TriMet’s Westside Express Service (WES): Wilsonville Station

I originally posted this on my old website on March 26, 2009.

WES Station Sign at Wilsonville, Oregon on January 14, 2009

The Wilsonville station at 9699 SW Barber Street is the southern end of the line.

WES Station Platform at Wilsonville, Oregon on January 14, 2009

This station features a 400-space Park & Ride lot, by far the largest of all the WES stations, 48 bike lockers, and connections to Wilsonville's SMART Transit, Canby's CAT and Salem's Cherriots.

WES tracks at Wilsonville, Oregon on January 14, 2009

WES has its own track to the platform here, which ends at the end of the platform. Freight trains use the adjacent through track.

WES Maintenance Facility on January 14, 2009

WES Maintenance Facility on January 14, 2009

WES Maintenance Facility on January 14, 2009

WES Maintenance Facility on January 15, 2009

Wilsonville is also the site of the WES maintenance facility, which can be easily viewed from the Wilsonville platform.

Wilsonville Interactivator on January 15, 2009

There is one of these sculptures of bronze and stainless steel at each of the WES stations. They are called "Interactivators" and this one is the "Wilsonville Interactivator." They were created by Frank Boyden and Brad Rule. The vehicle and the 16 heads can be moved around in the tracks in the tabletop. The five "interactivators" are all similar but are slightly different. Each has a different color scheme and depicts a different animal on the top of the vehicle, and the heads, while representing the same "cast of characters," are slightly different at each station. These photos of the "Wilsonville Interactivator" were taken on January 15, 2009, the first day it was uncovered at the Wilsonville platform.

Wilsonville Interactivator on January 15, 2009

The following table lists the colors and animals at each of the five "Interactivators."

Station	Animals	Color
Wilsonville	Fish	Red
Tualatin	Crawfish	Orange
Tigard	Turtles	Green
Hall/Nimbus	Frogs	Blue
Beaverton	Beavers	Yellow

Wilsonville Interactivator on January 15, 2009

The following is engraved on each interactivator:

THIS SCULPTURE, A THEATER OF SORTS, EXPLORES HUMAN INTERACTIONS FOUND IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, SUCH AS THIS TRAIN LINE. THE CAST OF CHARACTERS EXPRESSES VARIOUS TRAITS, GESTURES, STATES OF MIND, EMOTIONS, FEELINGS AND FANTASIES. YOU DECIDE WHO GOES WHERE AND WHAT PATH THEY WILL TAKE. BY ACTIVATING, YOU WILL CREATE NEW SCENARIOS BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS. USE YOUR IMAGINATION, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS AND HAVE FUN.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

THE KISSER THE SLEEPER THE LAUGHER THE SCOWLER THE GOOFBALL UNCLE SKULKY THE BLIND HEAD THE DOUBLE HEAD

THE FACELESS MASK THE VEGETABLE HEAD THE UPSIDE DOWN HEAD THE MIRROR OF ILLUSION THE FOUND OBJECT HEAD THE CARRIER OF THE STONE THE HISTORICAL HEAD MASK THE HEAD WITH ANIMAL QUALITIES

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