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American Freedom Train Locomotive #4449 The 4449 was pulled from Oaks Park in Portland, OR in 1974 to begin restoration to pull the American Freedom Train Image: Tom Nosera collection. 1971
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The 4449 was the locomotive of choice to pull the AFT through the west and south. Image: Tom Nosera at Hialeah, Florida 1977 |
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4449 wore her original orange and red "Daylight" paint scheme through most of the 80's and 90's, and appeared this way in the 1986 Disney film 'Tough Guys' with Burt Lancaster, Michael Douglas, Eli Wallach, Charles Durning, and Dana Carvey. (Doyle L."You're Crazy -- Nobody Robs Trains Anymore" McCormack played the train engineer -- as he did on the AFT.) In the late 1990s, the locomotive was painted completely black. Image: Todd Schannuth, 1996 Portland, OR. |
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After 9/11, the Daylight locomotive was repainted to American Freedom Train colors for a couple of years. The only visible difference was the silver metal stripes on the pilot. In 1975-76 the stripes had been painted-on in white. Image: Todd Schannuth at Hillsboro, OR 2002 |
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Today, the locomotive is back to its original "as delivered" orange and red Daylight paint. The locomotive still runs in excursion service nearly every year. More on the locomotive today can be found here. |
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