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Gary Everhart's Collection
 
2/5/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern Pacific
Model:Lima 4-8-4Built As:SP 4449 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:7817Order No:1152
Frame Number:25½X32 cylinders, 80" driversBuilt:5/1941
Notes:GS-4, donated for display at Portland 04/1958, to AFT in 1974
Other locos with this serial:  SP 4449(4-8-4) AFT 4449(4-8-4)
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SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  Two iconic images meet - Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449 and Reunion Tower in Dallas, TX - during the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the NRHS fan trip From Portland to the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. An unknown rail fan took these slides.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:32:24 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  The Daylight paint scheme is IMHO one of the alltime best color schemes ever designed for a passenger train outfits the long PNWC fan trip train to the World's Fair. An unknown rail fan took the color slide.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:32:53 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  The loco itself has led a life much like a mythical phoenix, arising from ashes for a new life. It served the Southern Pacific unitl retirement in 1956 and donated for a static display in Portland, OR. It was resurrected and restored for the American Freedom Train in 1976. It eventually ended back in storage only to be reborn in the 1980's for fan trips like this one. An unknown rail fan took the color slide.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:33:08 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  The sleek streamlining of SP 4449 is lone of the better styles making it look long, sleek and modern. An unknown rail fan took the color slide.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:33:28 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  The small girl is dwarfed by the massive face of SP 4-8-4 #4449. An unknown rail fan took the color slide, probably the father or grandfather of the small child.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:33:44 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  The name and logo look sleek and modern even today. An unknown rail fan took the color slide.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:34:19 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  Small engineer's window for this massive locomotive. An unknown rail fan took the color slide.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:34:57 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  151   Comments: 1
SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Title:  SP 4-8-4 #4449 - PNWC/NRHS World's Fair Trip
Description:  Much like an O. Winston Link photo, the unknown rail fan took this slide of the massive side rods and wheels.
Photo Date:  5/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 8:35:18 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  160   Comments: 0


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