That 1941 birthdate clues you in. The SP 4449 is a steam locomotive, with enough push from its 300 psi boiler to run at a brisk 100 mph. But Southern Pacific was an all-oil-burning railroad ...

Vancouver’s BNSF railyard has a venerable visitor for the next few days: a working steam locomotive. The Southern Pacific 4449 arrived at midday Monday for a few days of video production work ...

For the past four decades, former Norfolk & Western and Southern Pacific locomotive engineer Doyle ... power” locomotive technology. “Steam didn’t develop much after that,” says McCormack, still ...

Train buffs lined the tracks Sunday in Kalamazoo as the Southern Pacific 4449 steam locomotive passed through town. The locomotive made an unscheduled stop for about 5 minutes at the train station ...

a catch-it-while-you-can event will take place in Southwest Michigan on Sunday morning.The Southern Pacific 4449 steam locomotive will pass through the area on Amtrak's rail lines. The only ...

The historic Southern Pacific steam locomotive that pulled the Freedom Train stopped in San Luis Obispo on April 26, 1977. Thom Halls The former #4449 Southern Pacific Daylight locomotive was one ...

That’s probably because of Tracy’s experience working on the Southern Pacific 4449, an even bigger steam locomotive that weighs almost a million pounds. The 4449 is lovingly called the “Big ...