An old Grand trunk work crane watches over the nights events. As SP 4449 who is the real star of the evening gets all the attention this beautiful night.

A solitary fan watches the Daylight make a run-by at Trainfest. Yes, there were about 600 more behind him.

Two small children are fascinated by the sight of working steam.

The bright early morning sun greeted the 4449 while it rested in Michigan City waiting for the rest of the passenger train to catch up.

Even the 30,000 people at Trainfest could not take away the individual, almost solitary experience one gets from standing at a vestibule and watching the passing landscape. With the wind in one’... (more)

Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 rolls past an abandoned grain elevator complex just north of downtown Ashley, Michigan with the first of four full-day excursions from Owosso to Alma and return during ... (more)

Most of the town of Owosso has gone back to normal after last weekends train festival. SP 4449 sits just off the turntable. This engine will head back for Chicago in two days, 765 sits next to the... (more)

As SP 4449 stops for a few minutes for crews to check on a sticking brake shoe, two ponys graze in a nearby field completely oblivious to the massive machine.

After a long day of pulling passengers through California, Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 4449 rests on the turntable while the night hostler checks on a nearby unknown engine.

This was the scene that greeted every engine that left the SRI grounds with an excursion (SP 4449, NKP 765, LRR 110) during TrainFestival 2009. Every day, every crossing, from 4-lane highways to d... (more)

The Coast Daylight flies past a Chevy truck on its way to San Francisco from Los Angeles. In reality, SP 4449 is backing past what is now considered a classic car on its way back to the dis... (more)

SP 4449 puts on a nice show as it departs Alma for its southbound return trip to Owosso during Trainfest 2009.

Daylight derailed. Two crew members get in position to keep an eye on 4449's lead axle, which picked a switch and derailed as she was on her way to Saturday's night photo session. Wi... (more)

While moving the SP 4449 to the night photo session the lead axle picked a switch causing a minor derailment. Crews hustle to get the locomotive re-railed as quickly as possible which took about 2... (more)

Sometimes the best shots just happen. A tractor gets stopped by the 4449 at the Henderson Road crossing. A thanks goes to the tractor driver who stopped in the perfect spot and the other photograp... (more)