I got to see the Daylight up close at the Rail Fair in 1999 at Sacramento. It was awesome to see it in person. I got to meet Doyle McCormack and he couldn't have been a nicer guy. Still hope to ride an excursion route someday.
Ah the 90's. When diesel helpers were scarce and she hauled all her proper coaches... How many daylight coaches are here today? Have any been scrapped?
that would be another option however those coaches do not have the corrugated sides and were different in a few ways. they were the later diesel coaches. You could still use them though and they would look cool.
+Alexander Cox Well, this isn't all her proper ones. And even in the 90s I believe it required a lot of advanced arrangement to marshal this matched set together - IIRC there were a number of different owners they had to be wrangled up from. I don't think the mandatory helpers can be done away with by anything short of building dedicated passenger lines that might return her to revenue service, but you could see about raising money for Friends of 4449 to round up more surviving cars and bring them up to Amtrak requirements.
+Jacob Schiess In the collections of various private owners and museums. IIRC, even at the time of this video that was the case. If it's so upsetting, organize a fundraiser to enable Friends of 4449 to round up and repaint some more cars to match so that at least at home she can have a full Daylight-liveried train. When she ranges farther afield, she generally pulls trains made up from local railroad heritage collections (since it's cheaper to send her solo), who themselves tend not to have long matched strings of cars.
ZeldaTheSwordsman I understand, I just think it would be cool to see her with a few proper coaches behind her like she had in the 80's and 90's. No need for such a defensive answer.
@@LRF152 SP 2395 has been purchased by the Friends of SP 4449. It is being moved to Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland for restoration to operational condition!
@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos Answer 1: It's a former Shasta Daylight car that was also in the consist of the 1984 World's Fair Daylight. Answer 2: No I don't think anyone knows what class of locomotive it is. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+Mästare Kalk Yeah, well, they currently can't ditch the Amtrak P42 because they're made to use it on away trips. Partly for reasons of supplying electricity for the train on trips where the generator car gets left behind, partly because anymore the railroads want a backup engine in there just in case. As for the cars.. They just don't have spare funds to paint up a full set of streamlined cars in Daylight livery for 4449, although she does at least have some at her home facility that are liveried to match her. She also often borrows an observation car made for her back in her revenue days for excursions closer to home. And when 4449 travels far afield, it's generally just her and maybe her canteen tender. The trip in this video required a lot of advance arrangements to get a matching string all together.
It was a Northern Pacific Hancock Long Bell 3 Chime off of one of the NP's Challengers, *_I THINK._* I could be wrong about that, and I reserve the right to be.
Hmm. I think it was from their Retro series. Beach Party USA or something along those lines. It's been a while since I made that video. Good luck on your search.
This is the most beautiful locomotive that was ever built in my opinion. I just love it.
I agree 100%. Long live the Daylight!
Vaughn Davidson she’s up there, but nothing beats 611
@Blade O'Brian oh is that right
I guess everyone has their own favorite.
4449 is the best
I got to see the Daylight up close at the Rail Fair in 1999 at Sacramento. It was awesome to see it in person. I got to meet Doyle McCormack and he couldn't have been a nicer guy. Still hope to ride an excursion route someday.
One of the nicest and most recognizable steam locomotives I’ve ever seen!
So true.
1:54 Damn that shot at Cougar is fantastic!
4449 powers the San Jose Daylight Excursion on the return journey.
The nostalgia for this video is hitting me like the train itself
Haha!!
I love how the 4449 passed through Klamath Falls, Oregon! 🚂🚃😉🧡
Me too!
I was fortunate enough to be on this trip in 1992 at the age of 4. Wish I remembered more!
daylight is the best
this is my favorite train
The intro music is awesome!
majestic!!!!!
nice train
Nice! Me in Portland and San Jose Daylight! More is cool!
Awesome video Walt!
Ah the 90's. When diesel helpers were scarce and she hauled all her proper coaches... How many daylight coaches are here today? Have any been scrapped?
***** I May look into building a fleet of morning daylight cars for 4449 in the future...
that would be another option however those coaches do not have the corrugated sides and were different in a few ways. they were the later diesel coaches. You could still use them though and they would look cool.
+Alexander Cox Well, this isn't all her proper ones. And even in the 90s I believe it required a lot of advanced arrangement to marshal this matched set together - IIRC there were a number of different owners they had to be wrangled up from. I don't think the mandatory helpers can be done away with by anything short of building dedicated passenger lines that might return her to revenue service, but you could see about raising money for Friends of 4449 to round up more surviving cars and bring them up to Amtrak requirements.
This was actually filmed in 1991.
Nice old film
Hey, I was around during the bi-centenial , in fact I graduated High School in 1977
I first met 4449 when I was 4 years old, she was painted black in 2000 as BNSF Employee Apprilation Special.
When I was a kid, she was painted red, white and blue for the bicentennial.
@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos Nice one what year is it?
1976. I was five.
I Wonder what happened to her set of Daylight coaches, its quite upsetting to always see her pulling mix and match cars...
+Jacob Schiess In the collections of various private owners and museums. IIRC, even at the time of this video that was the case.
If it's so upsetting, organize a fundraiser to enable Friends of 4449 to round up and repaint some more cars to match so that at least at home she can have a full Daylight-liveried train.
When she ranges farther afield, she generally pulls trains made up from local railroad heritage collections (since it's cheaper to send her solo), who themselves tend not to have long matched strings of cars.
ZeldaTheSwordsman I understand, I just think it would be cool to see her with a few proper coaches behind her like she had in the 80's and 90's. No need for such a defensive answer.
@@LRF152 SP 2395 has been purchased by the Friends of SP 4449. It is being moved to Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland for restoration to operational condition!
Do you know what class of locomotive it is?
@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos Answer 1: It's a former Shasta Daylight car that was also in the consist of the 1984 World's Fair Daylight.
Answer 2: No I don't think anyone knows what class of locomotive it is. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Sp 4449 está soando o NP 3 chime whistle igual a voz da minha mamãe
Back when California was a relatively decent state to live in.
I like visiting.😅
What ever happened to her consist ? (The coaches) were they sold for scrap or was is a different reason ?
Probably not scrapped, since they were already historic. Divided up and sold would be my guess.
if the modern daylight pulled its cars cars it would be less annoying
and if they could also take away the Amtrak P42DC
it would be complete
+Mästare Kalk Yeah, well, they currently can't ditch the Amtrak P42 because they're made to use it on away trips. Partly for reasons of supplying electricity for the train on trips where the generator car gets left behind, partly because anymore the railroads want a backup engine in there just in case.
As for the cars.. They just don't have spare funds to paint up a full set of streamlined cars in Daylight livery for 4449, although she does at least have some at her home facility that are liveried to match her. She also often borrows an observation car made for her back in her revenue days for excursions closer to home. And when 4449 travels far afield, it's generally just her and maybe her canteen tender.
The trip in this video required a lot of advance arrangements to get a matching string all together.
okay lets see that give me until 2030 or lower, now i can't make a railroad
Sp 4449 nrhs 1992
What happened to her matching cars?
I'm not sure, honestly. Museum groups form and break up over the years, which may have been the case here.
What kind of whistle is that?
YourLocalRailfan The whistle on 4449 is a Hancock 3 Chime
it has an horn too
It was a Northern Pacific Hancock Long Bell 3 Chime off of one of the NP's Challengers, *_I THINK._* I could be wrong about that, and I reserve the right to be.
Thanks for letting us know 😊
@@justahillbilly7777 It was from SP&S Challenger #911
It's a long shot, but does anyone have any idea what kind of horn the GP40R had?
San José daylight 4449
Stan marsh as sp 4449
Who th is Stan Marsh?
I have no idea! But hey, thanks for watching!
What was the music at the beginning?
I use royalty-free (you only pay once) music 🎶 from Music2Hues.
@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos Can you tell me the name of the Music?
Hmm. I think it was from their Retro series. Beach Party USA or something along those lines. It's been a while since I made that video. Good luck on your search.
I haven’t seen the engine in real life.
I'm glad you got to see it on video. At least that.
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Hello.