Southern Pacific 4449 glides through the Ft. Belknap Reservation back to events in the Far East in July 2009. It 'the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) GS-4 class of steam locomotives. The GS-4 is a slim 4-8-4 (Northern) type GS stands for "Golden State" (a nickname for California or "General Service". The locomotive was built by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio, for SP May 1941, received the red and orange color scheme of "Daylight" color for passenger trainsthe same name, which led for most of his service career. 4449 was the Internal Revenue Service, in 1957 he retired and moved on static display Oaks Park, Portland, Oregon, the following year, where he remained until 1974. It 'been re-operation for use in the second American Freedom Train that toured the 48 contiguous states of the U.S. bicentennial celebration. Since then, 4449 has been operated in excursion service throughout the continental United States, according to the Brooklyn Roundhousein Portland, where it is maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers, called Friends of the 4449th SP be put into operation May 30, 1941, transferred to the Coast Daylight, SP-leading passenger train between San Francisco and Los Angeles, 4449 / 2 withdrawn service from September 24, 1956, then donated to the city of Portland, Oregon, April 24, 1958, where he was open to public display in Oaks Park brought .. E 'is for the restoration in 1974, after evaluating a candidate for traction...
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