Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

The Willow Creek Railroad was established at Antique Powerland in 1975 with just two members and 600 feet of track. Over the years the group has grown and the route expanded to over 5000 feet of track. Below are some picture of the Willow Creek Railroad, taken at the Great Oregon Steam-Up on July 31, 2010.

IMG_5173 Union Pacific PA1 #603 on the Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Union Pacific Alco PA1 #603 on the Willow Creek Railroad

IMG_5179 Southern Pacific SW1500 #2679 on the Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Southern Pacific EMD SW1500 #2679 on the Willow Creek Railroad

IMG_5180 Army Train on the Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Army Train on the Willow Creek Railroad

IMG_5182 Army Train on the Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Army Train on the Willow Creek Railroad

The following video shows trains running on the Willow Creek Railroad during the Great Oregon Steam-Up on July 31, 2010.

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

The Willow Creek Railroad was established at Antique Powerland in 1975 with just two members and 600 feet of track. Over the years the group has grown and the route expanded to over 5000 feet of track. Below are some picture of the Willow Creek Railroad, taken at the Great Oregon Steam-Up On August 1, 2009.

IMG_8735 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8744 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8745 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8746 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8747 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8748 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8749 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8750 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

IMG_8751 Willow Creek Railroad at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009

The following video shows trains running on the Willow Creek Railroad during the Great Oregon Steam-Up on August 1, 2009.

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up

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Jordan Spreader #4057 at Antique Powerland

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_8055 Southern Pacific 1925 Jordan Spreader #4057 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Jordan Spreader #4057 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This piece of railroad equipment is a ditcher-spreader called a Jordan Spreader. It is used to clear the track for snow and debris, spread ballast and shape the land along the tracks to create drainage ditches. In addition to the large blade in the front, the wings on the side extend outward, allowing the spreader to clear an area much wider than that of a single track. A Jordan Spreader has no means of propulsion of its own, and must be pushed by a locomotive. The Jordan Spreader was invented in 1900 by Oswald F. Jordan, roadmaster of the New York Central's Canada Southern Railway in Ontario. Jordan formed his own company, the O. F. Jordan Company of East Chicago, Indiana in 1905 to build his invention. Today, the company is part of Harsco Track Technologies.

IMG_4999 Southern Pacific 1925 Jordan Spreader #4057 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Jordan Spreader #4057 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

This Jordan Spreader was built in March 1925 as serial number 582 and ended up serving the Southern Pacific Railroad as #4057. It is 38 feet long, 14 feet high, 10 and a half feet wide and weighs 137,600 pounds. Its last assignment for the Southern Pacific was working out if Ashland, Oregon on the Siskiyou Route, until it was retired and donated to the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. It currently carries the reporting marks of the Willamette and Pacific Railroad, as it was on loan to them for a time. It's last use was to clear debris from the Portland & Western Railroad's Astoria Line in 1999.

IMG_5000 Southern Pacific 1925 Jordan Spreader #4057 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Jordan Spreader #4057 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

Continue to Willow Creek Railroad at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Southern Pacific Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_4985 Southern Pacific 1945 Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

This piece of railroad equipment is called a flanger. It is used to clear snow and ice from between the rails, using two large funnel-shaped blades mounted under the frame, one for each side. The blades can be raised and lowered individually as needed from inside the cab. The flags on the roof indicate the position of the blades to others. Like a snow plow, a flanger has no way of propelling itself and must be pulled or pushed by a locomotive, and it can only be used in one direction; the entire car must be turned on a turntable or wye to clear snow in the other direction. Flangers are typically used in conjunction with snow plows or Jordan Spreaders, following directly behind to pick up what the larger equipment cannot reach between the rails. This flanger was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad as #328, most likely in their Sacramento, California freight car shop. It was completed on November 6, 1945. It is 37.5 feet long and weighs 44,000 pounds. It was retired in 1981 and donated to the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. It may be the last wood-bodied flanger in existence.

IMG_8058 Southern Pacific 1945 Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

Flanger #328 is currently under restoration; in 2007 the wooden cab was in white primer and the metal components were in red primer.

IMG_2465 Southern Pacific 1945 Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 3, 2008
Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland on August 3, 2008

By the 2008 Great Oregon Steam Up, the wooden cab had been painted in its original bright orange color with correct Southern Pacific lettering.

IMG_4997 Southern Pacific 1945 Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flanger #328 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

By the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up new windows had been installed. With these windows the flanger looked quite good.

The PNWC-NRHS page about #328, including a pre-restoration photo.

Continue to Jordan Spreader #4057

Portland Terminal Railway Alco S2 #36 at Antique Powerland

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.
 
IMG_2464 Portland Terminal Railroad Alco S2 #36 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 3, 2008
Portland Terminal #36 at Antique Powerland on August 3, 2008

Portland Terminal Alco S2 #36 was built in 1943 for the Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon, which became the Portland Terminal Railroad in 1965.

IMG_2468 Northern Pacific Terminal Company Herald on Portland Terminal Railroad Alco S2 #36 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 3, 2008
Portland Terminal #36 at Antique Powerland on August 3, 2008

It is powered by a 1000 horsepower 6-cylinder diesel engine and weighs 230,000 pounds.

IMG_2466 Portland Terminal Railroad Alco S2 #36 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 3, 2008
Portland Terminal #36 at Antique Powerland on August 3, 2008

It was donated to the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society by Relco in 1993 and was moved to Antique Powerland between the 2007 and 2008 Steam Ups.

IMG_4987 Portland Terminal Railroad Alco S2 #36 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Portland Terminal #36 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

Plans are to restore the locomotive to its original paint scheme.

IMG_4989 Portland Terminal Railroad Alco S2 #36 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Portland Terminal #36 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

Links to Historical Photographs:
PTRC #36 in Portland, 1980 (RailPictures.net)
PTRC #36 in Portland, 1982 (Don’s Depot)
PTRC #36 as Relco #1076, Portland (Mike Clark’s Rails Northwest)PTRC #36 in Portland, 2004 (rrpicturearchives.net)
PTRC #36 in Linnton, Oregon, 2007 (rrpicturearchives.net)

I couldn't find any good pictures of #36 in its original paint scheme, but here are a couple pictures of sister locomotives in the original paint scheme also originally worn by #36.

PTRC Alco S2 #37 in Portland, 1969 (Rob Jacox’s Western Rails)PTRC Alco S2 #41 in Portland, 1969 (Mike Clark’s Rails Northwest)

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Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society at Antique Powerland

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

The National Railway Historical Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1935. It consists of over 170 chapters in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is the nation's largest railroad historical society, with over 17,000 members. The Pacific Northwest Chapter was established in 1955. The chapter maintains rolling stock in various locations, including passenger cars used on steam excursions, and maintains a lending library at Union Station in Portland, Oregon.

At Antique Powerland the chapter maintains Portland Terminal Alco S2 Diesel Locomotive #36, 1945 Southern Pacific Flanger #328 and 1925 Jordan Spreader #4057. The next three posts will take a look at each of them.

Portland Terminal Railway Alco S2 #36
Southern Pacific Flanger #328
Jordan Spreader #4057

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Western Steam Fiends Steam Railway Derrick SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_8052 1927 Bucyrus-Erie 160-Ton Steam Railway Derrick Crane SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This steam-powered railway derrick was built in Wisconsin by Bucyrus-Erie as serial number 9869 for the Southern Pacific Railway in 1927. It weighs 256,440 pounds and has a lifting capacity of 320,000 pounds, or 160 tons.

IMG_8053 1927 Bucyrus-Erie 160-Ton Steam Railway Derrick Crane SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

It was delivered to the railroad at Ogden, Utah on September 11, 1928 and was assigned to the railroad's Shasta Division as #680 and operating out of Dunsmuir, California. As built, the derrick was coal-fired and featured a gear drive to the axles to allow it to propel itself, at slow speeds, along the tracks.

IMG_8064 1927 Bucyrus-Erie 160-Ton Steam Railway Derrick Crane SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

The derrick was renumbered to #7005 in 1932. In 1949 the boiler was converted to burn oil. In 1958, the derrick was transferred to Klamath Falls, Oregon.

IMG_4956 1927 Bucyrus-Erie 160-Ton Steam Railway Derrick Crane SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

Around 1973, the Southern Pacific was in the process of scrapping all remaining steam equipment, and #7005 was on the list, however the crews in Klamath Falls preferred the steam-powered Bucyrus, so they secretly switched its number with that of a 120-ton Industrial derrick, #7020, allowing it to survive. It remained in service in the 1970s and 1980s, moving between Dunsmuir and Eugene, Oregon. In the late 1970s, the trucks were rebuilt with roller bearings, and at the same time the drive gears on the axles were removed.

IMG_4964 1927 Bucyrus-Erie 160-Ton Steam Railway Derrick Crane SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

In 1994, the derrick was stationed in Eugene, and the railroad again called for it to be scrapped. The Eugene yardmaster instead sold it to Rick Franklin of Lebanon, Oregon, who donated it to the Western Steam Fiends in 1999. In November of 2000, the derrick was moved to Antique Powerland. It was restored to operation in June of 2001.

IMG_4973 1927 Bucyrus-Erie 160-Ton Steam Railway Derrick Crane SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

Here is a video of SPMW #7020 in operation at the Great Oregon Steam-Up on August 4, 2007.

 

SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

Here is a video of SPMW #7020 in operation at the Great Oregon Steam-Up on July 31, 2010.

SPMW #7020 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

More information and pictures can be found at Postcard Views of Southern Pacific's Shasta Route and the Espee Modelers Homepage.

Continue to Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society

Misc. Railroad Equipment at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_8157 Burlington Northern Bunk Car #968398 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Bunk Car #968398 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This is a former Burlington Northern Railroad Bunk Car. The number is difficult to make out entirely, but appears to be #968398. I think this car originally belonged to the Great Northern Railway. It was most likely converted from an old box car.

IMG_8138 OERHS Flat Car, formerly Canadian Pacific #418141, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Ex-CP Flat Car #418141 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

According to reporting marks stenciled on the frame, this flat car was previously Canadian Pacific Railway #418141.

IMG_8139 OERHS Flat Car, formerly Canadian Pacific #418141, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Ex-CP Flat Car #418141 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

IMG_8483 OERHS Flat Car, formerly Canadian Pacific #418141, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Ex-CP Flat Car #418141 at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_4990 OERHS Flat Car, formerly Canadian Pacific #418141, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Ex-CP Flat Car #418141 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

IMG_4993 OERHS Flat Car, formerly Canadian Pacific #418141, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Ex-CP Flat Car #418141 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

IMG_8145 OERHS Flat Car, formerly United States Navy #61-01460, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Ex-Navy Flat Car at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This flat car was previously United States Navy #61-01460.

IMG_8146 OERHS Flat Car, formerly United States Navy #61-01460, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Ex-Navy Flat Car at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

IMG_4988 OERHS Flat Car, formerly United States Navy #61-01460, at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Ex-Navy Flat Car at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

IMG_8475 OERHS Reel Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
OERHS Spool Car at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

Other equipment owned by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society includes this spool car and speeder flatcar.

IMG_8476 OERHS Speeder Trailer at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
OERHS Speeder Flatcar at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

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Portland General Electric Bull Run Flume Work Train

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_5032 PGE Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

For almost 100 years, a wooden flume carried water from the Little Sandy River to the Bull Run Powerhouse to provide power to the city of Portland. The story begins in 1906, when the Mount Hood Company began building a dam on the Little Sandy River to divert water into a wooden flume that would carry that water to a powerhouse. Except for concrete footings and metal hardware, the flume was otherwise made entirely of wood, lined with replaceable fir wear boards due to the sediment of the river, and was built by hand, with as many as 315 laborers on the project at one time. Measuring 14 feet wide and 9 feet deep, the flume had a capacity for moving 900 cubic feet of water per second. The flume led the water to the artificial Roslyn Lake over three miles away, created in 1911 as a reservoir for the new Bull Run Powerhouse. The Powerhouse was completed and opened in 1912, the same year that the Mount Hood Company was purchased by the Portland Railway Light & Power Company, which would eventually become Portland General Electric. In 1913, the Marmot Dam was built on the Big Sandy River to divert more water into the flume.

IMG_8665 PGE Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

On top of the flume, rails were laid for a light railway to allow workers to transport materials and equipment for making repairs to the flume. The railway used speeders as locomotives to pull small freight cars. The speeders were originally powered by Ford Model T engines and transmissions  but were eventually rebuilt with diesel engines with automatic transmissions and aluminum-sided bodies that could seat six workers. There were two trains, each typically consisting of a powered speeder, an electric crane car and two flat cars.  One train also included a lunch car with a restroom. There were also a couple of boxcar-like cars.

IMG_4991 PGE Flume Train Cars at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flume Train Cars at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

The Bull Run Powerhouse, which had four turbines producing a total of 110,000 megawatt-hours every year, was closed in 2007. The Marmot Dam was removed in the summer of 2007 and the Little Sandy Dam was removed in the summer of 2008. The flume was dismantled in November 2008. Without the water from the flume, Roslyn Lake disappeared. After they were used in the initial dismantling of the flume, Portland General Electric donated the work trains to the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society in October, 2008.

Here are some pictures of the two speeders during the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up. One was inside the OERHS carbarn and the other was parked just outside the carbarn.

IMG_8667 PGE Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_8670 PGE Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_8664 PGE Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Speeder at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

Here are some pictures of the lunchroom car. During the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up, it was coupled to the speeder that was outside the carbarn.

IMG_8663 PGE Flume Train Lunchroom Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Lunch Car at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_8666 PGE Flume Train Lunchroom Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Lunch Car at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

During the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up the lunchroom car was located on the siding near the Antique Powerland gazebo with some of the freight cars from the flume train.

IMG_4995 PGE Flume Train Lunchroom Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flume Train Lunch Car at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

IMG_4996 PGE Flume Train Lunchroom Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flume Train Lunch Car at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

On the track near the gazebo were three of the flat cars and an electric crane car. Two of the flat cars had a small boxcar on them. These cars are shown below.

IMG_8479 PGE Flume Train Flat Car and Box Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Work Cars at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_8480 PGE Flume Train Flat Car and Box Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Work Cars at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_8481 PGE Flume Train Flat Car and Box Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Work Cars at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_8482 PGE Flume Train Flat Car and Box Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Work Cars at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_8477 PGE Flume Train Flat Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Flat Car at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_4992 PGE Flume Train Flat Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flume Train Flat Car at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

IMG_8478 PGE Flume Train Derrick Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Flume Train Crane Car at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

IMG_4994 PGE Flume Train Derrick Car at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Flume Train Crane Car at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

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Spokane, Portland & Seattle Caboose #713

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_8098 Spokane, Portland & Seattle Caboose #713 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
SP&S Caboose #713 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This caboose was originally owned by the Great Northern Railway. It is believed that it had originally been a 19-foot 4-wheel caboose that was rebuilt in 1909 to a 25-foot caboose. The location of the cupola in relation to the windows seems to support this. It was sold the the Spokane, Portland & Seattle in 1910 and became their #713. It was rebuilt with a steel underframe in 1944. It went on to be sold to the Tite Knot Pine Mill in Redmond, Oregon, and later ended up in storage in Portland until it was acquired by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society.

IMG_8134 Spokane, Portland & Seattle Caboose #713 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
SP&S Caboose #713 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

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Diesel Locomotives at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum

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SamTrak locomotive #2501

IMG_8141 SamTrak General Electric 25-Ton Diesel Locomotive #2501 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Samtrak 25-Ton #2501 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 25-ton diesel locomotive was built by General Electric in 1942 for the United States Army. It was purchased by Dick Samuels in 1993 for use on his SamTrak excursion train on his Oregon Pacific Railroad between the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry and Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. SamTrak service ended in 2002, and the locomotive was stored at the Oregon Pacific shops in Milwaukie, Oregon. In 2005, Dick Samuels donated the locomotive and a small open passenger car from his SamTrak operation to the OERHS.

Salmon Bay Steel locomotive

IMG_8147 Salmon Bay Steel General Electric 25-Ton Diesel Locomotive at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Salmon Bay Steel 25-Ton at Antique Powerland, August 4, 2007

This is a 25-ton diesel locomotive built by General Electric. It was previously owned by Salmon Bay Steel in Seattle, Washington.

Oeser Company locomotive

IMG_8154 Oeser Company 10-Ton Davenport Diesel Locomotive at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Oeser Company 10-Ton at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This is a 10-ton diesel locomotive built by the Davenport Locomotive Works of Davenport, Iowa. It is powered by a Caterpillar engine, It was previously owned by the Oeser Company, a wood pole manufacturing company.

Continue to Spokane, Portland & Seattle Caboose #713

Freight Motors at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

Anaconda Copper Freight Motor #351

IMG_8152 Anaconda Copper 1903 General Electric 35-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 35-ton steeplecab freight motor was built by General Electric in 1903 as Missoula Street Railway #.03 for use in Missoula, Montana.

IMG_5029 Anaconda Copper 1903 General Electric 35-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

It was sold to Anaconda Copper of Anaconda, Montana in 1935 as #351.

IMG_5030 Anaconda Copper 1903 General Electric 35-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Freight Motor #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

The exterior was painted at Powerland in 2007.

Anaconda Copper Freight Motor #254

IMG_8153 Anaconda Copper General Electric 25-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #254 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Freight Motor #254 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 25-ton steeplecab freight motor was built by General Electric for the Missoula Street Railway.

IMG_5028 Anaconda Copper General Electric 25-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #254 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on July 31, 2010
Freight Motor #254 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

It was sold to Anaconda Copper as #254 in 1916 and was retired in 1973.

IMG_5031 Anaconda Copper 1903 naconda Copper 1903 GE 35-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #351 & 25-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #254, July 31, 2010
Motors #254 & #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

At the 2010 Steam Up #254 was coupled to #351 in front of the carbarn.

IMG_5027 Anaconda Copper 1903 GE 35-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #351 & 25-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #254, July 31, 2010
Motors #254 & #351 at Antique Powerland on July 31, 2010

Anaconda Copper Freight Motor #401

IMG_8144 Anaconda Copper 1912 Baldwin-Westington 40-Ton Steeplecab Freight Motor #401 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Freight Motor #401 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 40-ton steeplecab freight motor was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1912 as Timber Butte Milling Company #1. It was sold to Anaconda Copper in 1930 as their #401, and used at Butte, Montana until retired in 1973. It was originally equipped for third rail operation, as overhead wires would have interfered with ore being dumped into freight cars from above.

IMG_8672 Anaconda Copper 1912 Baldwin-Westinghouse 40-Ton Steeplecab #401 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 1, 2009
Freight Motor #401 at Antique Powerland on August 1, 2009

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Trolleybuses at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

Seattle Transit System Trolleybus #604

IMG_8148 Seattle Transit System Trolleybus #604 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Seattle Trolleybus #604 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This trolleybus was built in 1940 by the Twin Coach Company as Seattle Transit System #922. later it was renumbered to #653, then renumbered again to #604. Trolleybuses are still used in Seattle today.

Links to Historical Photographs:
#604 in service in 1975 (Tom's North American Trolley Bus Pictures)

Seattle Transit System Trolleybus #648

IMG_8149 Seattle Transit System Trolleybus #648 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Seattle Trolleybus #648 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 37-foot trolleybus was built in 1944 by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company as Seattle Transit System #998. It was renumbered to #648 in 1974. It was retired in January of 1978, but it still wears the Seattle Transit paint scheme from 1955-1968. It came to Powerland in September of 2000.

Links to Historical Photographs:
#998 in service in 1969 (Tom's North American Trolley Bus Pictures)
#998 in service in 1971 (Tom's North American Trolley Bus Pictures)
#998 in service in 1973 (Tom's North American Trolley Bus Pictures)

British Columbia Transit Trolleybus #2411

IMG_8150 British Columbia Transit Trolleybus #2411 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
B.C. Trolleybus #2411 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This aluminum trolleybus was built in 1954 by Canadian Car & Foundry-Brill of Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario under license from J. G. Brill as British Columbia Transit #2411. The OERHS acquired it in March 2002. Vancouver's trolleybus system is still the second largest in North America.

Links to Historical Photographs:
#2411 in service in 1976 (Tom's North American Trolley Bus Pictures)

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San Francisco Municipal Railway Light Rail Vehicle #1213

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_8097 San Francisco MUNI Boeing-Vertol Light Rail Vehicle #1213 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
MUNI LRV #1213 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This modern Light Rail Vehicle was built in 1977 by Boeing-Vertol, which is, oddly, the helicopter division of Boeing. It was used as Boeing-Vertol demonstrator #1221 from 1977-1979. In 1979 it was sold to the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) as their #1213. It is one of the only two LRVs to be equipped with trolley poles before being converted to a pantograph. These cars were used to replace PCC cars, and were equipped with platform steps that can be raised and lowered to match either the curbside platforms along the street or the high platforms in the subway. This car was donated to the OERHS in 2000. The last of this type of car were retired from service in San Francisco in 2001, replaced by new LRVs from Breda. This type of car was also used in Boston; the last were retired in 2007.

Links to Historical Photographs:
#1213 in service in San Francisco in 1990 (nycsubway.org)

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San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC Streetcars #1118 & #1159

I originally posted information about Antique Powerland on my website in a PLACES page on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I am posting the railroad-related information here, with pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up. All of my information about Antique Powerland can be found at PlacesPages.

IMG_8106 San Francisco MUNI PCC Car #1159 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
PCC Streetcar #1159 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

Streetcars #1118 and #1159 are Presidential Conference Committee (PCC) Cars built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1946. PCC cars were a standardized modern streetcar designed by the Electric Railway Presidents Conference Committee from 1929 to 1934. The first PCC cars were built in 1936, and by the time the last were built in 1952, over 5000 had been produced for use in the United States and Canada.

IMG_8140 San Francisco MUNI PCC Car #1118 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
PCC Streetcar #1118 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

These two cars were originally built for the St. Louis Public Service railroad, where they were numbered #1720 and #1727. The San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) leased these two cars in 1957, and purchased them outright in 1961, assigning them their current numbers. They were retired in the 1980s when new subway lines replaced five streetcar lines. The PCCs were not compatible with the high platforms of the subway line, and they were replaced by new light rail vehicles.

IMG_2673 San Francisco MUNI PCC Car #1118 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 3, 2008
PCC Streetcar #1118 at Antique Powerland on August 3, 2008

Links to Historical Photographs:
#1118 in service in 1967 (nycsubway.org)
#1118 in service in 1979 (Dave's Electric Railroads)
#1159 at the Glenwood Trolley Park in 1986 (nycsubway.org)

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