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SP 4449 1975 Restored (Outdated)

This is officially outdated since there is a more Prototypical model in the works.

I was watching back a footage of a 4449 American Freedom Train restoration video and I saw the 4449 but in a White color and had no skirt (or streamlined plating) and I wanted to do that but in Rolling Lines. Thanks to @HuskyDyamic's permission, I was able to make the train

In 1974, No. 4449 was evaluated for restoration after becoming a candidate to pull the American Freedom Train, as its size, power and streamlining made it a good fit for that Bicentennial train. After the evaluators determined that 4449's bearings and rods remained in good condition, they selected the locomotive for that task.

No. 4449 was removed from display on December 13, 1974, and restored at the Burlington Northern Railroad's Hoyt Street roundhouse in Portland. The locomotive returned to operation on April 21, 1975, wearing a special paint scheme of red, white and blue.

Because the original whistle had been stolen, two replacement whistles were fitted to the locomotive: a Hancock 3 chime from a Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Challenger on the driver's side, and a second Hancock 3 Chime off of another Daylight Locomotive, on the fireman's side. The latter would eventually be swapped out for a Southern Pacific 6 Chime. Both whistles used on the fireman's side came from private collectors.

As part of the 1975-1976 bicentennial American Freedom Train, No. 4449 pulled the display train through most of the contiguous United States. The 4449 only pulled the Freedom Train in the Western portions of the country, whereas in the Eastern portions of the train were pulled by Reading 2101, which had recently been restored by Ross Rowland, and in Texas the train was pulled by Texas and Pacific 610. The 4449 pulled the American Freedom train for a total of 82 of 138 stops for the bicentennial event.


The white paint scheme is actually the early version of the American Freedom Train. Just before they add the colors and streamlining skirts, they test the train and moved under its own power for the first time since many years and pushed back to the shed by a Burlington Northern Switcher. (side note: the date was April 21st, 1975

The pack includes
*1 Gs-4 4449 White no skirt Engine
*1 Gs-4 4449 White tender

@HuskyDyamics: for the Gs-4 and permission
me: for modifying the engine and made the texture