Nostalgia & History > SP 4449 at Grass Lake

Southern Pacific's GS-4 heads for Railfair '81 at Grass Lake and Andersite, CA http://www.trainorders.com//avshare/thumbnails//2002-medium.jpg

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travelling back in time now have we...

Ahh yes. That's when 4449 had that nice six chime whistle. Great!

WAs the SDP45 there to provide steam heat or tractive effort or both?

I would say the diesel was for traction and dynamic braking since it was pulled off once the train reached the valley.

Thanks for posting that. It had one of finest steam whistle sequences I've heard and seen in a
very long time. What an extraordinary sound. I think if in person you'd have to shave your
neck afterwards because the hair would have all gone kinky.

I even played it for one older teenage daughter prefacing it by having her imagine an important
passenger train passing through her town everyday at 4:30PM and then hearing the whistle and looking at your watch.

I enjoyed seeing her reaction which was one of both intrigue and amazement.

Many years ago we rode the then Tarantula in Fort Worth and they had a 6-chime whistle
installed that day. What a treat. Asking afterwards they said they had a collection they
periodically swapped out. It was our lucky day.

Thanks again .

Wow, can you believe that was twenty-six years ago??? And I remember my amazement that it was happening at all.

At the time I thought she was carrying a five-chime, given the Nathan six-chime I was used to hearing at the time.

Boy, she is working hard there, sanders clearly wide open.

Thanks for sharing this!!