SP 4449 in Wisconsin and Illinois

Southern Pacific 4449, a restored Daylight 4-8-4 steam locomotive that pulled fast passenger trains between Los Angeles and San Francisco around the middle of the 20th century, was captured at four locations as part of a roundtrip from Portland, OR (her home) and Owosso, MI for a steam locomotive convention. A monopod was used at the first 3 locations, so there is a bit of "waviness" in those scenes.

[@ottomatic6432]

5:43 This is the best this whistle has sounded out of all the times I have heard it.

[@charlesbissey9901]

Listen from 2:44 to 3:00 with your eyes closed it’s awesome

[@jdind123]

Love the use of the SP's air horn!

[@tataplaza]

The whistle on 4449 always got my attention. But the air horn does seem to be louder. I guess that's why they used it on the coast during foggy conditions.

[@ghostface1832]

1:13 the horn is a beast❤️🚂🚂

[@ilovetrains3751]

its an airhorn

[@Mikemixolydian]

That was a great time. I saw myself in your August 3rd shots.

[@Xantec]

gorgeous!!!

[@Vzw-dj9rf]

The long telephoto shots of the engine are nice, but the photographer being right on the right of way - just feet from a 250 ton locomotive and 10 or more 80 ton cars - demonstrates how little an understanding of railroading and safety around machinery most people have.

[@crossovertrainfan8345]

1:00-1:14 whistle and horn

[@amtrakandcsxrailfanning351]

sp 4449 is my favorite train
great video of this excursion

[@maxm2317]

The 4449 does indeed look good with the 261's coaches. Impressive.

[@deloreanman14]

@DocXmas - I'm a volunteer with the 4449 and the air horn only comes out when Doyle gets really pissed. Were people doing something stupid out of frame?

[@clintgates7526]

Doyle used the air horn numerous times when it was en route from Portland to Sacramento in 1991

[@JimSub2]

Look up a couple of other videos, he almost put it in Emergancy for the idiots

[@mmjurczak]

In Naperville there was a woman taking photos on the tracks and then taking her time moving out of the way.

[@Drewster327]

If the 4449 uses the horn, you or someone close to you is too close or doing something Stupid!

[@vladimir2366fa]

hi, the movies is excellent, thanks ★★★★★

[@mariestick6636]

Beautiful

[@tchakamlarisa871]

4449 is soooo cool 😎

[@Metracab123]

Awesome Video What Kind Of Camera Is THis?

[@RetroWorkShop773]

uh, why is there an amtrac diesel pushing as well? Is the 4-8-4 not pulling under its own power?

[@shanemyoutubeshit]

Nathan Oakes the Amtrak supplies power to the passenger cars

[@coolertoychica2186]

And the Amtrak locomotive is also there for support just in case 4449 breaks down while on it's route

[@archives-spotbox]

It has it's own power with daylight coaches

[@archives-spotbox]

Amtrak Dash-8s Make the steam loco 3X-4X Faster, then it hits speed.

[@wevefriends]

Amtrak's are there to serve 3 purposes.
1. Power to the cars
2. Dynamic braking system to help the main locomotive
3. If the steamer fails, the Amtrak works as a backup locomotive to bring the passengers and cargo to the destination safely.

[@user-mf8bz7ml9n]

1:47

[@Metracab123]

What Kind Of Camera? Loved It When He blew the airhorn and everyone stepped back about 6 feet lol

[@shanemyoutubeshit]

Why was the horn used in the first clip? There weren’t people on the tracks

[@ArturoRailProductions]

probobly behind the camera

[@archives-spotbox]

They Tried to use that system for car on tracks then moved after the horn.

[@vivienvarga2798]

Ilove sp4449

[@user-mf8bz7ml9n]

2:43

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

1:14