Three Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead an eastbound 62-car intermodal train into Caliente, California. Just ahead they will begin the laborious climb to Tehachapi.

A Union Pacific manifest freight train rolls downgrade out of Plain siding at Plainview, Colorado, on September 25, 1997. It may be a UP train, but there isn’t an Armour yellow locomotive to be ... (more)

Star of the Old SP. Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449 shows off the stars on her drivers while sitting on display in the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train works through the 10,430-foot siding at Belden while climbing the steep west slope of Colorado’s Tennessee Pass out of Minturn on September 8, 1992. SP E... (more)

After a major pre-winter snowstorm hit Colorado’s front range, it dawned clear on October 26, 1997. At the east switch of Rocky siding, an eastbound Union Pacific coal trainis led by Southern Pa... (more)

Jointed, wet rails lay ahead for the 778,730 pound SP 4449 as the cylinder cocks close and the iconic, 80-year-old engine gets another edition of the Holiday Express underway on the 1.5% grade out... (more)

SP 4449 has another run of the Holiday Express well in hand as engineer Pat Tracy slowly brings the six-car train to a stop before changing directions. In the foreground, a pile of leafs has begun... (more)

With the temperature hovering just above 40 degrees this morning, a dramatic display of steam power unfolds as SP 4449 departs the Oregon Rail Heritage Center for a run south down the Oregon Pacif... (more)

As SP 4449 simmers in the cold, December air, a light rail vehicle passes by overhead. I wonder if anyone aboard noticed the 80-year-old steam locomotive below them.

It's still dark this morning in Portland as crew members from the Friends of the 4449 work to complete the final preparations before taking the 80-year-old product of Lima south to Oaks Park to op... (more)

The most beautiful train in the world... the Daylight.

A stark contrast from the coast line of Southern California where it once lead the famous Daylight passenger train, SP 4449 finds itself on the point of this afternoon's Holiday Express on ... (more)

With the change in direction beneath the Ross Island bridge complete just a few minutes ago, SP 4449 leads the Holiday Express back toward Oaks Park with another sold out train of happy families e... (more)

The beautiful, rear-end observation car DLMX 2955 is seen on the point of the shove of this edition of the Holiday Express as SP 4449 shoves the train along the Willamette River and a string of st... (more)

SP 4449, a 1941-built product of the Lima Locomotive Works, is still able to bring Portland to a stand still as the 80-year locomotive puts on a show of steam power as it departs the Oregon Rail H... (more)