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Southern Pacific 4443 was a class "GS-4" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive that was built by the Lima Locomotive Works in April 1941 for the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.[1]
History[edit]
Southern Pacific 4443 was manufactured in April 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works and it arrived on the Southern Pacific Transportation Company that same month and year in 1941.[1]
The locomotive was used for passenger service for the Southern Pacific Transportation Company for much of its career such as the Coast Daylight.[2]
In 1957, No. 4443 had pulled the Southern Pacific's "Fresno Flyer" excursion train along with Southern Pacific class P-8 No. 2475.[3][4] After pulling the Southern Pacific's "Fresno Flyer" excursion train along with Southern Pacific class P-8 No. 2475, No. 4443 was retired from active service on the Southern Pacific Transportation Company that same year and it was scrapped in 1958.[3][4]
In films[edit]
- Southern Pacific GS-4 No. 4443 had made an appearance in the opening credits of the 1957 Frank Sinatra film Pal Joey.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Best (1941), p. 97
- ^ Diebert & Strapac 1987, pp. 237–238.
- ^ a b Southern Pacific "Fresno Flyer" Excursion / Southern Pacific "Louis Chess Special" Retirement, 1957, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ a b Signor, John R. (2008). SP Trainline. Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society. p. 14.
- ^ filmrailfan (2021-12-01). "Pal Joey 1957". More Obscure Train Movies. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Church, Robert J. (1966). Those Daylight 4-8-4's: The Story of Southern Pacific GS class Locomotives. Kratville Publications.
- Armitage, Al (1995). Mainline Modeler January 1995. Hundman Publishing.
- Dunscomb, Guy L. (1963). A Century of SP Steam Locomotives (1st ed.).
- Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Compendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
- Best, Gerald M. (1941). Locomotives of the Southern Pacific Company. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society.
- Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History. Caxton Printers. p. 276. ISBN 9780870043857.
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