Steam vs Diesel. Southern Pacific 4449 steams passed a departing BNSF freight.

SP 4449 starts its long journey back home as it pulls out of the Durand yard.

The SDP45 had been cut off at Gerber and #4449 was continuing South to Sacramento somewhere South of Los Molinos on SP's East Valley Line. April 26, 1981

Why We Made The Trip. With admirers packed into Woodland Park, Espee 4449 demonstrates why so many people made the trek to central Michigan. From across the track, a Gratiot County sherif... (more)

On the way to Railfair 1981 at Sacramento and the dedication of the California State Railroad Museum. SP SDP45 #3208 is cut in behind 4449's tender as they climb thru Bray.

Southern Pacific's famed "Coast Daylight" (known as the "most beautiful train in the world"), train 99, ascends the grade at Chatsworth as it heads from the San Fernando Valley northward (railroad... (more)

SP 4449 is on one of the all day excursions at Train Festival 2009.

Service stop en route to Minneapolis.

My first SP 4449 experience was short, but memorable. The legendary GS4 rolls through dual searchlights, only a couple miles from it's final destination after a cross country adventure from Michig... (more)

SP 4449 easily makes track speed heading north from LaCrescent, MN, pinch hitting for Milwaukee Road 261 on the annual fall excursion from Minneapolis to LaCrescent and return.

Meet at the Edge of the Sky SP 4449, AMTK 23 and the passenger special meet a MOW train unloading concrete ties along the BNSF Lakeside Subdivision between Lind and Hatton.

4449 steams through the BNSF Dayton's Bluff Yard.

Couldn't be Happier A member of the 4449 crew flashes a big grin at the photographer watching 4449 pulling the grade eastbound through Providence Coulee in eastern Washington. Note the r... (more)

SP 4449 crosses the bridge over the outflow of Rock Cove at Stevenson. Skamania Lodge can be seen in the background.

Southern Pacific steam locomotive no. 4449 arriving at Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon, with the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation's Holiday Express train on December 12, 2009. The 4449 operated on De... (more)