Steam & Excursion > Ed After a Long Day’s Work

Ed Dickens, Steam Program Manager, takes a break after a long day with Big Boy UPRR Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska, 30 August 2024.

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Nice photo. Here's wishing Ed and his team a rewarding, safe and succesful journey making lots of new steam lovers. God speed. Ross Rowland 

   P. S. Sure is nice seeing her running solo the way it was meant to be. 

He is enjoying his work
Thanks for all you are doing

That's one cool Hickory Shirt! 

Cheers, Dave

So apparently after several years of Ed's success all of the Ed "Hater" have left the TO site, thank goodness. Whatever he is as a person and manager he has done quite a job of putting that locomotive back into service and running it around the country on behalf of the UP and train fans of all ages time after time with little or no downtime to faults or breakdowns, quite an accomplishment -  oh and he's even shared his email.

Hope he can get the Challenger up and steaming again.
Highball 103

Challenger with new owner,  is now at Silvis Shops, the 1472-day mandatory boiler 
inspection process is 90% completed.

Go Mid-West loco!

​W.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/24 07:59 by wcamp1472.

ConductorsSon Wrote:

> Hope he can get the Challenger up and steaming
> again.
> Highball 103


The challenger? Just how much are following all of this?

wcamp1472 Wrote:
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> Challenger with new owner,  is now at Silvis
> Shops, the 1472-day mandatory boiler 
> inspection process is 90% completed.
>
> Go Mid-West loco!
>
> ​W.

Go Midwest Go!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

Nice photo of Ed and wishing all success to him and crew!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

bankshotone Wrote:
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> ConductorsSon Wrote:
>
> > Hope he can get the Challenger up and steaming
> > again.
> > Highball 103
>
>
> The challenger? Just how much are following all of
> this?

Just as the Union Pacific 4-8-8-4's were/are referred to as "Big Boy" so the 4-6-6-4's have been known as "Challenger" types. It may also come as a surprise to some that the Union Pacific operated several variations of a "Challenger" named passenger train from the mid-thirties to the early seventies. Now, "just how much" is everyone following all of this Union Pacific history?  

grizzledgary Wrote:
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> bankshotone Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ConductorsSon Wrote:
> >
> > > Hope he can get the Challenger up and
> steaming
> > > again.
> > > Highball 103
> >
> >
> > The challenger? Just how much are following all
> of
> > this?
>
> Just as the Union Pacific 4-8-8-4's were/are
> referred to as "Big Boy" so the 4-6-6-4's have
> been known as "Challenger" types. It may also come
> as a surprise to some that the Union Pacific
> operated several variations of a "Challenger"
> named passenger train from the mid-thirties to the
> early seventies. Now, "just how much" is everyone
> following all of this Union Pacific history?  

Yes, I am very familiar with all of that. My point is, Ed is not working on the challenger. Thanks for posting the history lesson.

I still (and always have) got 3985 and 6936 mixed up sometimes in my old brain when I post a video of either one, even though one is a disel and the other is a steam engine!
I have to double check that before I post.

Perhaps Conductor Son got 844 mixed up with 3985?
I always like to give benefit of doubt to someone's comments in cases like this.

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA