SP 4449 in Black, July 2000

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In July, 2000, I was working in Seattle, WA, on a training assignment at now-defunct Airborne Express. My job was to train a class of eight technical new hires in the wonders of IBM mainframe programming. I had worked out a schedule where I drove up from California for the ten week assignment and then flew home every other weekend to take care of personal business. During the visit I learned that my favorite steam locomotive, the SP 4449, had been chartered by BNSF to pull an employee appreciation special. Part of the agreement was to paint the locomotive a glossy black much different form its normal orange and red color scheme.
During the last few days that 4449 was to be in Seattle, they ran one last excursion to Vancouver, BC, before heading east to Montana. I was fortunate enough to catch the Saturday return from Vancouver and the Sunday departure to Montana. Footage includes segments of the southbound journey from Vancouver to Seattle and the eastbound trip to the west portal of the 7.9 mile long Cascade Tunnel.

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@thomasavensjr.2790 Жыл бұрын

SP 4449 looked very unique and interesting in the black and silver paint scheme, I like this scheme because it reflects SP's final years of steam power operation during the 1950s. The black and silver paint looks plain on most steam engines but for the SP GS class 4-8-4's and the MT class 4-8-2's, I really like this scheme and this scheme was used in both freight and passenger service for SP steam power.

@CoasterFan2105 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is too cool! I know several of these locations well. Awesome video! If you have any more older PNW stuff, it would be great to see it!

@ShoresRailfan 2 жыл бұрын

Here's a few more 20 plus year old videos on my channel: Railfanning Stevens Pass, July 1999 Railfanning Seattle, Summer 1999 Railfanning Palmer Junction, September 1999 Bridges, Boats and BNSF at Ballard, September 1999 SP&S Homecoming Excursion Part 1,

@zih6267 2 жыл бұрын

サザンパシフィック4449貨物列車

@NorthlandTrains 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, I liked how the BNSF locomotive was also number 4449!

@ShoresRailfan 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the props. My favorite part of watching/videoing 4449 is the stack talk as it passes by.

@Vzw-dj9rf Жыл бұрын

Like the 5 SD's on the stack train...great stack talk out of the Scenic siding.

@branyonheffley6346 4 жыл бұрын

2000 that’s the year when I was born.

@SwindellSteamWorks 10 жыл бұрын

There are two reasons why was painted black for this event. On the Southern Pacific, Black Daylights did haul freight. #4449 was painted black on her original service record. Since BNSF is a freight railroad, it was only right to paint #4449 black to commemorate her days as a Black Daylight and to her other siblings her that wore the black scheme.

@jeffdemition2308 5 жыл бұрын

you mean the original record on the war days. yea they were painted black and removed the skirting they call it war baby

@HomerPenguin5516 4 жыл бұрын

Then it was painted back into the daylight paint when the war ended?

@locoluke4149 4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it wasn’t painted black just because BNSF didn’t want the colors of another railroad to show up on its employee special?

@bnsflover7062 3 жыл бұрын

@@locoluke4149 no it's not caus of that also it had a nick name as known as the war baby color

@JOEMAMA_534 2 жыл бұрын

They should have taken her side skirts and painted the pilot & front of the skyline casing then.

@Keasmcxz 2 жыл бұрын

It's been twenty-two years since 4449 done this event.

@jacksalvin364 10 жыл бұрын

Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 was painted all black and Silver Colors of The Burlington Northern Santa Fe and she pulls The Employee Appreciation Special across the Pacific Northwest in July 2000

@transportfanaticsshorts Жыл бұрын

Great video of 4449.

@ShoresRailfan Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@realdavidii 5 жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice that the diesel loco has the same number as Daylight? (4449)

@alexthesouthernpacificmt4879 3 жыл бұрын

Its bnsf 4449 ik

@lucienesoaresdasilvasoares7873 Жыл бұрын

Stan Marsh as sp 4449

@PlanesTrainsAutos 9 жыл бұрын

When the kid jumped out at 6:07 the driver freaked out

@ShoresRailfan 9 жыл бұрын

PlanesTrainsAutos That kid was so excited. He just couldn't stay on the bank. Had to get closer to the action.

@PlanesTrainsAutos 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah he was excited, I would be too, but his parent should of been holding onto him, it freaked our the driver for sure

@evanf1293 4 жыл бұрын

wonder if that BNSF unit numbered 4449 is still around today???? Along with BNSF still doing their employee appreciation trains. But if so its obvious there hasn't been one pulled by steam since sometime in the 2000s

@ShoresRailfan 4 жыл бұрын

I found this pic taken last year of BNSF 4449: www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5214564

@evanf1293 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShoresRailfan sweet thanks

@jeffdemition2308 5 жыл бұрын

wow that black almost look like the war babies but it has silver stripes and has the skirting. back then daylights were painted black because it was war days "1940"s and they remove the skirting for easier maintenance

@night1204 7 жыл бұрын

nice vid - kato is coming out with the model of it - and i got all the cars - well almost

@lamarstevenson5524 3 жыл бұрын

Southern pacific 4449 black 2000 and 2001 in 2017 I was a kid in the for front of the southern pacific 4449

@archives-webnet 4 жыл бұрын

The Difference Between the two 4449s is one is a steam loco, the other is a BNSF Diesel.

@archives-webnet 4 жыл бұрын

A similar thing is their numbers are 4449. Both.

@HomerPenguin5516 4 жыл бұрын

Lucas and Emilie Sambrookes we know

@DavidSanchez-ks4ub 10 жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice that both the the gs-4 and the diesel assist both have the same number? We could all assume that bnsf did that on purpose. Nice consist though, and you got an event very few people caught on video.

@Keasmcxz 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was the special event.

@bnsflover7062 3 жыл бұрын

Another name for a black GS-4 I ls called the way baby

@ShoresRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard it called the War Baby.

@bnsflover7062 3 жыл бұрын

@@ShoresRailfan ok

@Rebel9668 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like a baby daylight. Should have numbered it as 4460 while it was in black.

@trainmaster844 5 жыл бұрын

4449 and the other GS-Class engines were painted black during World War II and during the mid-1950's. Why number it after a GS-6 when you'd have to change the lighting configuration on the nose to make it match?