Little History:

Southern Pacific 4449, also known as the Daylight, is the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad's ''GS-4'' class of 4-8-4 ''Northern'' type steam locomotives and one of only two GS-class locomotives surviving, the other being ''GS-6'' 4460 at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. GS is an abbreviation of ''General Service'' or ''Golden State,'' a nickname for California (where the locomotive was operated in regular service). The locomotive was built by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio for the Southern Pacific in May 1941; it received the red-and-orange ''Daylight'' paint scheme for the passenger trains of the same name which it hauled for most of its service career. No. 4449 was retired from revenue service in 1956 and put into storage. In 1958, the Southern Pacific donated the locomotive to the City of Portland, Oregon. The City then put the locomotive on static display in Oaks Amusement Park, where it remained until 1974.

Original Design by CraftyFoxe, Modified by Me.