 1943, retired in 1959 and restored in 1981. The train made a 10-minute whistle stop at the Amtrak station in Washington.

Steam Locomotive Union Pacific's Steam Locomotive No. 844 made a stop in Washington on June 2, 2011 and gathered a huge crowd!

"Union Pacific Railroad's "Challenger" No. 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, stopped in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 6, as part of a six-state, 2,200-mile tour from Wyoming to Illinois. The 122-foot long articulated locomotive weighs over 1 million pounds. It was built in 1943, retired in 1959 and restored in 1981. The train made a 10-minute whistle stop at the Amtrak station in Washington.

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Fast Track

Steam Train "Union Pacific Railroad's "Challenger" No. 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, stopped in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 6, as part of a six-state, 2,200-mile tour from Wyoming to Illinois. The 122-foot long articulated locomotive weighs over 1 million pounds. It was built in 1943, retired in 1959 and restored in 1981. The train made a 10-minute whistle stop at the Amtrak station in Washington.

"Union Pacific Railroad's "Challenger" No. 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, stopped in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 6, as part of a six-state, 2,200-mile tour from Wyoming to Illinois. The 122-foot long articulated locomotive weighs over 1 million pounds. It was built in 1943, retired in 1959 and restored in 1981. The train made a 10-minute whistle stop at the Amtrak station in Washington.

Union Pacific's Steam Locomotive No. 844 made a stop in Washington on June 2nd, 2011 and gathered a huge crowd!