Southern Pacific No. 4449 returns to Seattle Wa. from Vancouver, Canada. After passing through the tunnel under Downtown Seattle, the 4449 and consist passes under Main street as it arrives King S... (more)

The calm before the highball. Observation NRMX 2955 awaits departure to Wishram, Washington on the rear of an excursion pulled by SP 4449.

Oregon Rail Heritage's Daylight Excursion to Bend, OR (operating as Amtrak train 925) passes between two of the short tunnels along Route 14 in the Columbia Gorge, a couple hours off schedule afte... (more)

SP 4449 south running as Amtrak 925 near Maupin, OR 6/24/17

A very late running excursion from Portland Oregon to Bend Oregon and return, with Southern Pacific No. 4449 leading, crosses the Crooked River Bridge in the evening. 100 degree temps, heat relate... (more)

SP's Worlds Fair Daylight hustles through curves along San Pablo Bay with 4449 on the point.

If I could go back in time and ride a train, the Shasta Daylight would be my choice. The closest I will ever come was the first summer Saturday evening of 1984, when the Louisiana World's Fair Day... (more)

On the next to last day of its trip, the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight prepares for departure from Sacramento. Because of mechanical problems, the train would not reach Klamath Falls, Oregon for... (more)

Steaming to the First Sacramento Rail Fair. A Roger Puta Photograph

This was a two day northbound ferry run on the Southern Railway to get the 444 back with the American Freedom Train in the DC area. On the morning of day two, the train is seen shortly after depar... (more)

Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 is really flying through the agricultural country just south of Fresno. The WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT had spent the night in Fresno and resumed the trip with #1-52 displayed... (more)

Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 and the WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT pass through Oakland. The auxiliary water tender had been dropped shortly after leaving San Francisco because of a bearing problem. The inc... (more)

Amercian Freedom Train with SP 4449 and three Cotton Belt SD40-2T tunnel motors climb the Techachapi grade at Cliff, Calif. on an overcast Dec. 22, 1975 en route to display at Long Beach.

Wearing number 52 in the train indicators - the number of the eastbound San Joaquin Daylight, which used to ply these rails - Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449's exhaust is barking as it climbs t... (more)