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Many times, I've read that when the Freedom Train housed 4449 in the SRR steam shop while RDG 2101 was taking the train through the Northeast. When the GS-4 was moved to meet the train in Washington DC, the SRR steam crew was in the cab, marveling at how well the SP 4-8-4 ran. I think I remember reading of Bill Purdie saying he'd never gone that fast without something coming apart.

Anyway, over the years I've heard rumors that Purdie and his team tried to keep the 4449 in SRR hands for a season or two after the Freedom train was done at the end of 1976. I've also heard that if he'd been able to have her for a while, he was going to paint her in a paint job sort of like the Tennessean was:

My question is this; did the SRR people ever put down on paper what the intention had been, had they managed to get the GS-4 for a while?

One of my best friends, has a GS-4 in O scale and is looking to paint it up as Purdie might have. I wonder if anything ever got written down as to what they'd intended to pay 4449?

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