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The AFT run from Portland to
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Southern Pacific #4449 - The 4449 is serviced in the nite hours on March 23, 2002 in Bend, Oregon - Rick Weil photo |
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#4449 Engine Specifications Length: 101' 5" Height 16' 2" Width 10' 10" Drivers: 80" Dia. Weight on Drivers: 275,700 lb. Locomotive Weight: 475,000 lb. Locomotive & Tender Weight: 865,758 lb. Cylinders: (2) 25.5" x 32" Tractive Effort: 64,800 lb. Tractive Effort with Booster: 77,760 lb. Tender Capacity, Water: 23,300 gals. Tender Capacity, Fuel Oil : 5,880 gals.
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AFT Locomotive #4449, one of the most photographed locomotives in the world, the former Southern Pacific GS-4 is the property of the City of Portland Oregon. It was repainted to Daylight colors a few years after the Bicentennial. In the 1980s it pulled a consist of matching cars from Portland to New Orleans for the World's Fair and starred, along with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, in Disney's "Tough Guys". In recent years she has sported an all-black paint scheme, and most recently headed an ERS excusion on the BNSF in 2001. Today she is back in sparkling red, white and blue. |
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Southern Pacific #4449 - The 4449 departs Union Station in Portland, Oregon on the morning of March 23rd. - Nick Nelson Photo |
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Texas & Pacific Steamer #610 - was restored by the Historical Foundation of Fort Worth to operating condition for its first assignment on the American Freedom Train. Here the 610 poses for photos after being restored. - Lee Angle Photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
Texas & Pacific #610 - in a dramatic night shot on the Freedom Train at Houston Union Station, February 1976 - photo © Gary Morris |
AFT Locomotive #610 / former Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 "Texas type" ran in excursion service for the Southern Railway for five years following duty on the AFT. Today this engine is owned and housed at the Texas State Railroad State Historical Park in Palastine, Texas. |
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Bangor and Aroostook GP7 #1776 - was painted as the roads contribution to the Bicentennial celebration. It was numbered 1776, and named in honor of Jeremiah O'Brian, a Maine Patriot who commanded the Union ship "Unity" in a sucessful mission of capturing the British ship "Margaretta" in the first Naval Battle of the American Revolutionary War. - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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The Belt Railway of Chicago - painted MP15 #534 in honor of Americas Bicentennial. - Belt Railway of Chicago photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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Cotton Belt SD45T-2 #9389 - is one of three locomotives on the Southern Pacific System to sport the bicentennial paint scheme in 1976. - Bill Navarri photo |
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The ST. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway - painted a caboose featuring the Great Seal of the United States. - St. Louis San Francisco Railway photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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Gold Coast Railroad's Bicentennial caboose - was a former Atlantic Coast Line caboose, built in 1925. It is pictured in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in June 1976. - Mary Jane Rowe photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas GP40 #200 - sports the Bicentennial Paint Scheme in San Antonio at MKTs Sloan Yard in 1976. - Robert Pollard Photo/Jay Glenewinkel Collection |
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas GP40 #200 - MKT westbound business car special w/ bicentennial #200 between Katy and Brookshire,Tx; June 1976 - Gary Morris Photo |
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas GP40 #200 - MKT westbound business car special w/ bicentennial #200 between Houston and Katy,Tx; June 1976 - Gary Morris Photo |
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas Caboose #76 - MKT caboose #137 and bicentennial #76 at Eureka Yd Houston; Dec. 1976 - Gary Morris Photo |
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MoPac Bicentennial GP7 #1776 - was built in April 1950 as C&EI High Hood GP7 #212. It was later renumbered to C&EI #77. The unit was rebuilt with a new 2500 gallon fuel tank, and had the nose chopped and emerged as C&EI #84. It later became the MP Bicentennial #1776. It was retired in September 1977, and traded in to EMD for the new GP38s. - Missouri Pacific Railroad Photo/Jay Glenewinkel Collection for Much More on these MoPac units, see MOPAC BICENTENNIAL UNITS. |
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Missouri Pacific #1976 - a GP18u 1976 (which, along with GP7u #1776 - see above) was MoPac's offering to commemorate the American 1976 Bicentennial. MoPac had the unique advantage of being able to incorporate its famous screaming eagle paint scheme very successfully into a Bicentennial scheme. Daryl W Favignano, (MPRR 1974-1986) who worked in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. at St Louis, was the one who drew up the paint scheme for 1776-1976. - Brian Paul Ehni photo |
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The SOO Line Railroad - painted GP38 #1776 in honor of Americas Bicentennial by including a version of the the first official flag of the United States. - SOO Line Railroad photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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Southern Pacific GP40P-2 #3197 - was the first of three units on the Southern Pacific to recieve a special red, white and blue paint scheme for the American Bicentennial celebration. - Henry Brueckman photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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Southern Pacific U25B #6800 - is the third of three SP units to recieve a special red, white and blue paint scheme for America's Bicentennial in 1976. It is seen here in Los Angeles, California in November 1975. - Henry Brueckman Photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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TPW GP30 #700 - sports a special red, white and blue paint scheme in honor of Americas Bicentennial. - Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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Union Pacific's E-9 #951 - was painted in a special "Preamble Express" paint scheme. The unit toured the nation, testing the route for the American Freedom Trains run in 1976. The 951 is pictured on Seaboard Coast Line rails at Hollywood, California in 1975. - Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection. |
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Western Pacific GP40 #1776 - is in Sacramento, California on July 4, 1976. - Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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Western Pacific GP40s 1776 (WP 3540) and 1976 (WP 3541) - meet on the Keddie Wye Bridge in May 1976. - Norman Holmes Photo/Jay Glenewinkel postcard collection |
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A Partial Listing of 1976 Bicentennial Units |
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ARR 1510 (FP7) ARR 1512 (FP7) ATSF 5700 (SD45) ATSF 5701 (SD45) ATSF 5702 (SD45) ATSF 5703 (SD45) ATSF 5704 (SD45-2) B&M 200 (GP-38-2) BN 1776 (U30C) BN 1876 (SD40-2) BN 1976 (SDP-40) CNW 1776 (GP18) Conrail 7776 (GP-38) |
CR 1776 (U34CH) CR 4800 (GG1) EL 3632 (SD-45) Frisco - GTW 1776 (GP-38) Illinois Central Gulf 1776 (GP-38) LIRR 252 (GP38-2) MILW 156 (SD40) MKT 200 (GP40) MP 1776 (GP7u, ex-C&EI #84) MP 1976 (GP18u) Norfolk & Western 1776 (SD-45) RI 652 (E8) |
SCL 1976 Seaboard 1776 (U33B) SP 3197 (GP40P-2) SP 4449 (GS-4, 4-8-4 Northern) SP 6800 (U-25b) SSW 9389 (SD45T-2) UP 951 (E9, Preamble Express tested the route for the steam powered Bicentennial train) WP 1776 (GP40, ex-#3540) WP 1976 (GP40, ex-#3541) |
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Burlington Northern #1991 - an SD60 M, painted to honor 44 BN employees who were called to duty in the 1992 Gulf War. 7/8/95 - Todd Greuter Photo |
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Burlington Northern #1991 - the patriotic SD60 M is seen here on the Omaha Line. 7/8/95 - Todd Greuter Photo |
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Burlington Northern #12618 - the caboose matches the patriotic scheme of BN #1991 above; at Lincoln, Nebraska; 6/17/95 - T. Greuter Photo |
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Brand New Union Pacific SD70M #4899 - sports the American Flag in honor of America's Freedom. This unit is among several UP SD70Ms to recieve this special paint scheme. It is pictured in San Antonio, Texas on April 14, 2002. - Jay Glenewinkel Photo |
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You don't need to
fly the stars
and stripes to show your pride, and neither do American railroads.
Here are some
schemes that we thought should be included in a sub-section -- not necessarily
patriotic but proud none-the-less. |
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Union Pacific SD40-2 #1996 - in the Olympic Paint Scheme. It is pictured in Portland, Oregon in 1996. - Steve Schuman Photo/Jay Glenewinkel Collection |
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Union Pacific SD40-2 #3300 - in the United Way Paint Scheme. It is pictured at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon. - Steve Schuman Photo/Jay Glenewinkel Collection |
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Union Pacific SD40-2 #3593 - in the Desert Victory Paint Scheme. Though not in red/white/blue, it is still patriotic. It is pictured in Portland, Oregon in 1993. - Steve Schuman Photo/Jay Glenewinkel Collection |
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UP 207 - one of the specially painted cars for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay train is seen at Council Bluffs, Iowa in November 2001 - T. Greuter Photo |
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Latest update: Thursday, 13 November, 2003 © 2002-2003 t. Greuter/Screaming Eagles, unless otherwise noted. All Rights Reserved. |