MORE 4449

[Durandrailfan]

man she should come back to Michigan

[Jemalacane]

Steam made me love trains again.

[MrJames5001]

brilliant

[bnsf261]

ok now ha is kick ass seein 4449 ighballin at track speed with a all daylight consist.

those were thedays right there.

[CassFan5150]

Thats what I like. The Daylight Can Haul Ass!

[NorfolkAndWestern578]

You know, you never see 4449 with an all Daylight train anymore. There's always a few cars from other railroads...

[WhyAyeMann]

dayam, your right :/

[JETZcorp]

I know, it's annoying! That's the coolest thing about the '91 trip, they actually gave it a full-blown Daylight consist. I've also noticed that they don't seem to run as long of a train as they did on this trip, either.

[ThomasRivette]

They also had an all Daylight train in 1984 for the worlds fair.

[chico4449]

@NorfolkAndWestern578 I know, I totally get that!, I was on the Fall Colors Excursion from Minneapolis - Winona and there were only two Daylight Cars on the whole entire train. I meaning, me being 19 and living my 3 year old childhood dream is one thing. but I sort of wanted the WHOLE Daylight package, Steam Locomotive and Cars. She's a Streamliner, shouldn't they keep her with just the cars with the Same, Beautiful color scheme?

[StLouisEarl]

LOL look at 1:38, I bet they were glad to come out of that tunnel !!

[wannabeangel83]

4449 is amazing...she will b around 4 a lot longer...bringing smiles 2 many faces!!!!!!! best steam loco in the world! <3

[wannabeangel83]

wow u really r an asshole...i hope 4449 runs over ur sorry ass 1day....and then on lookers will light ur sorry ass remains on fire!!!!!!!!!! dont worry...we'll make sure 4449 is around 4 a looooooong time!

[nicholasbreeden]

hell throw him in the fire box! maybe not in the 4449 but find the smallest locomotive you can find and throw him in the fire...then we'll see how small steam engines can still kick his ass!

[wannabeangel83]

amen 2 that!

[3254man]

wow is that bias. If you're going to fuck up what made and still makes this country great, then you can't be selective you son of a bitch. The washington monument could be a great quarry. Fuck you and leave steam alone, and the washington monument too if its not too much trouble. fuck you. you have an unbalanced mind. Mabey you should put some counterwieghts in it from the northern you scrapped. Yeah thats right everybody. this motherfucker scrapped a northern. Kill him!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DanielVolker]

My friend, there are less than 180 steam engines operating in our Country and NONE run on a regular basis. There is no good reason for them to be parked and gutted and scrapped.4449 and 700 run MABE 2 times a year IF WE ARE LUCKY. I'm prepared to do ABSOLUTLY ANYTHING TO SAVE THEM!

[StLouisEarl]

Look up the Silverton train on YT, it still runs regularly.

[DanielVolker]

Yea, I meant day in and day out 24/7 365.

[neomrdo]

i just blocked cockraoch 2008 so you wont have to put up with his B.S. anymore.

[rockguitarist946]

thank you!!!! he said this engine wasted water by boiling it. if this was true, we couldnt have tea, coffee, or any of that. thanks again for blocking that asshole. he probably lives with his mom.

[DanielVolker]

This guy is a plain dumbass. He is not educated and just wants attention!

[WhyAyeMann]

whoo!

[DanielVolker]

4449 isn't going anywhere!

[Hawthorne2k]

The clip of 4449 coming out of the tunnel was FANTASTIC. Well done!

[nicholasbreeden]

what happened to that whole daylight consist? they need to definitely keep it preserved too.

[royalsolobassoon]

well, I tell you....ain't nothin' like that 4449! Heavens ta Betsy!!! love it!

[ilovetrains63]

Awesome video of 4449!!! Thanks for posting the great footage!!! We're about due for another "Railfair" in Califonia...hopefully next year! 2009 will be ten years since the last one in 1999.

Regards,

Dwayne

[neomrdo]

Ohhh good god. WAAAA! A handful of steam trains running in the US and your crying about one? Go attack the automobiles section!

[cscwgm]

Guess you missed the whole high price of diesel thing huh?

[kevindatrainmasta]

They are not inefficient! Some trains can go faster that you can ever go! So that means YOUR'RE INEFICIENT!

[DanielVolker]

MY GOD IN HEAVEN! She won't be parked! she was built to pull the most famous trains on the SOUTHERN PACIFIC-FAST!! She won't be scrapped! Not on my watch!

Take Care

-Dan

[DanielVolker]

This engien and the SP&S 700 will run untill they physically can't run any longer! That won't be for decades and decades and decades!!

[rockguitarist946]

screw you, you have no appreciation for this kind of stuff! i bet you would tear down the washington monument if you could! bitch.....

[LionelKid16]

See boys and girls this is what happens from years of inbreeding. What you end up with is Cockroach, He is the old relic, he needs to be parked, parted and melted down..These steam locomotives will be around years from now, and ole cockroach will be bones in a casket.

[DanielVolker]

He'll be, (what's that stuff that cockroaches have? On the outside of their body in place of bones?) nothing but a pile of CRAP!

[Chevypower265]

This is just AWESOME! Mostly because when these things where built steam was the major power of at the time! It must have been cool to be that close to it!

[ragemanchoo82]

1:20 - 1:56, Is it my imagination or is that a fairly steep hill its coming up?

[Chevypower265]

It does look like a steep grade.

[trainboy94]

Do you have any video of the Railfair itself???? and if you do, can you post it??????

[fordroad]

Lord have mercy that baby is sure flying. Well done.

[Awesomegames]

its so cool when steam engines come out of tunnels it looks so cool

[thejoshmeister]

why doesnt she have a full daylight trainset anymore???

[upsguy03]

That is so awesome!! Great video, thanks for posting.

[3piper]

Coming out of the tunnel was the best shot

[MTLakesdanny]

Beautiful. Great shots. I have this same train as a Lionel.

[TrainGuy247]

lol, that was a random reply.

[TrainGuy247]

I didnt know those have ditch lights. o.0

[awizardalso]

Thank you neomrdo. Nice set of clips.

[DarkTower97]

the clip at 1:20 was epic!

[99whitequickstang]

Where did all the daylight passenger cars go? The newer excursions with UP seems to have mainly UP cars...miss the Daylight stuff...anyone have video of Daylight vista dome cars?

[cousindrama997]

beutiful consist!

Fav steam engien!

cousindrama997

[richintalent]

When they go through the tunnel, how does the engine crew breathe?

[ronthecyborg]

they hold their breathe. literally

[LNERMallard]

I think the cab is totally enclosed an they have window shutters, something like that.

[11paribram]

lol look how close that guy is at 2:24 so close lol

[Polybun]

I have to say, on the pull through the tunnel, sounds like the '49s valving may be hurt, she's skipping a beat almost.

[KC0TLV]

Nah, I listened close on the tunnel shot - sounds OK - that's a rather typical rythm for a steam engine, been listening to them in video and audio recordings since I was a little kid, so that's about 30+ years of listening experience. Typical sound.

[Polybun]

no, really listen close, one of her strokes is week. I say this because they hurt her on just about every outing. Likes to burn up her valving. I also now the engine is timed very square, meaning, you should get a power pulse every 90 degrees of rotation. Some engeins are out of time by just a little bit to ensure that you can't dead center them, since with a perfect 90 degree offset, if you try, you can actually dead center the thing.

[NightmareKato]

This is why they put her in Brooklyn to do maintenance repairs and replacement for long periods of time between excursions. It is too old to be able to handle back to back operations.

[Polybun]

actually, its the lack of dialy operation that does her in. Big machines like her don't like to sit. That said, if you really had the man power, there isn't much in the mechanicals that can go wrong that would take more than a day to fix, money and man power not witholding. Honestly, there isn't a single part on her that would take more than a half a day to make.

[NightmareKato]

Also, this is from 1991, so of course, there would be some wear and tear.

[mbgphoto79]

looks like a guy is up there on top of the tunnel opening... If so, well..

[neomrdo]

There is a guy above the tunnel taking video. Looks to me he didnt get his shot with all the smoke!

[mike996969]

thank u so much just beautiful

[fafnir242]

It truly lives up to its name as the most beautiful train in the world. It doesn't get any better than the 4449. I wish it'd come out to the midwest some time.....

[fordroad]

What a great video, LORD HAVE MERCY the sound of the whistle, the sight of that big baby runnin throttle WIDE OPEN, MAN the scene of her comin out of the tunnel, just as the the opening scene from the movie "WHITE HEAT", yes sir thank you for the posting

FORDROAD AUSTRALIA.

[lvanciel]

Daylight what a buetiful girl

[squats41]

AWSOME HOLY JESUS! $H!#

[amtraklover]

Funny hearing that guy say "ain't seen nothin like that in 45 years"!

[Hyce777]

ditto.

[trainmaster844]

4449 is always a sight to behold.

[kenbank]

Great video. The steam locomotive is a triumph of human ingenuity and engineering.

[4449steam]

Great video!

[JimTLonW6]

Hear hear! What a loco!

[SkipW]

Get on Board!!