SP Steam 4-8-4

Southern Pacific Railroad - Steam 4-8-4 - Dayton's Bluff, Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 18, 2009 - As if on cue, the SP 4449 smokes it up for the onlookers above.

Southern Pacific Railroad - Steam 4-8-4 - Dayton's Bluff, Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 18, 2009 - The character of the steam engine from above.

Southern Pacific Railroad - Steam 4-8-4 - Oil Valley School Road trestle, Wacker, Illinois, July 18, 2009 - On the approach to Chadwick, IL., the SP4449 completes it's climb out of the Mississippi River valley and will soon encounter the hill 'n dale of the west end of the C&I.

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