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Portage Daily Register video: SP 4449 steam locomotive passes through Columbia County

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Uploaded by on Aug 3, 2009

The SP 4449 steam locomotive takes Amtrak's Empire Builder route through Columbia County on Aug. 3, 2009. At first scheduled to stop in Portage for servicing, it instead continued to Wisconsin Dells.

The SP 4449 was built as a GS-4 "Northern" locomotive with a 4-8-4 wheel configuration. It pulled Southern Pacific "Daylight" coaches over California's Coast Route until the mid-1950s. It is maintained today by Friends of SP 4449.

For more information about the trip, visit www.portagedailyregister.com.

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  • I was in the Dells when the Daylight came to town. Got lucky they moved the service stop there

  • You should have came to Bowman Rd. in the Dells with me, I was the only one there!

    Alex

  • You should have came to Bowman Rd. in the Dells with me, I was the only one there!

    Alex

  • Nice, cool to hear what people have to say. That last-minute stop change cost a whole bunch of railfans (myself included) a chance at a second shot.

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