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Filmed in October 1983 by renowned railway documentary producer Nick Lera, the giant Union Pacific ‘Challenger’ was at the time the largest operational steam locomotive in the entire world. Articulated on the Mallet principle, this 500 ton coal-fired giant was built in the 1940s to haul three thousand ton freights over the Continental ...
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