Steam Challenger

The Challenger was a steam locomotive that is an easter egg found on the Top Of The South official layout. The locomotive uses the original model of the Big Boy, with some slight modifications, primarily by the addition of smoke flaps.

Introduction:
In the early days of the Rolling Line community, modding support had yet to come into existence, and the game was gaining traction in the American railfan community. With the growth of this demographic, many users were critical of the Big Boy model's accuracy (what we now know as Rivet Counters), and wanted it improved. Around the same time, people were getting ready to see the real-life Challenger locomotive run again, and fans were clamoring for its addition to Rolling Line. Gauge resisted as it wasn't within his plans for the game. At the same time, people were pushing for a modding system to be introduced, so people could add their own trains into the game. In the end, Gauge gave in, and produced earliest itteration of the current quickMod system. He also introduced the Challenger as a modification of the Big Boy model. As the push for the Challenger had caused a lot of infighting in the community, Gauge introduced it as an Easter Egg, instead of showing it off outright. The way to obtain the Challenger is to drop the Big Boy in a certain pink pool on Salt Lake Grassmere in Top Of The South.