UP Challenger #3985- sits at a red block signal at the South switch of Harrison Siding in October 2001. - Jay Glenewinkel Photo.

In this section of the Rail Gallery we've gathered all the various steam engines found throughout the site, including some which are unique to this page.

Additional links are also provided to each Road's own gallery page or to a Feature page for some steam locomotives.

ATSF 811 - Atchison RR Museum, Kansas 4/14/01 - T. Greuter Photo

BSV JS8419 - a 1980's Chinese-built 2-8-2; 9/8/01 - T. Greuter Photo

BSV / COE 17; 9/8/01 - T Greuter Photo

CB&Q #710 - displayed at Lincoln Station, Lincoln, Nebraska. The CB&Q has had a long history in the college town, which is carried on by it's successor BNSF today. 6/18/95 - T. Greuter Photo

See More of Lincoln's #710 on it's own page.

CB&Q #915 - displayed at the old Rock Island Depot / RailsWest Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa. 8/11/01 - T. Greuter Photo ·

Denver & Rio Grande Western #4500 - is a 4-8-4 Northern Type Locomotive built by Baldwin in the late 1930s. It is seen here pulling a passenger train outside of Denver, Colorado in 1951. - Jay Glenewinkel Purchased Photo Collection

DRGW 492 - seen at Chama, New Mexico. July 1990 - Nathan Holmes/RailArc Photo

Milwaukee Road 261 - puffs away at Lincoln Station. The sleek 4-8-4 steamer, built in 1944, uses 100 gallons of water every mile and burns a ton of coal every 15 miles. 6/18/00 - T. Greuter Photo

Missouri Pacific Railroad #152 - The pride of her crew, poses for the camera. In 1851 the MoPac was the first railroad to forge west of the Mississippi River - T. Greuter collection

Pikes Peak 2 - A mountain cog railroad isn't exactly something you'd expect to find in a Plains rail gallery, but this little engine, on display at Manitou Springs at the foot of Pikes Peak is too cool to be left out. - T. Greuter Photo

Pikes Peak 2 - another view - T. Greuter Photo

SLSF 1522 - steams backwards into the BN yard after a day of basking in railfan attention. 6/14/95 - T. Greuter Photo

UP 3985 - crosses the diamonds at Valey Junction near Hearne, TX in October 2001. The UP Challenger visited the rails in Texas for a week, and pulled an excursion train on October 27, 2001 as a fundraiser for the Houston Grand Opera. The fundraising event was sponsored by former United States President and First Lady, George and Barbara Bush. - Jay Glenewinkel Photo.