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Southern Pacific Daylight 4449

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This Digital Prints item by NickelPlateLimited has 14 favorites from shoppers. Ships from Bay City, OR. Listed on Jan 27, 2024
****NO WATERMARK WILL APPEAR IN YOUR FINAL PRINTED PRODUCT**** This is an original photo of the Southern Pacific "Daylight" 4-8-4 steam locomotive. 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. After this, the 4449 was then restored to operation for use in the American Freedom Train, which toured the 48 contiguous United States as part of the nation's 1976 Bicentennial celebration. The locomotive has operated in excursion service throughout that area since 1984. Some alteration was made to this photo to specifically eliminate an electrical tower in the foreground. Some color enhancement was also done. **** FRAMING IS AVAILABLE ON SELECT PRINT SIZES. WHT MATT = FRAMED WITH WHITE MATTING, BLK MATT = FRAMED WITH BLACK MATTING, FRAMED NO MATT = FRAMED WITH NO MATTING. **** ALL FRAMES ARE BLACK AND ARE CONSTRUCTED OF SOLID, GOOD QUALITY MATERIAL ****