SP 745 Steam Engine

SP745 Steam Engine
The planned visit to Shreveport by Southern Pacific steam engine 745 was a no-show...it broke down Saturday near the Oklahoma-Arkansas line and had to be put on a siding. The train of private cars containing passengers was pulled by a diesel into Shreveport Saturday night and on to New Orleans on Sunday....The silver lining is that SP 745 will someday have to come through Shreveport to get back to New Orleans...hopefully it will be steaming on its own power. I took this photo in 2005 when 745 was in Bossier City.