I saw the SP&S #700 and the SP #4449 rusting away in the park in Portland, Oregon in the late 1960s, and not in my wildest dreams did I think that they could ever run again. The 4294 is in much better shape than either one of those two engines, and would attract much more interest because it is the last cab-forward.

I've seen posts on other sites that claim SP Cab Forward 4294 is too far gone mechanically to reactivate and one post claimed someone from SP that looked it over many years ago said it was a plumbing nightmare.However on the museums site that houses the engine they said that during the cosmetic restoration it was given some years ago, they ...

SP 4294 to run again? Author: DocJones There is a rumor circulating around Southern California that Phil Anschutz, AEG owner and former owner of the Southern Pacific Co. has decided to fund the restoration of the Southern Pacific cab-forward 4294 to operating condition.

Apr 7, 2021 · "Cab Forward 4294 - Souhern Pacific Railroad's Sigature Locomotive" by Anderson, Cipolla, and O'Day, p. 20, lists the boiler water capacity as 10,935 gallons. However, when I take the weight of the locomotive with boiler filled with water, subtract the empty boiler weight (giving me the weight of the water) and divide by the accepted density of ...

Dave if you would sell all the property you have you would have enough to buy the 4294 and have it restored yourself. Come on Dave loosen that money belt. The heck with your retirement years just imagine a plaque on the side of 4294 "Thanks to Dave Maffei's generosity future generations can enjoy this fine locomotive".

Re: Will SP cab ahead 4294 ever roll again? Author: Ed_Gyptian The SP had talked about restoring it to operation in the 60's and starting a company steam program with the first trip being to Utah for the golden spike centenial, But management killed the dream.

Now that they\\'ve opened the cab of the massive SP 4294 at CSRM I\\'d thought I\\'d share these with you. The brass valve toward the lower part of the top two pictures is the horn or whistle valve. Originally there were two, one for the horn in front below the …

Feb 9, 2019 · Indeed, 4294 ultimately may have a better chance than 1903, given that such endeavors tend to be heavily dependent upon what I call "nostalgia and awe" based contributions. Many of us are old enough to ruminate nostalgic about watching those glorious cab forwards, and for those of us of more recent vintage, 4294 is one of those stop-and-be ...

Aug 27, 2017 · When it was time to put the 4294 on its display track, the tender and locomotive were separated and the tender was rolled onto the turntable and rotated to align with the display track. Once the tender was spotted, the 4294 was rolled onto the turntable and rotated to align with the display track and the 4294 was rolled back together with its ...

After removal from the park in front of the Sacramento station, the 4294 was moved to one of the tracks behind the SP Sacramento shop buildings. I was given permission by SP officials to go back there and photograph it. Also got shots inside the cab too. Kind of …