Justin Tracy (that's him wearing PINK) fires 4449 into Minneapolis Junction, and the end of the landmark trip to Michigan. 4449 will call "The Junction" home for the next three months.
4449 steams through a classic photo location in St. Paul
4449 is doing some FAST running along the CPR's River Sub heading towards St. Paul.
SP 4449 blast out of the west portal at Tunnel City, Wisconsin on the inbound trip to Minneapolis. Famously, in 1975 when the American Freedom Train came through here the engine was working hard,... (more)
A BIG thanks goes out to the Indiana Harbor Belt Railway for letting the SP 4449 to run on their rails on extremely short notice. After cutting away from its passenger train at CP 502, the SP 4449... (more)
A BIG thanks goes out to the Norfolk Southern Railroad for letting the SP 4449 run the 20 miles on their main line from Porter, IN to the IHB connection at East Chcago, IN. Here it is seen stopped... (more)
The SP "Daylight" thunders through the north end of Carland, MI, and over a small wooden truss bridge. The locomotive stands out nicely against the dark and dreary sky.
DOUBLE TAKE?!? Jens, Montana? Nope, actually, we are in Ithaca, MI. SP #4449 rounds the bend and passes not the second, but rather, the most photographed barn in Michigan. ... (more)
SP #4449 often coined "the Most Beautiful Engine in the World" seen here in a Railroad: Southern Pacific RailroadLocomotive: Steam 4-8-4Location: Bannister, Michigan, USALocomotive #: SP 4449Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July 24, 2009
Spending the night in quiet solitude, the 4449 rests in between trips in the former Milwaukee Road Coach Yard in Chicago.
Under threatening skies SP 4449 returns to Owosso with the last of it's all day excursions during Train Festival 2009.
Rolling around the Grand Ave curve, the SP x4449 is about to take the "Home signal" as it departs Milwaukee for St. Paul, MN
Parked inside the 261 shops in Minneapolis with about an inch clearance on either side.