SP 4449 is the big draw here. The 1941 engine pulled SP Daylight coaches until 1955, led the 1976 American Freedom Train, and embarked on the longest steam excursion ever in the U.S., to the 1984 ...

In 1938, the now-defunct Daylight train cruised down to Los Angeles in less than 10. For the foreseeable future, California’s train riders are stuck with the lumbering connection.