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SP4449: the locomotive that just wouldn't die

Posted: 20 Jul 2019, 14:31
by John Ashworth
https://www.popularmechanics.com/techno ... ass-train/
You can’t keep a good locomotive down—especially when it has the momentum of history behind it. No matter how many times they’ve been repainted for how many purposes, retired and then rehired, vandalized or oxidized, some trains just won’t die. The Southern Pacific 4449 is one such locomotive...