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2/5/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern Pacific
Model:Lima 4-8-4Built As:SP 4449 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:7817Order No:1152
Frame Number:25½X32 cylinders, 80" driversBuilt: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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SP 4449
Title:  SP 4449
Description:  American Freedom Trains 4449, a Southern Pacific GS4, is on display at Denver's Union Station. The 4449 having been taken from a static display at Portland, Ore., and restored, is on its way to Chicago to meet the Freedom train. The 4449 will replace the Reading T1 for the trains tour of the western states.
Photo Date:  6/28/1975  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 8:27:26 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  James W. Watson
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4) AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  2002   Comments: 0
UP 8444
Title:  UP 8444
Description:  For a few short hours a dream came true. Union Pacific's 8444 and the American Freedom Train's 4449 thrilled thousands of people across Nebraska. 8444 fresh from the Omaha shops and the 4449 having been repaired, worked together as a special train from Omaha to Cheyenne, as photographed near Brady, Neb.
Photo Date:  10/12/1975  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 7:34:24 PM
Location:  Brady, NE
Author:  James W. Watson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  1615   Comments: 0
SP 4449
Title:  SP 4449
Description:  A clear and beautiful San Francisco sky provides a fitting tribute to the departure of the American Freedom Train, lead by the Southern Pacific GS4 4449. After passing SP's Bayshore Yard, in the background, she will continue down the peninsula to San Jose.
Photo Date:  12/14/1975  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 7:24:45 PM
Location:  San Francisco, CA
Author:  Margaret Lewis
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  682   Comments: 3
SP 4449
Title:  SP 4449
Description:  American Freedom Train's 4449, at home on Southern Pacific rails, provides a display to delight all rail fans. With engineer Doyle McCormack at the throttle, 4449 is eastbound between Tracy and Lathrop, Calif. in the way to her next stop in Fresno.
Photo Date:  12/18/1975  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 8:39:29 PM
Location:  Tracy, CA
Author:  Dean Lewis
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4) AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  929   Comments: 0


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