airborne-challengerhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/airborne-challenger/Airborne Challenger | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20171205.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2022-01-062022-01-0344151
Union Pacific’s 4-6-6-4 Challengers were too long for the turntable at North Platte, Nebr., but they could still use it. Wedges were clamped to the table’s rails at one end, then a 4-6-6-4 was backed on, leaving the rear four wheels of the tender hanging in mid-air.
Art Stensvad photo