Looking down into the cab of SP 4449 from above, flash-backs from the movie "Tough Guys" come to mind as the 1941-built product of Lima heads west past the Lakeside yard - tender-forward - with t... (more)
There aren't that many places were you can photograph trains with the Portland skyline. East Portland, the end of the SP mainline, is one. Back in summer 1991, an SP transfer from Brooklyn Yard i... (more)
Amtrak 333 North prepares to depart Union Station for Seattle with a Portland Terminal Alco switcher idling at right. No. 333 is ex-CB&Q No. 9941B, built in March 1950.
As seen from the front, SP GS4 4-8-4 No. 4449 languishes in Oaks Park. Not many years hence she'll return to the rails at the head of the American Freedom Train.