Re: Railroads 4449 has covered?
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 07-30-2009 - 21:40
Jon A. Wrote:
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> Watching this historic trip for the SP 4449 it
> made me start thinking about all the different
> mainline class 1 railroads that the 4449 has
> traveled over at some point weather a short
> distance or long distance. Has the 4449 ran on
> every major class 1's mainline at some point
> during this journey? Im just thinking of all the
> major railroads it traveled on weather a short or
> long distance from Portland to Owosso and seems to
> have covered them all but not sure about the CSX?
> The major names I know of have been:
>
> Union Pacific
> BNSF Railway
> Norfolk Southern
> Canadian National
> Canadian Pacific
> Amtrak
>
> Has she steamed over any short portion of CSX
> also?? That would make her the only mainline
> steam locomotive in todays Railroad environment
> that has hit up all the Class 1 Railroads!!! And
> incredibly as these days go in a short months time
> also!!
I don't believe AMTRAK owns any rail outside of the NEC. I also don't think it ran on any UP track on this trip either.
C.