Just after departing Portland the 4449 crosses the Willamette river as it heads for Wishram, WA. Soon the 4449 will be stretching her legs as she glides along the Fallbridge Sub at speeds of 60 mp... (more)

SP 4449 leaves the elevators of Lakota, ND, behind as it charges eastward across the northern plains in July 2009.

Three generations of railfans stand trackside to get a closer look at 4449 as it makes its way westward through Michigan after attending Train Festival 2009 in Owosso.

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.

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.

With the clouds building all afternoon, a sunny shot of this old girl through Minnesota seemed harder and harder. A last minute location change and a 100 yard dash, and the results were well wort... (more)

Perfect last shot of the day! 4449 rolls under the signal bridge at Hoffman Avenue in full sun.

SP 4449, heads south, at the junction for the Middleton Branch, in downtown Ashley as it heads back to Owosso, on its last all day trip, into northern Michigan.

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.

 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)

Rolling around the Grand Ave curve, the SP x4449 is about to take the "Home signal" as it departs Milwaukee for St. Paul, MN

SP 4449 rolls through an S curve near Burns Harbor on the NS Chicago Line.

SP 4449 passes under an old Grand Trunk Western coaling tower at Lansing headed west for Battle Creek and points west like CP 502 on NS.