I love the acknowledgement between the diesel and the 4449 on the first clip..

4449's whistle in the beginning is simply amazing!

Oh nice! Gotta love the 4449 and 844 steamers.

A double header isn't the same without 844 and 4449 leading it. What a great video!

Love the diesel train with the gorgeous steamy surprise at the back. :)

Holy shart, I've seriously never heard the 4449's horn before. The whistle, of course is drop-dead beautiful.

I got to see the 4449 in person at the locomotive house where this beautiful train is stored.

I love the 844&4449.

Superb - gives you goose bumps!!

Ah, i see. It was just so cool watching it roll into town. Then being able to get up close to it/tour it.

Great job, thanks for the video. My 2 1/2 yr old son loves this one. Travis said thanks as well.

There is nothing like the sound of the whisle blowing on those babys!

That would be cool. She's doing fine. We're getting ready for a run to San Diego again. ATSF 2926, another northern, is under restoration in Albaquerque. If we can get there, We'll steam w/ them when they're done. But that's still a ways off. MW

If your talking about them using the 1996 to pull the train then yes there was no way to turn the train in tacoma so it had to be pulled to auburn and then wyed then be pulled back to tacoma, but at least Union Pacific had the decency to use the SP 1996.

Sweet. UP 1996 with SP 4449 & UP 844. Now thats definitly good enough to draw out the railfans

Totally Awesome Film!!! Nice One!!!

God vid, SP should awlays lead.

Great vid, well put together!

Outstanding !!!!

2 my favorite trains working in together what a sight! WATCH TRAIN FACTS!!!!!!

The tender been restored it's original look, pre-1960s. Near the top of the tender now reads "Southern Pacific Lines" In small white lettering.

Gotta Admit, 4449 and 844 make a hell of a combo.. I bet hearing 844 and 4449's horn sound together is just amazing.

Well, the Daylight has a horn.

@RailRoadWorker18 That was the return trip. They had no place to turn the steam locos.

yes , might be expensive but its worthy , i think also its great to be chasing the train if there is no chance to have a ride on the train. i would like to know more about the short Holiday Express.

this is awesome but you know what would be even better a tripleheader with these two engines and norfolk and western 611 if she ever gets restored

Not to big on Steam Engines but the only reason I'm favoriting this video is due to the horn on 1:55.

The way the 4449 blew the whistle at 4:24 sounds JUST like the way it did one time on it's way to Sacramento in 1991.

I know that. I work on a 4-8-4 Northern. I'm just saying that if there was a little, yet noticeable grade, it make the locos work harder, providing a better show. Those 2 combines have more than enough tracktive effort to pull that train by themselves up any major grade.

1:11 - 2:25 segment. Why are 4449 and 844 at the back? Was there no place for them to be turned around so they could be at the front of the train? Are there any videos on here covering the 4449 christmas time derailment from a couple years back? I know its not glamorous (although it wasn't the engine's fault, as I recall) but I think it would be interesting to see. I've only read a text article about it.

I think we all wish that from time to time.

if you mean in the opening shot, that was the diesel on the siding.

Terrific - thanks for puttin it up. My boy loves it.

Now what would really be great would be the 4449 leading a Sounder or Cascades Talgo!

Well, simple wonderfull. Two northers head on on a train, heavenly luck for a train spotter!

From 1962-1989, the locomotive was numbered UP 8444 due to a conflict with the railroad's numbering plan for the EMD GP30 locomotives that UP owned at the time. After the conflicting GP30 was retired from service in June 1989, 8444 was renumbered back to 844. Interestingly, the GP30 is preserved and operable and there is now an EMD SD70ACe in UP's roster numbered 8444.

I love up 844s whistle. Sounds just like the challenger. The only thing i thought was weird was its whistle placement.

How on earth could the UP put a diesel on the point when and stick the two best steamers ever built at the end of the the train? Did they think the #844 was an end of train device or what?

My Lord, look at all those trains.

I agree, but I think the main reason they do that is to lighten the load on the steamers so they will last longer. :)

I work on one. ATSF 3751. People who are steam qualified run it. MW

Very good work.

Yeah, it needws a full set of daylights again :)

Awesome video,man

Hey dose anyone know what the music from the Daylight Express movie (1995) was?

I remember there was a USAF nuclear powered bomber- I think it was a B-36N

I hate steam engines but this is a great kicken video due to the different sounds.

I would call it blowing the whistle.

Why is the Southern Pacific name gone off the 4449?

having the two powerful steam engines backward seems demeaning, to me.

Now that's just cool.

BNSF is the only RR that could do something like this. UP maintains a strict no foreign steam policy on it's mainlines, yet, they'll obviously let their steam travel on other RRs. BNSF will run just about anything under their authority if they have the insurance & space on the line to do it.

I have a full video of 844 on the point at my channel.

True.

im not trying to be mean here but why the heak would u want a dessiel pulling the train that kinda ruins the steam trains!

Actually 611 already did get restored in 1982.

@Starrywarz she still runs just not often

That it should.

This is awesome. It would've been a little better if that route had some grades to it. Nothing major. Something around 0.5 or 0.6%.

Love the Audio On the first clip great whistle

@RailRoadWorker18 atleast they didn't use a regular deisel to pull the train the way back. They used the S.P. heritage diesel.

Does anyone know when the 4449 will be running next?

Only a small handful remain to this day.

does anybody know how often this train runs ? and if its expensive to have a ride on it ?

why doesn't she come down to the Oregon state fair anymore? Anyone know? That was one of the only reasons i ever went there.

Auburn Yard is the only wye they could turn the train on easily. Hence why the train was being dragged by the 1996.

Because there not as powerful as GE and EMD units and steam units are noisier.

at 3:41 is that at or near Mukilteo or Picnic Point beach?

to pull them back for the next trip maybe?

I hope they get the money.

A publicity shot for UP, and to pull the train back because there was no way to turn it.

It's SP, whats the problem.

What's with the modern horn?

Why?

All the way, but mabye not this consist of cars it's pulling here.

Yep, probably because of the lack of turning facilities

I wish we could return to steam, use coal and get away from Fuel oil We have a lot of coal here and we would keep the people employed, and the money in the country. That is probably why they wont allow it. Can't be global warming, that is Bunk now!

its too bad

yer MOMZ junk iron!