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.
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