Once one of the leaders of the Southern Pacific Daylight, the 4449 seems out of place pulling Empire Builder cars. Such is a part of the locomotive's post-service life in the City of Portland. For the thirteenth year in a row, the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation has hosted the Holiday Express, which the GS-4 has had the honors of pulling for a majority of. Though the pair of passenger cars directly behind it may not match, the '49 continues to impress its riders as it did when it left the Lima Locomotive Works in 1941.
