Railfanning in Portland, Oregon, on July 13, 1997

On July 13, 1997, my dad and I were railfanning with his friend Fred Anderson. After taking pictures of trains in Vancouver, Washington, we crossed the Columbia River to check out Union Pacific's Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon.

One of the locomotives at Albina was Union Pacific #2378, a 2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April 1984 as Missouri-Kansas-Texas #379. MKT 360-379 were built after normal GP39-2 production had ended and as a result have GP49 carbodies, including the large radiator intake screens. The MKT was purchased by the Union Pacific in 1988, and this locomotive was renumbered to Union Pacific #2378 on December 29, 1989. 

A pair of Southern Pacific Tunnel Motors moved through the yard.

Southern Pacific #8244 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40T-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April 1980.

Southern Pacific #8265 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40T-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in May 1980.

Both of these locomotives were now Union Pacific property, as the Southern Pacific had been merged into the Union Pacific in 1996.

Another Southern Pacific locomotive at Albina Yard was Southern Pacific #2623, a 1,500-horsepower SW1500 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April 1972.

We ended up heading back to Vancouver for more railfanning, as will be seen in the next post.