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How amazing is that seeing a iron horse pulling a modern day freight with heart pounding sounds of acceleration and exhaust at speed. Just like the old days of the bygone era.
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@@sebastiantorres8374 Yk I will!
Son that ain't no horse, that's a damn whale
They should get the bigboy going this
the fact that this run using 3985 was apparently upon request, and UP Said, Okay Sure
GE Evolution Series: "Wait, 143 cars with double stacked containers? That's too much for me! I need help from at least 3-4 sisters to help me pull and push!"
3985: "Hold my beer!"
3985 was doing about 70 mph in the second clip. It's impressive how it could still go so fast with such a long and heavy (7,000+ ton) train.
Steam power is no joke. It's just high maintenance and doesn't do well with slow speed switching moves.
Unlike diesel locomotives that have more power at slow speeds, steam locomotives increase their pulling strength at higher speeds. Lima had a term for that: horsepower at speed.
Shes doing what shes built for amazing work for 3985 I hope she can do this again someday when shes fully restored
3985 hauling an intermodal train just hits differently.
3985 was doing this all by herself! No diesel helper!
Aren’t the diesel “helpers” mainly there for dynamic braking and providing electricity for the passenger cars, tho?
@@PHSR_Productions in general yes
@@PHSR_Productions different time back then, today yes it would definitely need a diesel for D/B
COULD WATCH THIS OVER AND OVER never saw this version AWESOME
This is the only know clip to show UP #3985 pulling an APL Intermodal train from I believe it was the 80's. APL was showing interest in having a steam locomotive pulling one of their Intermodal trains, and Union Pacific offered #3985. The locomotive took the grades better than anyone could have expected, yet this clip is the only known clip in railroading history of the event.
you are correct
@@Stickycarp28284 I'm a Redneck first, rail fan second, and good boyfriend the whole way through. That's about it.
It would be good to see this repeated this decade. Is that feasible?
This clip reminds me of the Beyer Garretts that we have over here in 🇦🇺. The ultimate work horse.
Contracter: I need you to help move all this across the states
UP: Okay
Contracter: How much for steam to do it?
UP: yes
APL: "why is there soot all over our container?"
UP: dw about it bro
The locomotives produced near the end of the steam era were amazing machines!
Absolutely breath-taking.I wish I was alive to see this
Who else came here after seeing 4014 push a stalled freight?
I laughed my ass off when they had to call in 4014 who was already pulling a 15 car passenger excursion pushing a 1.25 mile long freight that probably had a triple header in the front XD
Lots of stack talk there.
She is putting in a lot of work look at the color of her smoke
But she's doin' it just as well as 4 of her modern day diesel cousins!!!
@@sakeeler indeed... One single steam locomotive doing the job that requires 4 diesel locomotives. It still have the beans!
Marvellous! And no helper diesel ruining the picture!
I think this was 1993 when UP ran into a power shortage and had to use 3985 as actual revenue power.
Nope, it was 1990
@@09JDCTrainMan It's too bad we didn't have the saturation of cameras like we do today - lots of locomotives back then that are now sitting cold awaiting restoration.
I think it was a request from the container company (APL) to have 3985 pull one of their intermodal freights.
@JamesMangle Yeah. So glad 3985 will be back in the future.
@@Combes_ Yep, it was
More than 30 years ago ! Impressive, thanks for sharing. Hope to do a vid of this in O scale, but have only about 2 dozens cars not 143 :-(
Who would have known that a preserved steam locomotive would out beat a diesel by any day?
they can go up a 2% grade pulling a train like that with no effort whatsoever. Meanwhile, in that same token, you need 3 diesels for that same task.
Impressive indeed 😮
Love seeing UP steam in Wyoming. I run UP on my N scale layout, but my oldest loco would be an Alco PA/B set. I have subbed.
Thanks for the sub!
@@sebastiantorres8374 You're welcome.
Oh Yeah, Way To Go Union Pacific 3985, I Hope You’re Restored And On The Move Again Soon
Cool steam powered intermodal
America is just awesome
WHAT YEAR WAS YEAR WAS THIS AND THIS BIG BOY WHERE IS IT TODAY I BET ITS THE ONE FROM THE SOUTH SOMEWHERE 1 RAILROAD HAS ONE OF THESE FULLY RESTORED AND IT HELPED A FRIGHT TRAIN GET UP A HILL THATCIT GOT STUCK ON. THE BIG BOY PUSH IT LIKE IT WAS PUSHING A train of feathers. SO POWERFUL I WISH I COULD SEE ONE IN REAL LIFE ONE DAY A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. GREAT VIDEO 🥳 ❤🎉❤🎉
This is not the big boy, this the 3985, her cousin
@@michaelschiller8143 Also known as the Challenger.
Wow. Now that's a lot.
Fun fact. The tender on 3985 is actually the tender from 4014
That maybe true nowadays, but back then, the 3985 actually had its own tender long before the 4014 was even fully restored.
This Was a 30,888,000lbs Train Or 30million so yeaaa....
I couldn't do any better, but that fireman needs to clean up that exhaust! Wasting fuel! Maybe it's just for the cameras...
It’s a Shame that the Video is Gone
At least i have this version
I remember being impressed by a long thread buried somewhere on the original comments which included people's calculations of the tractive effort and horsepower based on the number of TEU's and all manner of comparisons with diesel locomotives and trucking...
It makes me mad I have on dvd some where I should look for
@@sebastiantorres8374with a little bit of extra! Bravo!🙏
There’s a few dvd that document this that are still available for purchase.
👍
Why have diesels when you could just get one of these things?
Wait, wait wait so you’re telling me that the challengers are stronger not the big boys because the big boys can pull 120 freight cars and the challengers can pull 143
AFAIK, they had to keep updating the big boy's horsepower ratings because the engine was progressively stronger than they anticipated
Some have said that this was only possible because of momentum the train had from going downhill. It apparently hit the bottom of Archer Hill doing like 50mph.
Both the challengers and bigboys Made more Power then ever calculated. Depending on some conditions of course.
You have to keep in mind, those ratings are for old journal bearing cars, which while lighter have way, way more friction between the axles and the truck bodies than modern roller bearing cars. Plus intermodals are relatively light as loads go, vs coal or iron ore or even grain.
The Big Boys are without a doubt more powerful then the Challengers but there are other factors that determine how much tonnage a steam locomotive can pull. For example, on the “Cheyenne to North Platte” run, the Challengers are rated for 8,000 tons because that district is relatively flat (except for the 0.07% Archer Hill) but eastbound over Sherman Hill (Laramie to Cheyenne), the Challengers were rated at 4,290 tons over the 0.82% grade where as the Big Boys could pull 6,000 tons (drag freight) and about 4,800 tons (fast freight) over the 0.82% grade of Sherman Hill. The reason Big Boys were rarely used eastbound from Cheyenne to North Platte was there wasn’t a train heavy enough that required there power.
😅😅
Is the Big Boy Stinky steam engine still in service or is it Retired?
I’m happy to say Big Boy 4014 is still running! 😁😁
Was it going downhill lol
What year was this?
143 cars = 592 axls = loco.Modern ACE or EMD deisel it would take 3 of us and a DPU 3985 hold my beer
What year was this?
The year is 1990. 3985 actually pulled four revenue freights that year. This APL double was the biggest.