Union Pacific No. 3985/Gallery

3985 in revenue freight service

Union Pacific 3985 pulls a freight train, near the end of its career.

3985 revenue freight service in 1950.

3985 in its revenue freight service around the 1950s

Union Pacific 3985 pulls a small train in 1981.

Union Pacific 3985’s smokestack. (Note: It was not equipped with the stack hoods.)

3985 Builders Plate

3985 in the scrap yard

3985 inside the roundhouse with 4023 in 1970

3985 on display near the Cheyenne Depot

3985 taken in for restoration in 1979

3985 as a coal burner in 1982

3985 pulling excursion back in 1982

Union Pacific 3985 in 1982.

Union Pacific 3985 sitting on display at Railfair 81.

3985 receiving attention by the steam crew

3985 at Railfair 81

Union Pacific 3985 during its first years in excursion service.

Union Pacific 3985 pulls a small train in 1982.

Union Pacific 3985 in 1984.

Union Pacific 3985 upon conversion to oil firing.

3985 runs in the street

3985 idles in the yard.

Union Pacific 3985 in 1992.

Union Pacific 3985 pulls the CSX Santa Train numbered as Clinchfield 676, November 1992.

Clinchfield 676 pulls the CSX Santa Train.

3985 as 676 rounding a bend

Union Pacific 3985 as Clinchfield 676.

3985 approaching the camera as 676

676 storms out of the tunnel

3985 as 676 moving through town

676 comes out of tunnel and shows articulation

676 pulls the Santa Train on the Clinchfield

The Union Pacific 3985 Pulling The "Golden Challenger" Special on A Round Trip from Chicago to Findlay Junction, Illinois for The NRHS Convention on July 22nd, 1993. The locomotive's Participation at the event was almost cancelled due to flooding in Nebraska & Missouri.

Union Pacific 3985 in 1991.

In 1991, Union Pacific 3985 is doubleheading with Union Pacific 844 to Railfair 91.

Union Pacific 3985 is being pulled out of the shop by Union Pacific switcher locomotive #1243, May 14, 1993.

3985 dressed as 3967 with smoke deflectors

Union Pacific 3985 as sister locomotive 3967 in 1993. Note the additional Smoke Deflectors required; this was a modification for the trip.

3985 over Sherman Hill

Union Pacific 3985 renumbered as Union Pacific 3967.

Another shot of the Union Pacific 3985 with smoke deflectors and on they wye at Denver

3985's crew renumbers the locomotive to 3967.

Union Pacific 3985 renumbered as Union Pacific 3718.

The Union Pacific 3985 masquerading as Union Pacific 3967.

3985 beside and E9

Union Pacific 3985 in the TV series Train Adventures for Kids.

Union Pacific 3985 hauls an excursion with the UP's three E9 locomotives.

A close up (yet rather blurry) shot of Union Pacific 3985.

3985 Double heading with Union Pacific 844 to Railfair 99

UP #3985 leads the UP Democratic National convention special in 2000.

Union Pacific 3985 in 1988.

Union Pacific 3985 during the Central States Special in 1993.

Union Pacific 3985 during the Central States Special in 1993.

Union Pacific 3985 pulling the Central States Challenger Special.

Union Pacific 3985 pulls a train.

Union Pacific 3985 in "American Steam: Steam Giants across America"

Portrait from the Union Pacific website.

3985 rear right side view.

A railfan takes a picture of 3985 from the passenger car.

3985 articulation in action.

Union Pacific 3985 in "All About Cowboys for Kids Part 1".

3985 awaiting repairs in 2008 (filmed in Extreme Trains)

3985 blows a plum of smoke in the air.

3985 with the Hooter Girls

3985 being photographed by a railfan

Union Pacific 3985 in 1990.

Union Pacific 3985 rolling through Alton, Iowa, October 1, 2008.

Union Pacific 3985 pulls an excursion train.

Union Pacific 3985 pulling the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train, September 2010.

The Union Pacific 3985 pulling The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train in 2010.

3985 pulls the Circus Train around a curve at Speer

3985 pulling the Circus Train at Speer

The ringmaster does a ceremony with the circus crew, with 3985 in the background.

3985 stored inside the Cheyenne Roundhouse

Union Pacific 3985 preparing for the move to its new home in Silvis, Illinois, September 2022.

Union Pacific 3985 sitting alongside Union Pacific 4014 in the Cheyenne roundhouse, August 2022. (Reunion between two articulated locomotives)

3985 being prepared for shipment to Silvis, IL

3985 Family Portrait.

3985 with 5511, and the Centennial 6936

3985 being towed to Silvis

3985 heading to Silvis

3985 and the rest of the donation fleet.

3985 and 5511

3985 with 4014 tender

3985 cross the bridge

RRHMA Portrait of 3985

3985 with 5511 inside the Silvis Shops

3985 arrives in Silvis

3985 being restored with 5511

3985 almost stripped down

3985 Restoration Progress as of 2024

6936 pushed 3985 outside for sandblasting

3985 being sandblasted

3985 being sandblasted inside the boiler for inspections.

3985 Front Engine pulled for the first time since 1950

3985 front engine taken out for restoration

3985 Articulation Tongue

3985 second cylinder and mating pin

3985 Restoration Progress. (Note the warped front tube sheet that's laying on the floor)