SP 4449 American Freedom Train (AFT)
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- Beautifully restored Southern Pacific Daylight steam locomotive #4449, dressed in streamlined American Freedom Train colors, pulls a short excursion train along the newly opened Springwater Trail in Portland, Oregon in June 2003.
See more vintage American Freedom Train action here: • SP 4449 Daylight - Ame...
This incredible 4-8-4 Northern locomotive also pulls the annual Holiday Express train along this same route every holiday season. It is a terrific trip for the whole family. You and the family can join Santa Claus and his elves for a magical ride behind Portland’s famous steam locomotives. Vintage rail cars transport you along the Willamette River on a portion of the Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) in the heart of the city of Portland.
Built in 1941 as a 4-8-4 GS-4 locomotive, SP 4449 is the only remaining operable “streamlined” steam locomotive of the Art Deco era. This grand Lady of the High Iron pulled Southern Pacific “Daylight” coaches from Los Angeles to San Francisco over the scenic Coast Route and then on to Portland until 1955.
Retired to Oaks Park in 1958 for display only, many thought 4449 would never run again. In 1974 she was completely restored specifically to pull the 1976 Bicentennial American Freedom Train throughout the United States to the delight of over 30 million people. SP 4449 has also operated numerous excursions since. She is arguably one of the most beautiful locomotives ever built and kept that way by the all-volunteer Friends of SP 4449.
Who here agrees that painting 4449 in her aft colors to remember everyone we lost on 911 is the best thing a steam locomotive has ever done ever since giving train rides to sick children (the locomotive that did that was Canadian Pacific 2816 by the way)
I think the daylight is the most beautiful train I've ever seen
I agree
Yeah the sp 4449 daylight she Is the most beautiful
Yes
I find it amazing that she was repainted in her aft colors, I never thought I'd see her in that livery again
In 2026, we will see her, and others do the freedom train once again
The reason for 4449 being in AFT colors again is due to the September 11 2001 attacks.
i like the p444
@@SEIC2K6IsImprovingyeah. But at least the livery is back around that time. I would like to see Southern Pacific 4449 in operation soon.
1:29 That whistle is so iconic
Hint it's from a game with r in it
@@StrangePRR7002Atlantic I would guess it easily!
Ro Scale, Roblox
I agree. It’s another iconic steam locomotive whistle.
@@Coalbacobits trainz idiot
@@Coalbacobrailway simulator, not a roadblocks game
I am Japanese.
I really like the Southern Pacific Railroad X4449.
I really like that train whistle and the spinning headlights.
In Japan, I think the rotating headlights are only on the 7000 series on the Nagoya Railroad. Compared to Japanese SL
Vehicles from other countries are very big.
I want to see it live once.
My first ever locomotive. It was on my T.V but hey, its still my first train and I've loved them ever since
🆒
Me too
American Freedom train is the best train in America 🇺🇸
So, 4449/4450 AFT 1St and Reading And Northern OR Chesapeake And Ohio 2101 AFT is 2nd?
as patriotic as those colors are, She should remain in her original Daylight colors we All LOVE
she is now!
Holy balls I haven't seen this video in 10 years!
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In 1975, the Freedom Train paid a visit to Wichita Falls, YTx. I was 6yrs old at the time.
Cool American Freedom train
What a neat Group and bunch of hard working Group........Locomotives like SP 4449 CONTINUE TO INSPIRE OTHER GROUPS TO RESTORATION OF THEIR FAVORITE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 🚂😀
0:00 i like the whistle
The 4449 looks fantastic in this "American Freedom Train" paint scheme, that train was very popular during 1975-76 and hopefully in the future sometime this locomotive will receive this paint scheme once again for a national pride event.
I've been a fan of this train since 2009.
I've been a fan since 2005 and I was 5 years old
I was fortunate enough to have seen her at the Lawrence Massachusetts freight yard in 1976......we played patriotic songs and hymns from the carrillon of the tower of Sacred Heart Church to honor her.....then got to see the freedom train which was a moving smithsonian museum.....was a great memory.......
I remember watching this when I was 2..
nice whistle for sp 4449
This train made freedom possible 4449 got repainted just for freedom what a legendary train
1:29 has got to be so classic! I can’t stop listening it after like, idk 2 years. And now it’s 2024. An Operation Life Saver Caboose? That’s cool!
0:00 and 1:25 my favorite part
Mr. Dick Samuels was on the caboose, he is the owner of the Oregon Pacific Railroad. That is one beautiful steam locomotive by the way!
0:01 I love how they make the Smokebox grab-irons look like little mouths ❤ and Daylight has a cute little smile!
man if my generation were to have an american freedom train today, someone would surely make a political correctness case out of it and claim it was offensive to those who aren't american.
We really need to do another american freedom train again.
Best ending 10/10
I miss my 6 year old days
Though I don’t care much for 4449, she does look beautiful in this livery. Next time around she should be in it again!
here comes that freedom train
I used to live in portland so I was lucky enough to ride on this train when i was growing up
Dude this locomotives popular all around the country myself included.
Nothin' better then the sound of moving metal on a steam engine.
Very cool video of Southern Pacific 4449 with it’s American Freedom Train paint scheme returned since 2002.
1:59 this is the part where uhhh.. Let's say the 4449 American Freedom Southern Pacific with an 10 car excursion train on the trail and it following Madison Chock and Evan Bates with the American flag!!!! OHhhhh that would be so cool to see a steam train with American Olympic Skating dynamic ice duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates flying the flag!!!!😎😎😎😎😎😎
And Madison Chock would say...
Madison Chock: Follow us, 4449!!!
4449: Right behind you, Madison Chock and Evan Bates!!!!
I was on this trip! My first two train rides ever were behind steam locomotives: SP&S 700 in 1999, and SP 4449 just 4 years later in 2003!
This was the first actual steam locomotive (I think) that I've seen outside of Thomas the tank engine and when I saw it, it was love at first sight
This is the first one I've seen outside of Thomas as well
#4449 has a great Hancock 3-chime boat whistle. 01:30-01:40 was the best in my opinion.
-Alex
1:30 1:40
I hope 4449 gets to be back in the livery she looked amazing in the livery and a I also hope she gets to wear it again in 2026 when Ross Rowland brings back the American Freedom Train
Un véritable monument sur rail quelle merveille
the american freedom train returns
Ich liebe Dampfloks besonder die US Loks die haben so einen geilen Sound der ist mega Geil.
When I was in elementary school my uncle and aunt lived near Sellwood Park. 4449 and several other locomotives were on short sections of track next to the railroad there by Oaks Park. My uncle, an SP engineer between Portland and Eugene, told my brothers and I about the engines. We walked down there and spent several hours getting stuck by blackberry thorns as we forced our way around the chainlink enclosure to see them from all sides.
That is such a sweet engine.
One of those sweet engines.
This is so cool i thought it wasn’t real but its real!
i may be canadian but i think the 4449 looks stunning in those colors!
So true! I am also Canadian!
Yeah I think great too!!
TheBrantfordRailfan 708k bbb
I'm mexican and I also think the same.
TheBrantfordRailfan kooooo
Why is it when I see these old steamers, I always think of "Field Of Dreams"; "Build it and they will come...."
Day out with Thomas should get events here
OH WOW COOL
Now that's art!!
Nice to meet you engineer!
The real queen of america
THE BEST TRAIN IN THE WORLD ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
AFT #4449 back due to 9/11. SP&S #700 is there too. That's a good way to honor those that died in 9/11. SP&S #700 and SP #4449 are good looking steam locomotives.
Imagine the freedom train is all over 10 years i think
Great looking steamer there!
Fantastique locomotive 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Somebody forgot to turn on the Mars light.
I drove 4449 this year
Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 was still in Freedom Train colors after she pulls 14 excursion in March 2002, she pulls the short train in June 2003.
They have the 844... but now for some of us BNSF guy's yes haha. But the hand signals in the cab and how to run a it is hard to just pass on to someone and work he has done with it he should be running it.
i was on this trip! it was a lot of fun.
Happy Independence Day 2016!
The guy at 0:28 looks like he's so confused by hearing 4449's air horn
Lol
i wish she was still in this color
I was born on 29 of June 2003 too wow 😳
they were going paint old glory on the tender, But Desert storm broke out. Union pacific who owns 4449 said the next the set was brought out again would be in full colors of 1776 & 1976
Also SP 4449 is owned by the Oregon heritage center
Logan Smith Yes...Still though. Union Pacific own the locomotive witch is the reason for the Sothern Pacific 4449 and Union Pacific 844 run back in 2007.
I was able to see this train in 1976 in Norfolk, VA at the Sewell's Point yard showing them exhibits. I even took pictures of it.
1:30 after looking for years I have finally found the original
American train!🚂🇺🇸
Ding dong ding dong ding don
Sure wish I could have pedaled beside this one like the other cyclists shown in the video! I only got to see the AFT and 4449 standing still at Ft. Gillem, GA during it's tour in 1976, but I do feel lucky that I got to see it at all. Thanks for posting this.
I love steam trains
Boy it's moving fast. It doesn't get run that fast anymore on the OPR.
4449: im the real freedom train. 4460: IM YOUR COUSIN IT'S NOT JUST YOU!!!!!!!
4449: Yeah well I still operate and you don't. No hard feelings.
@@ottomatic6432 Big Boy 4014: imma just watch this
Challenger 3985: d’oh you shut up
4449 🚩
Fact: 4449 was in this livery to pull a train in honor of 9/11
She wasn't ruined by the orange and red paint scheme. That was the train's initial paint scheme.
Interesting. I thought this was a yellow/Orange locomotive. Is this a new paint job for this engine. It's prettty cool!
It is cool! You're right, the "Daylight" was originally painted red, orange, black, and silver, but in the 1970s, it was restored to operational condition and painted in red, white and blue for its excursion as the American Freedom Train, for the US Bicentennial in 1976. Afterwards, it was painted all black, similar to how the other Southern Pacific GS-4 locomotives were painted. After 9/11, the locomotive was repainted in the American Freedom Train colors as a tribute to those who lost their lives, which is why it's painted that way in this video. SP 4449 now wears its original Southern Pacific colors, and it is still in operation on fan excursions and tours.
Very cool!
Maybe but would not be as good looking as oil you know that nice black ploom lol, but gas would work but I don't know how well it would run with it.
This was posted in 2008 5th of June and my birthday was in 2009 5th of June
ohh dressing on 4449 I just though its two locomotives of SP 4-8-4!
Thank you, appreciated, and added to a playlist...
i think Doyal should let some of UP Engineers drive 4449 insted of him. It would be great experience for the engineers to drive a steam engine once in their careers.
Most of these sounds are in roblox I LOVE IT!
great!!!!!!!
I have a ho version of this variant. My only big steam engine
I love this train but never got to see it
Cinders & Ashes me neither
Only one way to find out I guess... We should fix up the 4460 and try it on that first:)
At the start of video that’s a horn sound in Roblox and also 1:30 is to
0:21 That’s her actual horn. During regular service, the air horn was used more frequently than the whistle. Same goes for the other locomotives around the time diesels we’re introduced.
This is most old years ago 11
so 100 people dislike this????? wow!
Wow
there was a 5 chime on 4449 in the late 1970's
nice
Ayo its Ross rolland
1:30 ro scale whistle
i would love to be the engineer
Hello!
SP 4449
Freedom Train 4449
I did take footage in 2001 when it was painted black. I'll do my best to get it uploaded in a timely manner.
Hoogi is cute