UP CHALLENGER 3985 SUPER BOWL
TRIP
January-February 2004
Here are
some photos I made of a portion of Union Pacific's 3985 special Super
Bowl steam trip in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas from Thursday, January
22 through Saturday, January 24, 2004. Also part of the return trip from
February 3 through February 6 in Texas and Arkansas. I'll give each
day a separate entry and webpage and will list each of those pages here
on the main site. Although I'll try to post each day, I may not be
able to get each day's photos posted for a day or two afterwards. For other
railroad photos, go to: http://www.trainweather.com/sunday.html
All photos/digital movies taken by Ken Ziegenbein using a Sony DSC-V1.
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 22 - Dexter, Missouri to Bernie, Missouri.
Includes good night shots in Bernie.
FRIDAY, JANUARY
23 - Bernie, Missouri
to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Perfect clear day.
Good shot at Weiner, AR.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 - Pine Bluff, Arkansas
to Texarkana, Texas. Rainy day, but lots of steam.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
3 - Conroe to Longview, Texas.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 - Longview, Texas to North Little Rock, Arkansas, starting
in Atlanta, Texas. Cold with sleet.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 - On display in North Little Rock, including school children.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
5 NIGHT SCENES - Plus photos of our dinner with some of the steam crew
at Grampa's Catfish House.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 - North Little Rock to Van Buren, Arkansas, including the
Conway tunnel.
The special train ran from Cheyenne, Wyoming
to North Platte, Nebraska January 12; from North Platte, Nebraska to Marysville,
Kansas January 13; from Marysville, Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri January
14; from Kansas City to St Louis, Missouri January 15; on display in
St Louis January 16-21 - a circulator tube needed repairing in St
Louis, so instead of leaving January 18, it left January 22 from St Louis
to Bernie, Missouri; from Bernie, Missouri to Pine Bluff, Arkansas January
23; from Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Tyler, Texas January 24 (the original
display day in Pine Bluff January 19 was canceled); from Tyler to Hearne
January 25; from Hearne to Houston, Texas January 26; on display in Houston;from
Houston to Longview February 3; from Longview, Texas to North Little Rock,
Arkansas February 4; on display in North Little Rock February 5; from
North Little Rock to Van Buren, Arkansas February 6; from Van Buren, Arkansas
to Coffeyville, Kansas February 7; from Coffeyville to Kansas City February
8; on display in Kansas City February 9; from Kansas City to Marysville
February 10; from Marysville, Kansas to North Platte, Nebraska February
11; from North Platte, Nebraska to Cheyenne, Wyoming February 12.