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.

Welcome to the official Friends of SP 4449's website. We're a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration, maintenance, and operation of the former Southern Pacific steam locomotive based in Portland, Oregon.

Southern Pacific 4449 is the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad's (SP) GS-4 class of steam locomotives. The GS-4 is a streamlined 4-8-4 (Northern) type steam locomotive. GS stands for "Golden State", a nickname for California (where the locomotive was operated in regular service), or "General Service."

These Northern-type steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement were used in all types of service on the SP but the class in which the 4449 was built was meant to be used primarily in passenger services, thus allowing it and its companions to be adorned in the railroad's famed "Daylight" livery.

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.

Southern Pacific No. 4449 is a class GS-4 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio in 1941 for the Southern Pacific Railroad. As of today, it is owned and operated in excursion service by the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon.

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 static display at Oaks Park in 1958, most thought SP 4449 would never run again.

The Southern Pacific 4449 (SP 4449, X4449 or “The Daylight”) is the last currently active “Northern” 4-8-4, GS-4 class, fuel-oil, steam locomotive. Its iconic black, orange and red paint scheme that calls a sunrise to mind and distinctive, streamlined Art Deco design have captured the attention, admiration, and imagination of people ...

2019年7月15日 · The SP 4449 is a steam locomotive, with enough push from its 300 psi boiler to run at a brisk 100 mph. But Southern Pacific was an all-oil-burning railroad, so there wasn’t any coal firing that...

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