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Videos & Photos Photos Photo Of The Day Union Pacific Challenger on the move

Union Pacific Challenger on the move

By Angela Cotey | August 8, 2017

| Last updated on January 4, 2021

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Union Pacific’s roving goodwill ambassador, 4-6-6-4 No. 3985, rolls through Cole Junction, Mo., while pulling the Missouri River Eagle special west of Jefferson City, Mo., on Oct 4, 2010. Peter N. Davis photo

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