With MILW 261 out for servicing, SP 4449 was used for the Fall Excursions held every year on the Mississippi River. Tickets are on sale for this years trips, not sure what the power will be yet.

Emerging from the tunnel at Bridge Bay on Lake Shasta, 4449 will duck into one more tunnel then head out onto the double deck Pit River Bridge which carries both highway traffic on the upper deck,... (more)

On the way home to Portland, SP 4449 is crossing the large bridge over the Sacramento River in Redding, CA with the Amtrak/4449 cross country excursion. It is Friday, April 29, 1977 and on Sunday,... (more)

In May of 1981, #4449 journyed to Sacramento to participate in the opening of the California State Railroad Museum. As part of that, it was used in "performances" outside of the Museum with a musi... (more)

SP4449 pulls up on the turntable after returning from the Union Station's Nation Train Day event.

National Train Day 2010 at Portland, Oregon
Beautiful sunny skies greeted rail enthusiasts of all ages as they came to Portland's Union Station to see a variety of equipment and organiza... (more)

Some local residents look on curiously from across the yard as SP4449 pulls up to the switch to head to the roundhouse.

Unusual visitors to Los Angeles Union Station on May 13, 1981 ... Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 simmers on the track adjacent to SD40E 7364 and its display of new freight car technology - a 3-unit c... (more)

Along California's coast, the skies can remain overcast all day (despite what the state's tourism board says). The gloom is more than made up for by Southern Pacific 4449's heavy black smoke as i... (more)

At last light, Southern Pacific "Daylight" GS-4 4-8-4 4449 and her train speed through California's verdent Central Valley as the train approaches Fresno, where it will lay-over for the night befo... (more)

I believe this is a Northern California Railroad Club special from San Francisco to Monterey stopping to pickup passengers at the classic mission revival Burlingame station. Two months later 4460... (more)

A northbound freight passes by the slumbering steamer.

Predawn light begins to brighten the sky over the Daylight steamer.

A very spectacular sight, 4449 steams upgrade over the Flathead's middle fork on a beautiful summer day.