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Yeah, her numberboards said X-844, but the cab and smokebox plate still said 4449. Besides, in the steam era this was common practice. If you look at the train from a 50's point of view, 4449 is the helper on train X-844, so it's required to display the train designation on it's numberboards, just like 844.An instance of this was when UP 3985 and 844 doubleheaded a few years ago. 3985 was the "train" engine, and 844 was on the head end as a "helper". So 844 display "X3985" on it's numberboards, because that was the identidy of the train.Ok, maybe someone else can explain it better.......
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