Daylight's Last Stand: The 2012 Deschutes Steam Special

[@The53BILL]

I was on that excursion ! Had a great time & so glad I went

[@MidwestZephyrMedia]

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." - Herman Melville

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp 4449 blows it's UP 3 chime whistle

[@TravisCyprien]

Gosh now i see why they replace the whistle! Didn't sound like this back in 2011. Seems like the whistle has age. But glad they Change it out

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp 4449 going to across in columbia river gorge via deschutes river canyon

[@severinasilva2040]

Sp 4449 Columbia river gorge to deschutes river canyon

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp 4449 Deschutes steam special "12"

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp 4449 e seu apito está rangindo com a saxofone

[@pauljw7697]

Sounds like #4449's original whistle has been removed and this terrible sounding whistle was installed. Who's idea was that and what was the purpose? Hard to believe the locomotive wasn't up to operating pressure. That terrible sound has to come from a whistle change.

[@robertbrotherton1375]

Trust me, that whistle sounded a heck of a lot better when they installed it. Search up “SP 4449 NRHS Convention" and enjoy a couple good, sharp blasts of the whistle at around the 25-29 minute range in the video. Same whistle, but it hadn’t worn out yet, so it sounded absolutely golden. As for the purpose, it was installed because it was an authentic Daylight whistle, and putting it on the locomotive was the final step in returning her to her as-delivered state.

[@justahillbilly7777]

@@robertbrotherton1375 The whistle heard here's actually off of a Northern Pacific Challenger. It's just become so synonymous with the 4449 that people consider it the original whistle, when in reality, 4449's original whistle was very shamefully stolen back during it's time in Oaks Park. Immediate edit: Plus, there's the non original whistle placement on the 4449. From what I've heard, the SP had it's whistles mounted within the casings somewhere. I dunno if they did it how the N&W did it or more toward the middle like how the NS steam crews had on 611 in the 80's.

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp 4449 20-21 oct 2012

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp 4449 2012-2014

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp 4449's NP z-6 challenger whistle removed now go to fitted on up big boy 4000 whistle

[@severinasilva2040]

Sp 4449 High speeds fast

[@transportationproductions1794]

I think 4449's last excursion before her 15-year inspection was the Holiday Express.

[@NorthwestDaylight]

This was the last Mainline excursion

[@SouthernPacific-bu3kv]

Cool! Thanks! But I'm a boy.

[@NorthwestDaylight]

🤨

[@heretoforeunknown]

Why do I keep thinking there was a "Shasta Daylight" which serviced Oregon??

[@NorthwestDaylight]

There was

[@heretoforeunknown]

@@NorthwestDaylight I recall taking the SP passenger train from SOCAL during the early '60s to Eugene. I also took Greyhound and Trailways bus service. Trailways, trying to increase ridership, at one time offered a BA (bus attendant as in FA, flight attendant) along with free sandwiches and cold beverages. No such luck on Greyhound or the train. But I've always had a place in my heart for Portland's Union Station (my first remembrance as a youngster) and the train.

[@FabioSilva-mt9wr]

Sp gs 44:00 class

[@garyparks9502]

"Oregahn" Really?! "Oregahn"?? The producers couldn't find a narrator who knows how to pronounce "Oregon"?!

[@NorthwestDaylight]

Direct comment to TrevorPalVA tomato(to-may-to)-tomato(to-mah-to) much?

[@mikadostulc4513]

They used the same u.p. train for the two union pacific manifest

[@mikadostulc4513]

43:04-46:17

[@mikadostulc4513]

They had the same horn as well

[@NorthwestDaylight]

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[@Rishu_x_Football]

4449 is not a

[@NorthwestDaylight]

Shilpa Rachuri um sentence?

[@cameronmocny7233]

Cool what's the Amtrak diesel for

[@dontcallmeneedy.128]

+Cameron Mocny extra power like 80 MPH

[@JAILRail]

Dynamic Braking.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Cameron Mocny HEP for hotel services and dynamic braking. Speed isn't an issue

[@Hofsan]

They also use it to supplement electricity for the rest of the cars. It really bothers me to see a diesel in the mix, specially when it stands out like Amrak! What I would like to see instead is a F unit painted in Daylight colors in there. At least it would blend a little more. Then you have all the Amrak cars in there..... You might as well being pulling an Amtrak train......

[@NorthwestDaylight]

@@Hofsan well it is an Amtrak special, and what F Unit has HEP, PTC and Dynamic Breaking

[@jackokabayashi4810]

Gr to hi