Southern Pacific 4449, also known as the Daylight, is the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad 's GS-4 class of 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotives and one of only two streamlined GS class locomotives preserved, the other being GS-6 No. 4460 at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri.

BNSF 4449 leads a container train through the Fullerton Amtrak Station as it approaches a red signal. Numbers 1 and 2 share a snack while waiting for the "Warbonnet's" return. Hinsdale trip. This Eastbound BNSF stack train arriaves at Highlands. CSX Q275-13 with a pair of BNSF "Pumpkins" rolls by milepost 20 near Siepherdsville.

SP 4449 (in rare black freight paint scheme) and BNSF 4449 (as auxiliary power) head eastbound to Wenatchee, WA in an Employee's Special in July 2000. I'm assuming 4449 was painted black...

In the summer of 2000, BNSF chartered #4449 for their Employee's Special that ran throughout the Pacific Northwest. They didn't want the Daylight paint scheme for obvious reasons, so she was repainted in black . . still looked great in this unusual chapter in her history.

It was to celebrate the BNSF freight railroad and to commemorate the days of the 4449 and other GS locomotives assigned to freight, helper, or local passenger trains. This train excursion went through Seattle, Washington and then east into Montana before heading back to her home in Portland, Oregon.

090709101 SP 4449 on arrival at MILW 261 shop at BNSF Harrison Street for brief layover Description: Switching out some cars prior to AMTK taking train to Amtrak station

Jan 26, 2022 · There is a SP 4449 At Jointed Rail. Go to Freeware, Steam/Transition Era. It has 4 different paint schemes. As it's from JR I rather doubt it.

This Broadway Limited Class GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotive is based on the Southern Pacific GS-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives in service from 1941 to 1958. The SP owned a total of 28 GS-4 engines, numbered 4430 through 4457.

Revenue Years: 4449 was the last engine manufactured in Southern Pacific's first order of GS-4 (Golden State/General Service) locomotives. 4449 was placed into service on May 30, 1941, and spent its early career assigned to the Coast Daylight, SP's premier passenger train between San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, but it also pulled ...

4449 was the locomotive of choice to pull the AFT through the west and south. The locomotive's clean lines, large size, and pulling power (especially at speed) made it the perfect candidate for the AFT. While pulling the AFT its number boards on the smokebox read X4449.