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Pictures of SP 4449
Owner:
Southern Pacific
Model:
Lima 4-8-4
Built As:
SP 4449 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:
7817
Order No:
1152
Frame Number:
25½X32 cylinders, 80" drivers
Built:
5/1941
Notes:
GS-4, donated for display at Portland 04/1958, to AFT in 1974
Other locos with this serial:
SP 4449(4-8-4)
AFT 4449(4-8-4)
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Title:
AFT 4449
Description:
When the
AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN
was on its way from Jackson, Mississippi to Baton Rouge via the Illinois Central Gulf, it made a brief stop in Hammond, Louisiana to pick up media personnel for the last 45 miles of the trip. Here, the train had just pulled onto the line from Hammond to Baton Rouge and stopped so that folks could get an up-close look at 4-8-4 4449; and then it would make a second stop so that the guests could board the last car. Notice Uncle Sam bending down on the left of the loco.
Photo Date:
4/27/1976
Upload Date:
4/1/2020 5:44:41 PM
Location:
Hammond, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
AFT 4449(4-8-4)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
987
Comments:
0
Title:
AFT 4449
Description:
After the
AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN
ran from Jackson, Mississippi to Baton Rouge over the Illinois Central Gulf, it pulled into the ICG’s
NORTH BATON ROUGE YARD
. In this view, the 4449 (and its tool car) had run around the train and was about to couple on to the last car so it could pull the train backwards to its display site. The Louisiana state capital building is the tall building on the left.
Photo Date:
4/27/1976
Upload Date:
3/31/2020 12:13:24 PM
Location:
Baton Rouge, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
AFT 4449(4-8-4)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
489
Comments:
0
Title:
AFT 4449
Description:
After the
AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN
ran from Jackson, Mississippi to Baton Rouge over the Illinois Central Gulf, it pulled into the ICG’s
NORTH BATON ROUGE YARD
. There, the 4449 (and its tool car) ran around the train and coupled on to the last car so it could pull the train backwards to its display site at Louisiana State University.
Photo Date:
4/27/1976
Upload Date:
4/1/2020 5:50:44 PM
Location:
Baton Rouge, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
AFT 4449(4-8-4)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
666
Comments:
0
Title:
AFT 4449
Description:
Shortly after the
AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN
pulled into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, an NOUPT SW8 was switching 4-8-4 4449 and six of the train's cars.
Photo Date:
5/2/1976
Upload Date:
6/20/2017 6:18:41 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:
Station,Steam
Locomotives:
AFT 4449(4-8-4)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
643
Comments:
0
Title:
TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION
Description:
Amtrak’s first and only
TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION
, featuring former
AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN
and originally Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449, had just arrived in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind Illinois Central GP9 9016 and GP10 8277. The 4449 had developed a boiler problem earlier in the day after running through a crossover at high speed in Hazlehurst, Mississippi; and the IC geeps rescued the train after the 4449 finally failed 20 miles from NOUPT.
Photo Date:
4/14/1977
Upload Date:
7/18/2020 10:11:58 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
IC 9018(GP9)
AFT 4449(4-8-4)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
608
Comments:
0
Title:
Eastbound Daylight
Description:
The eastbound WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT sits on the Espee at the Lafayette depot. The engine is being serviced for the final leg of its trip from Portland to New Orleans, and displays the train number once used by the ARGONAUT. The building on the left was the headquarters of the Lafayette Division, but not for long!
Photo Date:
6/2/1984
Upload Date:
2/21/2010 12:49:08 PM
Location:
Lafayette, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
1149
Comments:
1
Title:
SP 4449
Description:
The
1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION
took place along the Mississippi River in New Orleans between 12 May and 11 November. During the fair, the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the NRHS sponsored an excursion from Portland to New Orleans and back using former SP GS-4 class 4-8-4 4449. The
WORLD’S FAIR DAYLIGHT
arrived at the fair on Saturday 2 June, and then most of the train was moved to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal; but the 4449, water car PNWC 4219 and combine PNWC 3300
MILN D. GILLESPIE
were parked on the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad at the fair, as shown here, until Friday 8 June.In this view, monorail train No. 3 had just passed over the locomotive. The fair monorail system had been built by Universal Mobility Inc. of Salt Lake City and was auctioned off at the fair’s bankruptcy sale in 1985… along with just about everything else. The bridge in the background was opened in April 1958, while the uncompleted bridge in the foreground wasn’t opened until September 1988. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
6/3/1984
Upload Date:
8/30/2020 7:23:08 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
JOHN KIRKPATRICK photo
Categories:
Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
699
Comments:
0
Title:
Daylight and Green Diamond
Description:
We're standing along the parallel Illinois Central Gulf and New Orleans Public Belt tracks near Jefferson Avenue, where the two main lines of each railroad cross. ICG GP10 8114, SD20 2024 and GP40 3031 are heading away from us, going to Mays Yard after delivering intermodal train No. 55 to the railroad's IMX (InterModal eXchange) at Nashville Ave. and the Mississippi River. Espee 4449 is sitting on the New Orleans Public Belt westbound main track, after having spent a week on display at the 1984 Louisiana World's Fair. Earlier this morning an NOPB switch engine had moved it from the fair site to here, and it is waiting for an ICG switch engine to accompany it to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The Daylight and its matched set of cars left for home in Portland, Oregon the next morning. Daylight engineer Doyle McCormack has placed the number "5" in the locomotive's train numbers boxes. Number 5 was the westbound ARGONAUT, the secondary train between New Orleans and Los Angeles.
Photo Date:
6/8/1984
Upload Date:
6/11/2009 2:58:03 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
IC 3031(GP40)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
1619
Comments:
0
Title:
Crescent and Daylight
Description:
For many years its was Amtrak's practice to add cars to the northbound CRESCENT and removed them from the southbound train at Atlanta, resulting in a much smaller consist at New Orleans. This was a continuation of the Southern Railway's procedure with the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. During the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, Amtrak ran almost all of the train -- except for the extra mail cars -- all the way into New Orleans to accomodate fair goers. While attendence at the Fair fell well below the projected estimate, and train ridership never met expextations; during this time the CRESCENT was a very impressive train!It's 6:45 P.M. at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and the early evening sun was reflecting off of the nose of F40 260 as it and the 262 had just backed in on track 5 with a 17-car train. The train's consist was baggage car 1172 SILVER TREASURE, baggage-dormitory car 1624, coaches 4733, 4737, 4637, 4711, 4639, and 4018, Amfleet lounge 28020, diner 8519, 10-6 sleepers 2436 PACIFIC CREST, 2438 PACIFIC CASTLE and un-named 2903, un-named 11-double-bedroom car 2233, lounge 3109, and coaches 4716 and 4702.Across the platform on track 6 is the WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT, which would depart for Oregon the next morning. The DAYLIGHT had GS-4 4-8-4 4449, water car PNWC 4219, combine PNWC 3300 MILN D. GILLESPIE, sleeper-lounge PNWC 600 MT. HOOD, coaches SW 542 SONOMA, SW 544 MENDOCINO, SW 546 HUMBOLDT, SW 507 SHASTA, SW 511 STANISLAUS, PAR 2397, SW 500 SAN JOAQUIN, SW 518 TUOLUMNE, and GW 598 RED RIVER, diner SW 156 LAKE PEPIN and observation-lounge GS 1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN. (GW was Great Western Tours, GS was Grant Supply, PAR was Pacific Railroad Society, PNWC was Pacific Northwest Chapter-NRHS, and SW was Sierra Western.)The DAYLIGHT had arrived in New Orleans the previous Saturday, and SP 4449 had spent the week parked outside the Fair site. UP 4-8-4 8444 was on display inside the Fair, so for a week there were two big Northern's at the Fair. That's the photographer's Volkswagen RABBIT on the left.
Photo Date:
6/8/1984
Upload Date:
2/4/2010 11:24:19 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 260(F40PHR)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
3117
Comments:
2
Title:
SP 4449
Description:
SP 4-8-4 4449 was on the WORLDS FAIR DAYLIGHT in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Earlier in the day, the locomotive had been moved from the fair site to NOUPT via the NOPB and ICG; and tomorrow morning the train will begin its trip back to Portland.
Photo Date:
6/8/1984
Upload Date:
3/4/2010 9:46:51 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Locomotives:
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
950
Comments:
0
Title:
SP 4449
Description:
After spending a week at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, ex-SP 4-8-4 4449 was being moved from the fair site to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Here is the little train on the ICG near Walnut Street, with the Mississippi River levee right on the other side of the tracks. The train consisted on ICG SW14 1459, combine PNWC 3300 MILN D. GILLESPIE, 4-8-4 4449, and ICG cabooses 199526 and 199041.
Photo Date:
6/8/1984
Upload Date:
3/4/2010 9:46:28 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Locomotives:
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
1618
Comments:
0
Title:
SP 4449
Description:
After spending a week at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, ex-SP 4-8-4 4449 was being moved from the fair site to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Here is the little train along at the Walnut Street grade crossing, with the Mississippi River levee right on the other side of the tracks. The train consisted on ICG SW14 1459, combine PNWC 3300 MILN D. GILLESPIE, 4-8-4 4449, and ICG cabooses 199526 and 199041.
Photo Date:
6/8/1984
Upload Date:
3/4/2010 9:46:07 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Locomotives:
ICG 1459(SW14)
SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:
1403
Comments:
0
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