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National Train Day 2010 in Portland, Oregon: Conclusion

I originally posted this on my old website on the PORTLAND PLACES: Portland Union Station page on May 16, 2010.

Continued from Amtrak Cascades Talgo Tour…

Also on display were a couple of motorcars, or speeders, displayed by members of the North American Railcar Operators Society, a group of private motorcar owners that arrange to operator their vehicles on railroad lines.

Speeder at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

This Tamper TMC2 named "Sophia" was built in 1984 for the Southern Pacific Railroad. It is powered by an 18-horsepower 2-cylinder Briggs & Stratton engine with a snowmobile-style automatic transmission. Current owners Kay and Guy Howard of Junction City, Oregon restored it to operation in 2006.

Speeder at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

This Fairmont MT-14-M was built in May 1986 for the Union Pacific Railroad. It was last stationed in Pocatello, Idaho and was numbered #2615. It is powered by a 20-horsepower 2-cylinder Onan engine with a 2-speed transmission and has a top speed of over 40 miles per hour.

SP #4449 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

Here are some additional photographs of #4449, the Mount Hood, Oregon Pacific #1202 and the Union Pacific caboose as they were rearranged at the end of the event to return home.

OPR #1202 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

SP #4449 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

Here is #4449 positioning itself to lead the consist back towards Brooklyn Yard.

SP #4449 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

Here is the train starting over the Steel Bridge.

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

The Oregon Pacific diesel and Union Pacific caboose would be set off at East Portland Yard to return to Milwaukie while #4449 and the Mount Hood would continue back to the Brooklyn Roundhouse.

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

The following video shows #4449 departing Union Station at the end of the day, and Oregon Pacific #1202 returning to Milwaukie with with Union Pacific caboose.

4449 departing Portland Union Station after National Train Day 2010.

Amtrak Cascades Talgo Tour at National Train Day 2010

I originally posted this on my old website on the PORTLAND PLACES: Portland Union Station page on May 16, 2010.

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Amtrak Cascades NPCU #90251 on May 8, 2010

Amtrak NPCU #90251 was on display with a Cascades Talgo train used between Eugene, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Amtrak P42DC #144 on May 8, 2010

At the other end was P42DC #144, filling in for one of the Cascades F59PHIs. The train was open for visitors during its layover, until it had to be readied for its scheduled departure.

Amtrak Cascades Coach Class on May 8, 2010

These pictures are from the Coach Class section of the Cascades train.

Amtrak Cascades Coach Class on May 8, 2010

The Coach Class section was recently remodeled with leather seating and a new color scheme.

Amtrak Cascades Bistro Car on May 8, 2010

This is the Bistro Car, which offers all of the train's food service.

Amtrak Cascades Bistro Car on May 8, 2010

The Bistro Car has a limited amount of seating around the bar area, and a map of the route on the ceiling.

Amtrak Cascades Bistro Car on May 8, 2010

The Bistro Car also includes the kitchen for the dining car.

Amtrak Cascades Dining Car on May 8, 2010

The Bistro Car connects directly to the Dining Car, which features additional table seating. Interestingly, the seats in the dining car fold up. Renovations of both the Bistro Car and the Dining Car are planned.

Amtrak Cascades Business Class on May 8, 2010

Here is the Business Class section of the Cascades Train, which was also recently remodeled with leather seating and new colors.

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BNSF Railway ES44DC #7400 at National Train Day 2010

I originally posted this on my old website on the PORTLAND PLACES: Portland Union Station page on May 16, 2010.

Continued from Union Pacific Caboose #25198…

BNSF #7400 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

An example of a modern freight locomotive was also on display. BNSF Railway #7400 is a 4,400-horsepower ES44DC built in May 2008 by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania. It has 42.5" diameter wheels and weighs 416,000 pounds.

BNSF #7400 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

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Union Pacific Caboose #25198 at National Train Day 2010

I originally posted this on my old website on the PORTLAND PLACES: Portland Union Station page on May 16, 2010.

Continued from PNWC #600 Mount Hood…

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

Union Pacific Class CA-4 caboose #25198 was built in November 1944 by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company in Michigan City, Indiana as #3898. It was renumbered in April 1959. It spent much of its career in local service out of Union Pacific's Albina Yard in Portland.

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

It was retired on June 11, 1985 and donated to the City of Montpelier, Idaho in March 1986, where it was stored until returning to Albina in 1991.

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

It was donated to the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association and stored on the Mount Hood Railroad in Hood River, Oregon and in Pasco, Washington. It is now owned by PRPA founder Chris McLarney who repainted it in 2009.

UP #25198 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

The interior is also in almost entirely original condition, as seen in the photos below.

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

Also inside the caboose are historical photographs and HO-scale models that depict the caboose's changing appearance over the years.

OPR #1202 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

The caboose is normally stored in Milwaukie, Oregon on the Oregon Pacific Railroad, and was accompanied to Union Station by Oregon Pacific #1202 Walter B. Beebe, which was built in 1953 as Canadian Pacific SW9 #7403 and rebuilt in 1982 as SW1200RSu #1202. The Oregon Pacific acquired it in 2006.

OPR #1202 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

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PNWC #600 Mount Hood at National Train Day 2010

I originally posted this on my old website on the PORTLAND PLACES: Portland Union Station page on May 16, 2010.

…Continued from National Train Day 2010 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon.

Mount Hood at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

The Mount Hood, SP&S #600, is one of two sleeper-lounge cars ordered from the Pullman-Standard Manufacturing Company of Chicago in September 1946 by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway for the Portland section of Great Northern's Empire Builder. It was delivered in February 1950 and was refurbished by Pullman in 1968 as the company's last project before exiting the sleeping car business. When the SP&S became part of Burlington Northern in 1970, the Mount Hood was assigned #1205, and it was leased by Amtrak from May 1, 1971 until early 1972. The Mount Hood logged almost 5.3 million miles between Spokane and Portland on SP&S, Burlington Northern and Amtrak passenger trains.

Mount Hood at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

In 1972, Burlington Northern donated the car to the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. In 1981, the Mount Hood was painted in Southern Pacific Daylight colors to accompany #4449 to the opening of the California State Railroad Museum and on the 7,477-mile 51-day excursion to the Louisiana Worlds Fair in New Orleans in 1984. It was repainted into its original colors, which it still wears today, for the 1985 AARPCO/Union Station neon sign celebration. Mount Hood's sister car Mount St. Helens still exists and is being restored by owner Michael Gelhaus in Spokane.

Corridor inside the Mount Hood

The Mount Hood's sleeping accommodations include six single-person roomettes and three larger 2-person double bedrooms. Here is the corridor between the roomettes.

Roomette inside the Mount Hood

This is one of the roomettes, configured for daytime use.

Roomette inside the Mount Hood

The small room features a chair and a toilet.

Roomette inside the Mount Hood

Here is another roomette configured for nighttime use, with the bed folded down out of the wall above the chair to fill the small space.

Roomette inside the Mount Hood

The toilet is covered by the bed; in order to use the toilet at night, the bed must be folded back up into the wall.

Double Bedrooms inside the Mount Hood

Here are two of the three large 2-person double bedrooms. This pair of compartments can be opened up to form a 4-person room as shown here. A partition divided the space when used as separate accommodations. Each double bedroom features a sink and a folding toilet in the cabinet beneath it.

Double Bedroom inside the Mount Hood

Here are some additional views of the double bedrooms. The left side is configured for nighttime use and the right side for daytime use. In both cases the upper berth is folded up into the wall.

Double Bedroom inside the Mount Hood

The Mount Hood's third double bedroom is similar but can only be used as a single two-person accommodation.

Kitchen inside the Mount Hood

This is the small kitchen for the Mount Hood's lounge section.

Lounge inside the Mount Hood

This is the Mount Hood's 20-seat lounge section with the original Farnsworth radio.

Lounge inside the Mount Hood

Farnsworth Radio in the Lounge of the Mount Hood

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National Train Day 2010 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon

I originally posted this on my old website on the PORTLAND PLACES: Portland Union Station page on May 16, 2010.

SP #4449 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

The third annual National Train Day was held at Portland Union Station on Saturday, May 8, 2010, in conjunction with events at train stations all across the United States.

SP #4449 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

The star of Portland's 2010 National Train Day was former Southern Pacific Daylight Lima GS-4 4-8-4 streamlined steam locomotive #4449, which was on display under steam and offered cab tours for the day.

SP #4449 at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on May 8, 2010

Also in attendance with #4449 and open for tours were the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle sleeper-lounge Mount Hood and former Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198, which will be covered in their own posts.

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