Wednesday, April 3, 2024

SP 4449 in Sparks

 
On November 24, 1975, SP 4449 in Freedom Train colors is laying over for the night in Sparks, Nevada. The American Freedom Train was in Reno/Sparks, Nevada, November 24-26, 1975. This was the train's 45th display city. It was displayed next to the Nugget Casino, 14th and Nugget Ave. From there it went to Sacramento.
SP 4449 is a Lima 4-8-4, former SP Class GS-4. Reportedly: it was built in May 1941 by Lima as a model GS-4, builders number 7817, SP 4449, SP Class GS4. In September 1956 the locomotive was pulled from Storage by SP and donated to the City of Portland.
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Kodachrome Slide 2.5-1300, Scan 2014.11.22.1.23-ph
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