Her story sounds not unlike that of Southern 4501, a steam locomotive that became the star of its own railroad's excursion program beginning in 1966. The program quickly became so popular, that 4501 and other locomotives had trouble handling the heavier trains that were needed to meet the growing demand.
Beautiful old-fashioned steam locomotive
Basically Southern Pacific number 4449 which is a GS4 class steam locomotive she was restore to pull the American Freedom Train for our bicentennial
Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson 2860
Her story sounds not unlike that of Southern 4501, a steam locomotive that became the star of its own railroad's excursion program beginning in 1966. The program quickly became so popular, that 4501 and other locomotives had trouble handling the heavier trains that were needed to meet the growing demand.
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