With the town of Maupin on the bluff, SP 4449 ducks under Hwy 92 as it rolls along the Deschutes River, homeward bound to Portland from Bend Oregon.
Coming into the nice town of Maupin, SP 4449 approaches for a unplanned station stop on its return trip to Portland from Bend Oregon.
Spanning the 1,050-foot long Willow Creek Bridge, the 2017 Cascades Daylight hustles north toward the Deschutes River Canyon.
The engineer of SP 4449 gives a few short tugs on the whistle to the delight of the boaters, who have turned their small-sraft to follow the 1941-built steam locomotive, below as the 2017 Cascades... (more)
With it's journey through the Columbia River Gorge and Deschutes River Canyon complete, SP 4449 catches the last rays of light as it eases the 2017 Cascades Daylight into Bend following a spectacu... (more)
Exiting the iconic, rock tunnel between the "Twin Bridges," SP 4449 gets some smoke on the stack as it works upgrade in the Deschutes River Canyon on the point of the Friends of the SP 4... (more)
Following a 1 1/2 hour delay at Maupin due to a medical emergency onboard, SP 4449 is back on the move and seen continuing its journey through Deschutes River Canyon as it leads the 2017 Cascades ... (more)
Laying down some smoke, SP 4449 takes its train to the wye at Redmond, Or to be turned.
SP 4449 north running as Amtrak 955 near Madras, OR 6/25/17
SP 4449 North running as Amtrak 955 at Redmond, OR 6/25/17
SP 4449 south running as Amtrak 925 near Maupin, OR 6/24/17