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.

Come see the SP 4449 at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center located at 2250 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR. For those taking transit, the MAX orange line passes right by the front gate. See MAX and Streetcar websites for more information. Check the ORHF website for current hours.

Southern Pacific #4449 is a 4-8-4 classified as its Golden States or GS Class. Today, the locomotive is restored and wears the railroad's Daylight livery.

The epitome of American streamliner steam locomotives, Southern Pacific Daylight Number 4449 hauled a colorful mix of passenger cars from Portland to Bend, O...

In 1984, 4449 pulled an all Daylight-painted train from Portland to New Orleans, Louisiana and back, to publicize the World's Fair. The 7,477-mile (12,033 km) round trip was the longest steam train excursion in US history.

2024年4月3日 · Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 "Daylight" leads an excursion from Portland, OR through the Columbia River Gorge and along the Deschutes River to Bend, OR in June 2017, in what is currently the...

Nicknamed 'Daylight' in honor of the route she ran, Southern Pacific #4449 is a oil burning steam locomotive with a 4-8-4 (Northern) wheel arrangement.

Built in 1941 by Pullman for Southern Pacific's signature Coast Daylight train (the same one SP 4449 was built for), this car later shed its Daylight colors and operated as a stainless-steel car. Once lettered "James J. Gilmore", it was donated to …

This new Daylight service represented a major advance in passenger train service, style, comfort and speed. Remarkably, plans for this new passenger service started in 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression.

2024年9月12日 · Southern Pacific Class GS-4 #4449 stars in this 1989 video presentation. The famous red, orange, and black 4-8-4 makes a run to Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal celebration. First we see the engine in Portland at the roundhouse and turning on the turntable prior to the run.