Nice driver photo. Fun fact: If you look closely at the 4th driver on the left side of the Daylight (fireman's side and the driver closes to the cab), you can see the number 4443 scratched into the driver. When I inquired about this from the hostler who was in the Daylight's cab while the Daylight was in Owosso, MI in 2009, the hostler said that sometime in the Daylight's past while she was in the shop for repairs, the driver from Daylight #4443 was placed onto Daylight #4449's wheel set. A somewhat common practice when various steam locomotives were in the shop at the same time or when surplus steam locomotive parts were available as steam locomotives were being scrapped.
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Thank you for that information Jeff, very interesting! I'll definitely have to look for that next time I'm able to see the 4449.
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