the real challenger... for the purists

[67_Dodge_Charger]

http://www.challenger-ag.com/agco/challenger/challengerna/home.htm


They do talk about hp

[John_Kunkel]

Sorry, but this is the real Challenger. By coincidence this baby visited my area this weekend, got to see it on its way out of town. Awesome!!!!

[MoparUSAF]

that's one massive train!

[RD]

that train is awesome    man what a blast it would be to be the engineer of that!

[Silver R/T]

always wanted to drive trains...

[70charginglizard]

Sorry, but this is the real Challenger. By coincidence this baby visited my area this weekend, got to see it on its way out of town. Awesome!!!!

Bet you that the guys driving that aren't worried about $2.99-3.50/per gallon gas prices.  

[Lowprofile]

Wow, very cool!

[253862656971]

http://www.challenger-ag.com/agco/challenger/challengerna/home.htm


They do talk about hp

Drive one of them sometime if you ever have the chance.    My cousin had a couple when he was doing custom farming.  Problem is they cost about $300,000.  A little rich for my blood.

[mustanghater]

now thats cool!

[MoparYoungGun]

Wow, very cool!

[Todd Wilson]

Sorry, but this is the real Challenger. By coincidence this baby visited my area this weekend, got to see it on its way out of town. Awesome!!!!

Hay John did you take that picture? I was wondering if you could send me the original with your name and info. I work for the UP and they have a picture area for neat pictures and that one is a classic in the making.

I saw the UP3985 in Abilene Kansas in the early 90's and it was cool Any steamer is worth seeing if you can go see oine now days. Nothing like them.


The UP has 2 steam engines that they still operate and run around the country. The UP3985 and the UP844.

Back in 1993 when the midwest had the big flood. The big one that flooded Des Moines and took out their water supply and so forth. Anyways KC flooded from the Missouri river. The UP3985 was stuck there during the flood. After things were back to normal rail traffic was backed up and they had no locomotives to run trains. So they decided to use the UP3985 and it was the first time in like 50 years since a steam engine had pulled a freight train for the UP.


Todd

[John_Kunkel]

Hay John did you take that picture? I was wondering if you could send me the original with your name and info. I work for the UP and they have a picture area for neat pictures and that one is a classic in the making.

I didn't take the pic, I found it somewhere on the web. Here's another pic of a Challenger pulling a string of diesels, there's a story that the diesels got bogged down on a steep pass and the Challenger was sent to pull them over the hill; never have been able to verify the story.

[Lowprofile]

I think this is the Real Challenger.

[Brock Samson]

i like the train so much it's my new screen saver, reminds me of when i was a kid i used to beg my parents to take me the two blocks down the hill to the train tracks to watch the Santa Fe Super Chiefs roll by..

Text:
http://www.railsaroundthebay.net/history/bayshore/stories/goldendays.html

photo  
http://www.nitrosteve.com/695superchief.JPG

wrong photo...  
:Phttp://www.angelfire.com/ca7/loyaltubist/SuperChief.jpg






here's one...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nitrosteve.com/superchief.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nitrosteve.com/handouts.htm&h=598&w=748&sz=124&tbnid=6qEQeBmNGksJ:&tbnh=111&tbnw=140&hl=en&start=151&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSuper%2BChief%26start%3D140%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN


oppps!  

here's one...
http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/loyaltubist/SuperChief.jpg

[Brock Samson]

ok i couldnt edit..

http://www.railwayshop.com/daylight/new119.jpg