Southern Pacific 4449

Southern Pacific No. 4449 at the platform in Portland, Oregon, in May 2010, wearing the orange, red and black Daylight livery that makes it the most colorful engine in this gallery. Lima Locomotive Works built it in May 1941 as a GS-4 class 4-8-4 Northern. After retirement it was donated to the city of Portland in 1958, and in 1975 it was restored to lead the American Freedom Train for the 1976 bicentennial. Volunteers still keep it in steam for a few excursions each year, so Portland is the place to watch for its next outing.