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, so there wasn’t any coal firing that ...

The 4449 is lovingly called the “Big Boy” by volunteers. In 1974, the Big Boy was taken out of retirement at Oaks Park and restored to pull the Bicentennial Freedom Train across the U.S.

A steam locomotive traveling from Oregon to Michigan churned into Grand Forks for a brief respite at the Amtrak depot Wednesday afternoon. "We stopped here just to grease things up, and then we'll ...

The Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 steam locomotive that stopped in Fargo on Wednesday was parked on the west edge of the North Dakota State University campus. A story on Page C1 of Wednesday ...

The Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 will make a stop in Fargo today and Thursday during its tour from Portland, Ore., to its final destination in Owosso, Mich., for Train Festival 2009.

The museum also cares for three historic steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland--SP 4449, famous for pulling the American Freedom Train in 1975-76; the SP&S 700 and the OR&N 197.

Fargo's rails will take a step back in the past this week when a steam locomotive rolls through town. The Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 will make a stop in Fargo today and Thursday during its ...

I always have a good camera with me because I never know what I will see riding the rails in Tehachapi. A few years back, by ...

A couple of historic steam locomotives will chug through Kelso this morning. Southern Pacific Engine No. 4449, built in 1941, and Union Pacific No. 844, dating to 1944, will roll down the track in ...