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4449 Heads East for Train Festival 2009: Private Cars in Portland on October 22, 2009

…Continued from Private Cars in Portland on October 21, 2009.

IMG_9876 New York Central Business Car #3 Portland at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
NYC #3 Portland in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

The next day, October 22, 2009, NYC #3 and Goombay Sunrise had been turned.

IMG_9896 New York Central Business Car #3 Portland at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
NYC #3 Portland in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

They were coupled together at the north end of Track 1.

IMG_9894 Observation Car GBRX #800224 Goombay Sunrise at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Goombay Sunrise in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

North Star Rail's #3101 and #202 were unturned behind them, where pictures were impossible.

IMG_9883 Amtrak P42DC #170 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Amtrak P42DC #170 in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

Amtrak P42DC #170 was added to the eastbound Empire Builder to provide extra muscle to pull MKT Business Car #403, Sleeping Car Minnesota River, Super Dome #53 & Skytop Observation Cedar Rapids, which doubled the regular length of the Empire Builder's Portland section.

IMG_9884 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Business Car #403 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
MKT #403 leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

IMG_9885 Milwaukee Road Sleeping Car #31 Minnesota River at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Minnesota River leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

IMG_9886 Milwaukee Road Super Dome #53 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Super Dome #53 leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

IMG_9887 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Skytop Lounge-Observation Car #186 Cedar Rapids at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

IMG_9888 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Skytop Lounge-Observation Car #186 Cedar Rapids in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

IMG_9889 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Skytop Lounge-Observation Car #186 Cedar Rapids in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

IMG_9890 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Skytop Lounge-Observation Car #186 Cedar Rapids in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009
Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

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