Meet the locomotive that just wouldn't die.Hop aboard for a little history: The 4449 is a GS-4 (Golden State/General Service) class locomotive, which started its first roll on the rails in 1941. That ...

The Southern Pacific 4449 steam locomotive passes through the Vancouver Amtrak station at midday Monday. It will be in Vancouver and the Columbia River Gorge for a few days for a video shoot.

The appearance by the SP 4449 is a rare chance to see one of three city-owned steam locomotives, which are usually kept behind locked doors at the Brooklyn train yard in Southeast Portland.

Visually striking because of its bold black, red and orange color scheme, the SP 4449 will have a crew of two engineers, two firefighters and about six mechanics, Tomlonson speculated.

SP 4449, a restored steam locomotive built in 1941, pulls out of Grand Forks on Wednesday afternoon bound for Train Festival 2009 in Owosso, Michigan.

The SP 4449 is a streamlined steam locomotive built in 1941 and donated to the city in 1958, after which it was restored by volunteers. It has also been used as a American Freedom Train locomotive ...

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 ...