sjb3 wrote:
I had the pleasure of getting up close and in the cab of the newly-restored Bicentennial Freedom Train locomotive, the old Southern Pacific Daylight #4449 (which I believe is still operating in excursion service today), when it passed through the Chicago & Northwestern's Proviso yards in early 1975; I was a road brakeman operating between there and Clinton, Iowa at the time. I took a few snapshots but they're long lost...
Yep, the #4449 is still in service. It's owned by the city of Portland, Oregon, or at least it was the last I heard. It's kept at the Brooklyn roundhouse along with another steamer, the #700, and a few diesel electric classics.