tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39008222148334813142024-03-11T21:51:34.990-07:00TrainPagesRobert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.comBlogger810125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-74856087654836426132024-01-17T21:08:00.000-08:002024-01-17T21:08:32.763-08:00Trains in Late 2005<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47d687_IEPKLNVikmRsKx33bzyw9635r4LWvL1jAYBktKuVIiL94FiFpBKbMCgdvgzDpZHbq5U4q9niF__RcC6zdMDVlVpUCLxEw6_Aaak8ti7or2xrt3YFx8-0BhhMahEVMAYCpsr6BgPq1jAcMdaVF2TEk0aveoqOkw0ztwphnoYaV6sRtau1dRxBL1/s1500/2005-12%20404514689%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202307%20Independence%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2307 "Independence" at Rainier, Oregon, in late 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47d687_IEPKLNVikmRsKx33bzyw9635r4LWvL1jAYBktKuVIiL94FiFpBKbMCgdvgzDpZHbq5U4q9niF__RcC6zdMDVlVpUCLxEw6_Aaak8ti7or2xrt3YFx8-0BhhMahEVMAYCpsr6BgPq1jAcMdaVF2TEk0aveoqOkw0ztwphnoYaV6sRtau1dRxBL1/w400-h266/2005-12%20404514689%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202307%20Independence%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2307 "Independence" at Rainier, Oregon, in late 2005" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">My dad, Cliff West, took these train pictures in late 2005. First are three photos of a Willamette & Pacific locomotive in Rainier, Oregon.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sUSe2ZzG7fjlLbRXZNlra42BsSR6LPK0oGX2vmMMhB6UDyBwLT0pB1qXIYmI-cHZDPhqEZti6fymps_-vN6foh4IMti9hXYMpdtsPloe-g3LPlaRuKdAYZzPDeKdgf6vegUYVf_QMpgwbTkyx6cnkYK5sxotHPMH-bb92fgv5kytwHDgj8dX2WGOT4Y3/s1500/2005-12%20404514703%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202307%20Independence%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2307 "Independence" at Rainier, Oregon, in late 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sUSe2ZzG7fjlLbRXZNlra42BsSR6LPK0oGX2vmMMhB6UDyBwLT0pB1qXIYmI-cHZDPhqEZti6fymps_-vN6foh4IMti9hXYMpdtsPloe-g3LPlaRuKdAYZzPDeKdgf6vegUYVf_QMpgwbTkyx6cnkYK5sxotHPMH-bb92fgv5kytwHDgj8dX2WGOT4Y3/w400-h266/2005-12%20404514703%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202307%20Independence%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2307 "Independence" at Rainier, Oregon, in late 2005" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></span></div><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Willamette & Pacific #2307 “Independence” is a 2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1974 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #3606. It was retired in December 1992 and was sold to the Willamette & Pacific Railroad in June 1993.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMB_rDnA-CV9BV1tIkg8POc3cYRtTCIpeSqT9plfmd5Rp_UUH-AHQyXqY5TitXKJeKDW0WujcfAuWj-6jbJMFl7BIc1MKe78lFH33O94S13Tb9o9nHCr_VgKUOpGNCe5Mw3xwfUB69KmMviHgoSPtRmAzojPwsu5Y5Lk7cE2O5pdcn-uuzti11fwSGbqK/s1500/2005-12%20404514696%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202907%20Independence%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2307 "Independence" at Rainier, Oregon, in late 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMB_rDnA-CV9BV1tIkg8POc3cYRtTCIpeSqT9plfmd5Rp_UUH-AHQyXqY5TitXKJeKDW0WujcfAuWj-6jbJMFl7BIc1MKe78lFH33O94S13Tb9o9nHCr_VgKUOpGNCe5Mw3xwfUB69KmMviHgoSPtRmAzojPwsu5Y5Lk7cE2O5pdcn-uuzti11fwSGbqK/w400-h266/2005-12%20404514696%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202907%20Independence%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2307 "Independence" at Rainier, Oregon, in late 2005" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></span></div><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">This bridge over Fox Creek in Rainier, Oregon, is located at railroad milepost 46.0. This wooden bridge probably dates from the railroad's original construction in 1897-98. The first train came through Rainier from Astoria to Portland on the morning of May 16, 1898. The railroad was originally called the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad. On February 24, 1911 the Spokane, Portland & Seattle took over. The SP&S became part of the Burlington Northern on March 2, 1970. The line to Astoria was purchased by the </span><a href="http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/portland_western_railroad_inc" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Portland & Western Railroad</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> in 1996.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoPBcfSL4SIiVx3qh0wRSufkbtFgzO3N2jiFyqxyhRzRNHDCjz76uRrG7AtkUth6_pSNlPHo7O8EJglU2DQOIyYTX5qnycJL_SHyuBXWwbnv1gM0ioAliCMj6SrNbgmf9Z4VI1ibpgLWG1LjLMTacZYqlKP7HJhmdSHv9d3FjQIMT6z238lECVrVAsRsL/s1500/2005-12%20404514728%20BNSF%20B40-8W%20518%20Vancouver%20WA%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Dash 8-40BW #518 & GP50 #3126 at Vancouver, Washington, in late 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoPBcfSL4SIiVx3qh0wRSufkbtFgzO3N2jiFyqxyhRzRNHDCjz76uRrG7AtkUth6_pSNlPHo7O8EJglU2DQOIyYTX5qnycJL_SHyuBXWwbnv1gM0ioAliCMj6SrNbgmf9Z4VI1ibpgLWG1LjLMTacZYqlKP7HJhmdSHv9d3FjQIMT6z238lECVrVAsRsL/w400-h266/2005-12%20404514728%20BNSF%20B40-8W%20518%20Vancouver%20WA%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="BNSF Dash 8-40BW #518 & GP50 #3126 at Vancouver, Washington, in late 2005" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1ed01a14-7fff-9ab6-0f41-fa24768da01d"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This picture of BNSF equipment was taken at the Amtrak depot in Vancouver, Washington. In the foreground, BNSF #518 is a 4,000-horsepower Dash 8-40BW that was built by General Electric in October 1990 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #518. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, it became BNSF #518 in April 2001 and was repainted into BNSF’s “Heritage II” paint scheme in May 2001. In the background, </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">BNSF #3126 is a 3,500-horsepower GP50 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1985 as Burlington Northern #3126. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, it became BNSF #3126 in 1999. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhyFHh9KPnm4aMgpMvpyZXInCxd3OqMkeecnFgpLWMhqjtYMQCaYQo820E1h9OWJRJwVx2oz2vJUA3QUDUn-rvUFWJjAmyHvwLGofdgqsyUIhPpNrPpKKj24-hJuUl94aqtckFjs29rVKrdIbtpTmTJnPjRdZL4erfmGcIKExnmg6WXnX_3jFzXGTkdhN/s1500/2005-12%20404514739%20MRL%20Covered%20Hopper%2045028%20Linnton%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Montana Rail Link Covered Hopper #45028 at Linnton, Oregon, in late 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhyFHh9KPnm4aMgpMvpyZXInCxd3OqMkeecnFgpLWMhqjtYMQCaYQo820E1h9OWJRJwVx2oz2vJUA3QUDUn-rvUFWJjAmyHvwLGofdgqsyUIhPpNrPpKKj24-hJuUl94aqtckFjs29rVKrdIbtpTmTJnPjRdZL4erfmGcIKExnmg6WXnX_3jFzXGTkdhN/w400-h266/2005-12%20404514739%20MRL%20Covered%20Hopper%2045028%20Linnton%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Montana Rail Link Covered Hopper #45028 at Linnton, Oregon, in late 2005" width="400" /></a><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-2444cf9e-7fff-45c0-726a-b7f7483e5e7a"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Montana Rail Link #45028 is a Pullman-Standard PS2-CD 4427-cubic-inch 100-ton covered hopper that was originally built in March 1971 as part of lot 9532, a group of 200 such cars built for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, or Frisco, numbered from 79300 to 79499. The Frisco was merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad in April 1980, and these cars became Burlington Northern 439000-439199. A group of 50 of these cars went to the Montana Rail Link after its creation in October 1987, and were numbered 45001-45050. Initially painted dark blue, they were used to carry materials such as lime, talc, and decorative rock, which caused the dark blue paint to weather quickly. When my dad photographed this car in Linnton, Oregon, it had recently been renovated and repainted light gray, which was expected to hold up better than the dark blue. </span></p></span></span>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-11993301474238416902023-12-26T17:08:00.000-08:002023-12-26T17:08:06.892-08:00Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2310 "Monroe" at St. Helens, Oregon, on October 1, 2005<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeSexbL4kCzIX5jjsBkzrOBp2FDWKrH1xzkLElsDbLAAVSiClesheWZ6S2-iFjc5sYyc9QrDENAA0bMUiONuYx_-J2Tr7D7F-pWGCCXFrqmaKEOglLcCtfaNNQp76VuXvWjWEbMEBzi4GVU12VnboPrbbt4F5nqL_3bZfKvdkJRyAGlgnHW3ilMoWZuKH/s1428/2005-10-01%2003%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202310%20Monroe%20Saint%20Helens%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2310 at St. Helens, Oregon, on October 1, 2005." border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1428" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeSexbL4kCzIX5jjsBkzrOBp2FDWKrH1xzkLElsDbLAAVSiClesheWZ6S2-iFjc5sYyc9QrDENAA0bMUiONuYx_-J2Tr7D7F-pWGCCXFrqmaKEOglLcCtfaNNQp76VuXvWjWEbMEBzi4GVU12VnboPrbbt4F5nqL_3bZfKvdkJRyAGlgnHW3ilMoWZuKH/w400-h288/2005-10-01%2003%20WPRR%20GP39-2%202310%20Monroe%20Saint%20Helens%20OR.jpg" title="Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2310 at St. Helens, Oregon, on October 1, 2005." width="400" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e78f46d8-7fff-9fa4-070d-95881bd43d51"></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Willamette & Pacific GP39-2 #2310 “Monroe” is a 2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1974 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #3609. It was retired in December 1992 and was sold to the Willamette & Pacific Railroad in June 1993. It is pictured here at Saint Helens, Oregon, on October 1, 2005.</span></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-86745073060217469032023-12-26T16:51:00.000-08:002023-12-26T17:02:12.688-08:00Lewis & Clark Explorer in 2005<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaxSmfMCkLJjLglGOuvR-Ab3hB0UIx4SWY37-hDoT6Sfu35IIw1qJkmO7ClJQL-1CHSHiWFqVi58QHWUcTUtZNgB6z6ytPyle4qm3FBdxuRRcaukQbLIlIlmF6mHK3Z7L6kciB7VrVxApAQoLGE7Dc5DZJU_S31YFrxHtuf1Qu6mr46_DHKVuqM_5dZk5/s1500/2005-07%20374009924%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaxSmfMCkLJjLglGOuvR-Ab3hB0UIx4SWY37-hDoT6Sfu35IIw1qJkmO7ClJQL-1CHSHiWFqVi58QHWUcTUtZNgB6z6ytPyle4qm3FBdxuRRcaukQbLIlIlmF6mHK3Z7L6kciB7VrVxApAQoLGE7Dc5DZJU_S31YFrxHtuf1Qu6mr46_DHKVuqM_5dZk5/w400-h266/2005-07%20374009924%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background: white;">To commemorate the </span><a href="http://www.lcbo.net/index.html" style="background-color: white; color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition</span></a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background: white;">, the </span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/" style="background-color: white; color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Oregon Department of Transportation</span></a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background: white;"> operated an excursion train along the south bank of the lower Columbia River from Linnton, near Portland, to Astoria, near the site of </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/lewi/planyourvisit/fortclatsop.htm" style="background-color: white; color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Fort Clatsop</span></a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background: white;">, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered over in 1805-06. The train ran for the summers of 2003 to 2005, making one round trip on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">My dad, Cliff West, took these pictures of the train during its final season in 2005, around July. These first pictures show the westbound train approaching Rainier.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VoyQjxmpSOclaZ6fxkTnqJvf8rOkhWBLG_1dP_Tj3fJCq5GMDiAbIO1-M2wvSLyUIzgapqQs0QPlGNWGQytaTbLnHgiue8ieMW9hz6xiBG3k8yFYZqUfaCIFJX51l0cZKVAGoDlnzN6B3MlGhiPEowf6X4zbmx9UyhGD7XhDNWeEB4rYkJRq_luDcL5C/s1500/2005-07%20374009928%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VoyQjxmpSOclaZ6fxkTnqJvf8rOkhWBLG_1dP_Tj3fJCq5GMDiAbIO1-M2wvSLyUIzgapqQs0QPlGNWGQytaTbLnHgiue8ieMW9hz6xiBG3k8yFYZqUfaCIFJX51l0cZKVAGoDlnzN6B3MlGhiPEowf6X4zbmx9UyhGD7XhDNWeEB4rYkJRq_luDcL5C/w400-h266/2005-07%20374009928%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Charles Fox founded </span><a href="http://www.cityofrainier.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Rainier</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">in 1851. The town was originally called Eminence, but the name was changed to Rainier in 1852. The town is named after Rear Admiral Peter Rainier of the Royal Navy, for whom</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/mora/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mt. Rainier</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">in Washington is also named. The town of Rainier was incorporated in 1885. According to the 2000 census, Rainier has a population of 1,687 people.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7a-CaazaoV7-xaVry76U5Xq27KPc8sQSFy5bPYYO9plDIUX3dyjb4WxVX7-68He16CVqEuUKR6xTvz9Kyp35i7ycPJ1Off5DuDcO8d6S1xNEBbZcI1Un3wyW_HNbXMx4J1meBtIxv_VL-k60tYd2B0ah9wcQ3zKmjCNyrt54QSFRjkZxB-lvo_r8u0_6/s1500/2005-07%20374009942%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer approaching Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7a-CaazaoV7-xaVry76U5Xq27KPc8sQSFy5bPYYO9plDIUX3dyjb4WxVX7-68He16CVqEuUKR6xTvz9Kyp35i7ycPJ1Off5DuDcO8d6S1xNEBbZcI1Un3wyW_HNbXMx4J1meBtIxv_VL-k60tYd2B0ah9wcQ3zKmjCNyrt54QSFRjkZxB-lvo_r8u0_6/w400-h266/2005-07%20374009942%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer approaching Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">On another day, the westbound train is shown approaching Rainier from another vantage point.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F2JTFpBWLctQCq-t7jRaatOP1hbxH3-gkDfFq8YVgXrrNFJMc8Ot9soMgnIZKHxSmI2nb50UUwP477Pf-1LOqrTlcXvRLbIMqiwm5gWoGQqrEHH8rwxUUoFTWSyoxZ3-K18xyGddsp4c16KFkgx8wn7i3gqyR6P23xnDZg5G6P2B1V_PyHy4TCIsgRip/s1500/2005-07%20374009949%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer approaching Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F2JTFpBWLctQCq-t7jRaatOP1hbxH3-gkDfFq8YVgXrrNFJMc8Ot9soMgnIZKHxSmI2nb50UUwP477Pf-1LOqrTlcXvRLbIMqiwm5gWoGQqrEHH8rwxUUoFTWSyoxZ3-K18xyGddsp4c16KFkgx8wn7i3gqyR6P23xnDZg5G6P2B1V_PyHy4TCIsgRip/w400-h266/2005-07%20374009949%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer approaching Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rainier is my hometown, so it is covered more extensively than the other towns. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv9MQuUachdXBjMSWPLhEhe4rmO1emT0ZUYIOuSvTCtzBNnuVTTgX7nmRzJo1pM7ev3x0XmrQicEkF41RsPjPA9lHpvX3UAYlPdx3L25jA69OlVHMrFmLp-mvLniTF0gnn9sJrP7WPIpoodBQQMMu76CqFdLQ0AhrfgAY9ZTj3Njb7fj0yo9-bW30FsNW/s1500/2005-07%20374009960%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv9MQuUachdXBjMSWPLhEhe4rmO1emT0ZUYIOuSvTCtzBNnuVTTgX7nmRzJo1pM7ev3x0XmrQicEkF41RsPjPA9lHpvX3UAYlPdx3L25jA69OlVHMrFmLp-mvLniTF0gnn9sJrP7WPIpoodBQQMMu76CqFdLQ0AhrfgAY9ZTj3Njb7fj0yo9-bW30FsNW/w400-h266/2005-07%20374009960%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The railroad runs down the middle of A Street in downtown Rainier. Street-running used to be common for railroads in the United States, but today it is becoming rare.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoaqdsHuHxKfYSGjnCakWnSNsc6XcmHQkWDkNmicIz6GadKWm7498Lhu-jISeR7mLqgeMxOtq4gXQ5NQCE-RhuK2uJcZYoUdpXSWnZbN-wPElj5qv2J5wL9jXGi3pgvacbXPsXHqxEl9LxMpWN3NsSZigYaKHP0BKWO2n2jjkSMoUHd4lxFRr1uLUTE6q/s1500/2005-09%20374009986%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoaqdsHuHxKfYSGjnCakWnSNsc6XcmHQkWDkNmicIz6GadKWm7498Lhu-jISeR7mLqgeMxOtq4gXQ5NQCE-RhuK2uJcZYoUdpXSWnZbN-wPElj5qv2J5wL9jXGi3pgvacbXPsXHqxEl9LxMpWN3NsSZigYaKHP0BKWO2n2jjkSMoUHd4lxFRr1uLUTE6q/w400-h266/2005-09%20374009986%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Later in the season, around September 2005, the westbound Lewis & Clark Explorer passes Riverfront Park in Rainier.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q_2OB28xpXUzaUC4DIyck8MZSGUNEziZr8K71mYBRjIafFYtRPfdunUrrZoZxAUCYfqrvNscKm84bcJJSVPPnLQmJBWa7OFsmQ6ykIiInXYVo-owC7nNgxgeqI_BbBs9UMAGeLnLblp80MGAsgQn0oYHkA2lnX2h9fph_y-vrPE5cfBYFX8NgRAMMbe0/s1500/2005-09%20374010069%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q_2OB28xpXUzaUC4DIyck8MZSGUNEziZr8K71mYBRjIafFYtRPfdunUrrZoZxAUCYfqrvNscKm84bcJJSVPPnLQmJBWa7OFsmQ6ykIiInXYVo-owC7nNgxgeqI_BbBs9UMAGeLnLblp80MGAsgQn0oYHkA2lnX2h9fph_y-vrPE5cfBYFX8NgRAMMbe0/w400-h266/2005-09%20374010069%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On another day around September 2005, the westbound Lewis & Clark Explorer runs down East A Street.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihr-SS0fdPm7R5Umgs4pqKzFXO3tFnhs2J8TbkHMVkPvuKzcnWEr7UvB0yNyD8PrGq-bht-CX5sEOJZ8qu9Jl4IpKfDNNloZHS5FHscvN5_8sq8k6YTCwWe4fCbnZjSeceFThM-w4vwSQMKthSWH5qxJ-xab3RL3Sxd15B29GcZWtlKA513e1N_HndT5Yh/s1500/2005-09%20374010080%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihr-SS0fdPm7R5Umgs4pqKzFXO3tFnhs2J8TbkHMVkPvuKzcnWEr7UvB0yNyD8PrGq-bht-CX5sEOJZ8qu9Jl4IpKfDNNloZHS5FHscvN5_8sq8k6YTCwWe4fCbnZjSeceFThM-w4vwSQMKthSWH5qxJ-xab3RL3Sxd15B29GcZWtlKA513e1N_HndT5Yh/w400-h266/2005-09%20374010080%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The train consisted of three self-propelled passenger cars known as Rail Diesel Cars, or RDCs, introduced by the Budd Company in 1949 and built throughout the 1950s. Budd was a major builder of railcars at the time, specializing in stainless steel streamlined passenger cars. These cars were purchased by the state of Oregon's Department of Transportation from the British Columbia Railway, which had ended its passenger service in 2002.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4izZAexwnnSxDpzn14_RYdrusfCuWIADct3b3_vblskhbi9aP3pksikSXj312IrY5K6hyv4ET4P1l36JXrvlP68OIBmIAWc1F5gRrwR79-qcRegxTNvmdgOW540cZxIypp8PGEnXRwOs9IRcfmi6pWNJFOW-R6kjuljvAi4MhqI0bknlRCx3skWaxYoK/s1500/2005-09%20374010088%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4izZAexwnnSxDpzn14_RYdrusfCuWIADct3b3_vblskhbi9aP3pksikSXj312IrY5K6hyv4ET4P1l36JXrvlP68OIBmIAWc1F5gRrwR79-qcRegxTNvmdgOW540cZxIypp8PGEnXRwOs9IRcfmi6pWNJFOW-R6kjuljvAi4MhqI0bknlRCx3skWaxYoK/w400-h266/2005-09%20374010088%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">RDC's are powered by 2 Detroit Diesel Series 110 V-6 engines, each producing about 275 horsepower, giving each RDC about 550 horsepower. This is enough power for an RDC to move itself rather quickly, however an RDC does not have much power for pulling additional cars. As a result, each RDC in a consist must be operational. RDCs have a control cab at each end, and a single RDC can control all the other RDCs coupled to it. The hump in the roof at the center of an RDC contains the exhaust and cooling for the engines, freeing up space inside the cars for passengers.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yv8aVC73AavnuKZvSB9OXa5TPsUR1Me71e-zFodmX6e2hsttCigZ0wFlGJiYrzLOcpMejZrCo3ntN9m-2BKdlg5sqn7Ld2UR5DECINA5JGlcvtqvTWT8qbISTm-NVzb3PAKa2dGxyiQ_QkTdIc56jtiaNd6_k_Mn2oJ3y0UaKE_-w5AmGEgKBDzRzEsZ/s1500/2005-09%20374010098%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yv8aVC73AavnuKZvSB9OXa5TPsUR1Me71e-zFodmX6e2hsttCigZ0wFlGJiYrzLOcpMejZrCo3ntN9m-2BKdlg5sqn7Ld2UR5DECINA5JGlcvtqvTWT8qbISTm-NVzb3PAKa2dGxyiQ_QkTdIc56jtiaNd6_k_Mn2oJ3y0UaKE_-w5AmGEgKBDzRzEsZ/w400-h266/2005-09%20374010098%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leading the train, ORRX #31 is an RDC-3 originally built by Budd in July 1956 for the Great Northern Railway as #2350. The RDC-3 featured a section at one end of the car for baggage and mail. #2350 became Burlington Northern #2350 in 1970 and later became Amtrak #43. The British Columbia Railway purchased the car in January 1976 to replace their original #BC-31, which was destroyed in a fire on November 26, 1973. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trailing behind, ORRX #10 & #11 are RDC-1s built in August 1956 by Budd for British Columbia Railway's predecessor Pacific Great Eastern as #BC-10 and #BC-11. The RDC-1 was the passenger-only model of Budd's RDC line. The Pacific Great Eastern became the British Columbia Railway on April 1, 1972, when it was taken over by British Columbia's provincial government. The railroad began going by the name BC Rail on June 19, 1984. These RDC's are still in BC Rail paint, with only the BC Rail heralds replaced by the Lewis & Clark Explorer heralds.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPaqK6K3jhyphenhyphen-NDj1QxxZnmPYgmQa43Wt8xjq8s3dP7k5HOlc47f7lZi7HjC_VkHcWYF-fPvFlFMFRL-uH3zwCl4-ndanhcJrR-ghMRIG8SpIXqiDoBJlfZUwLe-3Mgn0Hnsh3UImJFIawuTJzWaMp06HhFkXiMJ4mXdAL4A6UhNBqWFwMEL_D3ar79NJF/s1500/2005-09%20374010104%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPaqK6K3jhyphenhyphen-NDj1QxxZnmPYgmQa43Wt8xjq8s3dP7k5HOlc47f7lZi7HjC_VkHcWYF-fPvFlFMFRL-uH3zwCl4-ndanhcJrR-ghMRIG8SpIXqiDoBJlfZUwLe-3Mgn0Hnsh3UImJFIawuTJzWaMp06HhFkXiMJ4mXdAL4A6UhNBqWFwMEL_D3ar79NJF/w400-h266/2005-09%20374010104%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On another sunnier day around September 2005, the westbound Lewis & Clark Explorer runs down East A Street.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknrYmUdrQGO3klIk8wXwb1WpH2_Jn8_4jFrdnXOQE6Yi5fYKcmTekQDhe4WN1W3HnU6hn_iq8yup5xuO5JDxo2P0Web73tSXTaeAoHxwuY1iDUoCNO8JxLmfFYfb1F_buztHBrbzH32_1N80vQ0Au9HJfaL9gLVpYhlNNaLfMSYs_r8DFVfAfNtZEB7h_/s1500/2005-09%20374010111%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknrYmUdrQGO3klIk8wXwb1WpH2_Jn8_4jFrdnXOQE6Yi5fYKcmTekQDhe4WN1W3HnU6hn_iq8yup5xuO5JDxo2P0Web73tSXTaeAoHxwuY1iDUoCNO8JxLmfFYfb1F_buztHBrbzH32_1N80vQ0Au9HJfaL9gLVpYhlNNaLfMSYs_r8DFVfAfNtZEB7h_/w400-h266/2005-09%20374010111%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How the three RDCs were coupled together varied. Sometimes the RDC-3 #31 was at one end, other times it was in the middle. The three were rarely separated, so they remained as they were coupled for quite a while.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt7lylYgPWf0YWI9xya7bm9sz8j5vwJ8eiA0pY4VXMj4O8p-p7KAKtV1SNlFqQKD0_-DAMEn32KpRorDAXRaTkEsDHrIudEDvu5jvNhigrs95o9yv6AaPnx_EWG-yYkrV87kcpAM4mBJpPJNz7lR3GG6_c9WDzVtVFalY83_RO9tYJnw5ar_piL8oQF4h/s1500/2005-10%20404514685%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt7lylYgPWf0YWI9xya7bm9sz8j5vwJ8eiA0pY4VXMj4O8p-p7KAKtV1SNlFqQKD0_-DAMEn32KpRorDAXRaTkEsDHrIudEDvu5jvNhigrs95o9yv6AaPnx_EWG-yYkrV87kcpAM4mBJpPJNz7lR3GG6_c9WDzVtVFalY83_RO9tYJnw5ar_piL8oQF4h/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514685%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Near the end of the final season, in late September 2005, the westbound Lewis & Clark Explorer enters Rainier.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNLS2nXdKoM_ywrE2MYQemwhCr2ACD0zXa_8xCXqK6knK141mFHFl4_dvtL7_ZdP_MYo8k-m44ZOoihNfW4kc9_39u4X4MWzYj2tBpqAn9GiLg1cIofSQwgVCOj_3syFikBcf9G0cRtzWpXNinJEgm2W2x2X_Es1V5mSWXekmuz-uQZWJJYO_PvyYr6N3/s1500/2005-10%20404514693%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNLS2nXdKoM_ywrE2MYQemwhCr2ACD0zXa_8xCXqK6knK141mFHFl4_dvtL7_ZdP_MYo8k-m44ZOoihNfW4kc9_39u4X4MWzYj2tBpqAn9GiLg1cIofSQwgVCOj_3syFikBcf9G0cRtzWpXNinJEgm2W2x2X_Es1V5mSWXekmuz-uQZWJJYO_PvyYr6N3/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514693%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Lewis & Clark Explorer was <span style="background-color: white;">the first scheduled passenger service on this rail line since 1952.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FKG1LZvW6Q_TImaIzw6TI2Itf-jdB0MyTTNOEQUTpKiJBdpiMzD0Db51QWSbPpBigjUbHOp5VnQUnAIc375iTif2HfrqtLlvWrj7DcELEmRI7VI_8yRtQloed1z6voT77JdRdXjnVlMpgySNYm6tEalvkzBrdEDIUptX13fiTHNzfF6kGU_OPvQnhhaN/s1500/2005-10%20404514698%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FKG1LZvW6Q_TImaIzw6TI2Itf-jdB0MyTTNOEQUTpKiJBdpiMzD0Db51QWSbPpBigjUbHOp5VnQUnAIc375iTif2HfrqtLlvWrj7DcELEmRI7VI_8yRtQloed1z6voT77JdRdXjnVlMpgySNYm6tEalvkzBrdEDIUptX13fiTHNzfF6kGU_OPvQnhhaN/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514698%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.clatskanie.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Clatskanie</a> takes its name from the Tlatskanai Indians, a very warlike tribe that inhabited this area. The Tlatskanai were wiped out by a smallpox epidemic in the 1850s. Clatskanie was first settled in 1852. It was originally called Bryantville. Clatskanie was incorporated in 1891. According to the 2000 census, Clatskanie has a population of 1,528 people. Unlike the other towns, which the railroad runs right through the middle of, the railroad only skirts along the edge of Clatskanie. At the west end of town, the railroad crosses the Clatskanie River on a swing-type drawbridge built in 1897. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBa52vO7vayKsomi2JWONoXDAvig7Jps12M1UW7xsCPMYC7sqql6j-kJUP6HdupDPEVguULc4lCtFBAjRFANPRUJc1TYqLbq9kDb8-GrrYZBVki8WN68VnX55dC5O4-WqFABa9XV5x7ea4PJkFR4Urx6kQoAphvwTBSOermD5J7eobxZkmLzraPEXsSw7v/s1500/2005-10%20404514704%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBa52vO7vayKsomi2JWONoXDAvig7Jps12M1UW7xsCPMYC7sqql6j-kJUP6HdupDPEVguULc4lCtFBAjRFANPRUJc1TYqLbq9kDb8-GrrYZBVki8WN68VnX55dC5O4-WqFABa9XV5x7ea4PJkFR4Urx6kQoAphvwTBSOermD5J7eobxZkmLzraPEXsSw7v/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514704%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This bridge must be manually swung by a handcrank in the center of the span. This is the first of three manual drawbridges the train crosses. The bridge is normally kept open for river traffic, and is only swung closed when a train is waiting. </span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtmf7FSv-LAMAe5qefw3ZfTaCOY07uYu0PBB2eDkKNxVBJAtLgZ5uIRfjOlHdxhIQEaqjvBsANHG2XDHoTYQnrCPaedMUu6uLzYp9xG7b_yaSvb715Dr9kqV1W7JOT5DD_hYsF1ZsVLpHA3TnRoDJaxLJfSbEEMTzsjX6oUXBMc-mf1ZE09gVmpRHllAE/s1500/2005-10%20404514715%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtmf7FSv-LAMAe5qefw3ZfTaCOY07uYu0PBB2eDkKNxVBJAtLgZ5uIRfjOlHdxhIQEaqjvBsANHG2XDHoTYQnrCPaedMUu6uLzYp9xG7b_yaSvb715Dr9kqV1W7JOT5DD_hYsF1ZsVLpHA3TnRoDJaxLJfSbEEMTzsjX6oUXBMc-mf1ZE09gVmpRHllAE/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514715%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">For freight trains, a railroad employee swings the bridge. For the Lewis & Clark Explorer, the bridge was swung by specially trained volunteers. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pg_J9ifQfOMYsf2-BZ9iCeLnqTZgJA6cdPs6jthAYxuGsfPptmYscfGTXOpSPJLQ125qTKCNanpnPy-_Ot_r8w8D6OUZvxuSPOqbx-pT36_5qYJvwCO-DAmH7ooSoNURQJmpgQNuqsJDjrXENMjGsdlKfKKiKONsm-Zw6ASajdEdFY81dse9p1JUe1Rc/s1500/20050-10%20404514724%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pg_J9ifQfOMYsf2-BZ9iCeLnqTZgJA6cdPs6jthAYxuGsfPptmYscfGTXOpSPJLQ125qTKCNanpnPy-_Ot_r8w8D6OUZvxuSPOqbx-pT36_5qYJvwCO-DAmH7ooSoNURQJmpgQNuqsJDjrXENMjGsdlKfKKiKONsm-Zw6ASajdEdFY81dse9p1JUe1Rc/w400-h266/20050-10%20404514724%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In these pictures, taken from the west side of the bridge, you can see the walkway to get to the span when the bridge is open, and the volunteer walking around the circular walkway in the middle, using the removable pole to turn the handcrank.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkz20ai2luM_Ghv-jYXE0aHVI38ep69xtPO8s4hMrvN_vZ5HzhxHUSzo8nYL8FpShJ40knPb-L6etWE674BDsZ_DtDaZC169lrqxVEgxRkunoGxsNRzzjkJX2pfzkHzwta0zeNqdMRnu5codVpgWgJMz6hEyPjX7ilE0xzokdu_DSArzHXz38G4SveGF1/s1500/2005-10%20404514733%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkz20ai2luM_Ghv-jYXE0aHVI38ep69xtPO8s4hMrvN_vZ5HzhxHUSzo8nYL8FpShJ40knPb-L6etWE674BDsZ_DtDaZC169lrqxVEgxRkunoGxsNRzzjkJX2pfzkHzwta0zeNqdMRnu5codVpgWgJMz6hEyPjX7ilE0xzokdu_DSArzHXz38G4SveGF1/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514733%20PNWR%20Clatskanie%20River%20Drawbridge%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the bridge at which the Portland & Western freight train crew switching the <a href="http://www.stimsonlumber.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stimson Lumber</a> mill at Clatskanie pushed a carload of lumber off the approach to the open drawbridge into the river on September 2, 2004. The train was operating on the east side of the bridge, so in the pictures it is the far approach that was damaged. Since the bridge was completely open at the time, the main span was not damaged.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELwcI6j42tUvRwF8vTLXHd9ELoN0Me8WxggNHrfQ7Wc_btrSiq9SfvCy8ZKryGzSCyRjGyxbs0xHpeoNhod9DDara0QXUOwrDtaVLLjxbO1W8xfljp2BuMav_V13bHALXPbqCN_yQXk6IYxY6I9RTI2TrhOcosTwv9P_faTz1HMkCh_bUgdDk63siyCW-/s1500/2005-10%20404514741%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer on the Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELwcI6j42tUvRwF8vTLXHd9ELoN0Me8WxggNHrfQ7Wc_btrSiq9SfvCy8ZKryGzSCyRjGyxbs0xHpeoNhod9DDara0QXUOwrDtaVLLjxbO1W8xfljp2BuMav_V13bHALXPbqCN_yQXk6IYxY6I9RTI2TrhOcosTwv9P_faTz1HMkCh_bUgdDk63siyCW-/w266-h400/2005-10%20404514741%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Clatskanie%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer on the Clatskanie River Drawbridge at Clatskanie, Oregon, in 2005" width="266" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This damage to the bridge approach closed the line for the entire Labor Day weekend, forcing that weekend's trips of the Lewis & Clark Explorer to be cancelled. The bridge approach was repaired and the line reopened in time for the rest of the season to be completed.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaVmMUDnyJEG4p1k2zXJM1uet9hLwI2eonM8fNiCdOacuaqzCU8qNz22qoK-PHkRGPgRCbUtgA5tMPvSV5lqDaExi0YDUagkHnZEGu3mPZwxwWluw1-86wpycTeyDaXGNNBEW84qMF34mt3B8MFL03n48GeyFbkKEqHwvtHdQCiYvLN5XynmYKtSnFmta/s1500/2005-10%20404514749%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Westport%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer near Westport, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaVmMUDnyJEG4p1k2zXJM1uet9hLwI2eonM8fNiCdOacuaqzCU8qNz22qoK-PHkRGPgRCbUtgA5tMPvSV5lqDaExi0YDUagkHnZEGu3mPZwxwWluw1-86wpycTeyDaXGNNBEW84qMF34mt3B8MFL03n48GeyFbkKEqHwvtHdQCiYvLN5XynmYKtSnFmta/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514749%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Westport%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer near Westport, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Between Clatskanie and Westport the Astoria line closely parallels U.S. Highway 30. This picture shows the eastbound Lewis & Clark Explorer in this area.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1VZg5VHQ0yKmbDcvuAECO_IHEFJ3pyzRdNqCrGdOFfYbr2EG3Vmy4IrUJjUgzNNVdPSs68gAINr-9c1ulSjNcixRCOnOG4Vr1ZdD6R48aEdVYBPclb70pHe7_JMiFahHjkrj0XJYi6etKojNNaLqg6K1N6SgzGGopVSIY9Qv0NuICO9uRLEfWHAAnHMs/s1500/2005-10%20404514757%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Westport%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Westport, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1VZg5VHQ0yKmbDcvuAECO_IHEFJ3pyzRdNqCrGdOFfYbr2EG3Vmy4IrUJjUgzNNVdPSs68gAINr-9c1ulSjNcixRCOnOG4Vr1ZdD6R48aEdVYBPclb70pHe7_JMiFahHjkrj0XJYi6etKojNNaLqg6K1N6SgzGGopVSIY9Qv0NuICO9uRLEfWHAAnHMs/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514757%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Westport%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Westport, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">John West settled in Westport in 1850. The post office opened in 1863. Westport is located on Westport Slough, a side channel of the Columbia River. This location shelters the shore at Westport from the current in the river's main channel, making the slough a relatively good place for boaters and fishermen. Since 1925, a car ferry has connected Westport with Puget Island. This small ferry operation proves itself essential when construction or another emergency temporarily closes one of the bridges at Rainier or Astoria. This picture shows the westbound Lewis & Clark Explorer as it moves through Westport.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8JFIPiKysvK4_RDCF5IH3gxV3qvpot-EgcY-qypfG22CJ8fZKtf03ACRxv6MhdzrfUf5GGBLUJqHu1biZM4tWztMGspDI0ivozGwHohb8q-mECbABX7rsPyQ-RcewjFIn0zPKZTSga286fieWjb2uJFHxcIUzj4zJvvjnMi4Y7gnyU3cPNSIn0TfikJr/s1500/2005-10%20404514766%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Knappa%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Knappa, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8JFIPiKysvK4_RDCF5IH3gxV3qvpot-EgcY-qypfG22CJ8fZKtf03ACRxv6MhdzrfUf5GGBLUJqHu1biZM4tWztMGspDI0ivozGwHohb8q-mECbABX7rsPyQ-RcewjFIn0zPKZTSga286fieWjb2uJFHxcIUzj4zJvvjnMi4Y7gnyU3cPNSIn0TfikJr/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514766%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Knappa%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Knappa, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The town of Knappa was named after Aaron Knapp, Jr., an early settler of the area. The Knappa post office operated from 1873 to 1943. The actual town of Knappa is actually a little inland from the river, and the railroad stays close to the river here and doesn't actually go through Knappa. Two roads cross the railroad at Knappa. Knappa Road crosses above the tracks on an old wooden overpass. Waterhouse Road crosses the tracks at a traditional grade crossing. But this grade crossing is unique; it is still protected by an antique railroad crossing signal known as a Magnetic Flagman or wigwag.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4P9yic_pYjn1sGUkIRzaca0C1wCs7y_uRJTrvDK1nsVQg8KDMoTnX9l9aSfJkINU9rbBqC50IaRZwvgESbE0dplfn9SddkBlgUw01OTj4K7Bn2db9c1oCDBi1eNegbXI2ug55vkeZkSs0Wx878vu2U828yVi9n24sV2CpRHPyXGW4Us8CP6hOD5D3uizt/s1500/2005-10%20404514774%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Knappa%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Knappa, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4P9yic_pYjn1sGUkIRzaca0C1wCs7y_uRJTrvDK1nsVQg8KDMoTnX9l9aSfJkINU9rbBqC50IaRZwvgESbE0dplfn9SddkBlgUw01OTj4K7Bn2db9c1oCDBi1eNegbXI2ug55vkeZkSs0Wx878vu2U828yVi9n24sV2CpRHPyXGW4Us8CP6hOD5D3uizt/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514774%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Knappa%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Knappa, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="left" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just north of the tracks, Waterhouse Road turns to intersect with Knappa Road, which is just to the east. The Knappa Road overpass is adjacent to the Waterhouse Road crossing, making this a very photogenic spot for train photographs. Unfortunately, the Portland & Western has no freight business this far down the line, so without the Lewis & Clark Explorer train, this area sees almost no rail traffic.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-V-fKEOp4Ms0V-nLlA0qbF3GrnxsW99PtsiKaQs82P-v56M4eB7w2kZ9uOlk8w7fkGw1qj6LZJi03cK9YPbYqJNR4HDBqGtCvlPQSSN5bDD6di2Stop2tgAXG4zEzIr7FcnMNYUkhSY4CzgjyxhPWDJ3ZnDntlV1MsMp4AaAAVavHnNT2hIsqt4FziJI/s1500/2005-10%20404514782%20PNWR%20Wigwag%20Signal%20Knappa%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wigwag Railroad Crossing Signal at Knappa, Oregon in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-V-fKEOp4Ms0V-nLlA0qbF3GrnxsW99PtsiKaQs82P-v56M4eB7w2kZ9uOlk8w7fkGw1qj6LZJi03cK9YPbYqJNR4HDBqGtCvlPQSSN5bDD6di2Stop2tgAXG4zEzIr7FcnMNYUkhSY4CzgjyxhPWDJ3ZnDntlV1MsMp4AaAAVavHnNT2hIsqt4FziJI/w266-h400/2005-10%20404514782%20PNWR%20Wigwag%20Signal%20Knappa%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Wigwag Railroad Crossing Signal at Knappa, Oregon in 2005" width="266" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="left" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This type of signal was manufactured by the Magnetic Signal Company of Los Angeles, California from 1910 to 1949. It takes its name from the movement it makes; the black and white banner with the red light in the middle swings, "wigwags" back and forth. The movement is similar to that made by a human flagman while swinging a flag or lantern to stop traffic. The signal also features a bell. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This wigwag was removed in March of 2007.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkvSR7xpULfKwuUQEFCgvH1GKWh-c_V7Dt_JCGhg16sDfwyOekx4FfxGK08jbW1m-_bLTZCV1MuJhJS_M1oUf0gdKo039Pq2vHT938T7NA3lJZhghr1vIc7St12Fxq7LOJw6FbiR5kdAtbSpvAhjYESr67a20o0our4v3_heaUUhyphenhyphenA1M8rGQg93B1y_8g/s1500/2005-10%20404514788%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Astoria%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Astoria Riverfront Trolley & Lewis & Clark Explorer at Astoria, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkvSR7xpULfKwuUQEFCgvH1GKWh-c_V7Dt_JCGhg16sDfwyOekx4FfxGK08jbW1m-_bLTZCV1MuJhJS_M1oUf0gdKo039Pq2vHT938T7NA3lJZhghr1vIc7St12Fxq7LOJw6FbiR5kdAtbSpvAhjYESr67a20o0our4v3_heaUUhyphenhyphenA1M8rGQg93B1y_8g/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514788%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Astoria%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Astoria Riverfront Trolley & Lewis & Clark Explorer at Astoria, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.oldoregon.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Astoria</a> is the oldest settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. Fur traders sent by John Jacob Astor built Fort Astoria in 1811. Astoria is the county seat of <a href="http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/index.asp?" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Clatsop County</a>. According to the 2000 census, Astoria has a population of 9,813 people.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzaOVIpyzts8nehdimzX4UxyQL-DndLY-PpIqZMQUCZIP3H-UFhRvoMHW7AJykBWtD9uTv41HZ63OGTtjr0Q6ggKgrx-P5R4SSkMcx4LaORZAukgMQVxFhi1SK4DRwKGB7LZSDuuc5UwbtyBNjnE2oDh-H62B2qL1uLXz9xWkj-pBVfMi7P3dwr0mkYXb/s1500/2005-10%20404514799%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Astoria%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Astoria Riverfront Trolley & Lewis & Clark Explorer at Astoria, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzaOVIpyzts8nehdimzX4UxyQL-DndLY-PpIqZMQUCZIP3H-UFhRvoMHW7AJykBWtD9uTv41HZ63OGTtjr0Q6ggKgrx-P5R4SSkMcx4LaORZAukgMQVxFhi1SK4DRwKGB7LZSDuuc5UwbtyBNjnE2oDh-H62B2qL1uLXz9xWkj-pBVfMi7P3dwr0mkYXb/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514799%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Astoria%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Astoria Riverfront Trolley & Lewis & Clark Explorer at Astoria, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The tracks along the waterfront through Astoria are used by the <a href="http://old300.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Astoria Riverfront Trolley</a>.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIPE5wQXu4WfpkHSZHyF754omt05LthrKkynSqyf8ePYwrg7kK8O6RtKGQZ0yvbP8lefExCTG07ojK3PUbr5Dq8xY6pDSpW3RW8NOXV-DwgzEQ5k6eJSgVrcKbr-W4ZYtqWads4lyjCv2ji32OJSnSbtu6f5zW0xmV83HSTln5j-xzI-Yx0tCsgUyUCCR/s1500/2005-10%20404514806%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Astoria%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Astoria, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIPE5wQXu4WfpkHSZHyF754omt05LthrKkynSqyf8ePYwrg7kK8O6RtKGQZ0yvbP8lefExCTG07ojK3PUbr5Dq8xY6pDSpW3RW8NOXV-DwgzEQ5k6eJSgVrcKbr-W4ZYtqWads4lyjCv2ji32OJSnSbtu6f5zW0xmV83HSTln5j-xzI-Yx0tCsgUyUCCR/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514806%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Astoria%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Astoria, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Lewis & Clark Explorer's journey ends, appropriately enough, in front of the old Astoria railroad depot. The depot was built in 1924, the peak year for rail travel in Astoria. The railroad continued to use the building for decades after passenger service ended, but today the building is owned by the <a href="http://www.crmm.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Columbia River Maritime Museum</a>. It is closed to the public as it is in need of serious repair and is only used for storage.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NQngwiFg0SFCVOo6M-rTqC7ihM65g_OunLV1v-XCWYKQ751Tc-imqQgUWdEC31GU19-gyugZoJa4QU02PoDV6o0CLCAPvL6456cS0F_JV2rU6igm9a64UoESyajM-w9aHHHfZR3FRf1Y_mgLG8wGPR6TeNlTi7SYPx3c3wag0L8a2JvqyW8FNe_uSHuv/s1500/2005-10%20404514812%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NQngwiFg0SFCVOo6M-rTqC7ihM65g_OunLV1v-XCWYKQ751Tc-imqQgUWdEC31GU19-gyugZoJa4QU02PoDV6o0CLCAPvL6456cS0F_JV2rU6igm9a64UoESyajM-w9aHHHfZR3FRf1Y_mgLG8wGPR6TeNlTi7SYPx3c3wag0L8a2JvqyW8FNe_uSHuv/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514812%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in Rainier on another, wetter day, the Lewis & Clark Explorer makes one of its last trips down the middle of A Street.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceG_X1lkhkK3EHFiewPQakHCekC_v-Wd9vj8Tjdz1b0HRGJxid63oS0NVBz4XQRX-qHXbZMYl_DXmWjvTPQj43sl7EzaHhkW8WROLEzpmUNNFnb0QK_7Ztwg1PGUha4nOjhaPF2BPHy5vLEN7PILdqvq8oaU-h9xa1kjzlY2jBrUIbK3wYdDTRKB3g6Xe/s1500/2005-10%20404514820%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceG_X1lkhkK3EHFiewPQakHCekC_v-Wd9vj8Tjdz1b0HRGJxid63oS0NVBz4XQRX-qHXbZMYl_DXmWjvTPQj43sl7EzaHhkW8WROLEzpmUNNFnb0QK_7Ztwg1PGUha4nOjhaPF2BPHy5vLEN7PILdqvq8oaU-h9xa1kjzlY2jBrUIbK3wYdDTRKB3g6Xe/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514820%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The ditch lights on the front of the RDC shined brightly on this gloomy day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-va1nR24GW0rYyvX17mcmqTqVpse1r-4WhUVltMDi8hilIERZYNIoDCsGAxbegR4tSu1Kgx06R-EhgxKB0Me147OcEpUbS4ubOZb6Nw7k38XZ8s-4bl9wutv_Duu9JHAv-mlVe8GIGKDDOhgznWrKjr3Dr17Tfds04AEue7s2ESgiuzqoBlwSfHjlt9_X/s1500/2005-10%20404514827%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-va1nR24GW0rYyvX17mcmqTqVpse1r-4WhUVltMDi8hilIERZYNIoDCsGAxbegR4tSu1Kgx06R-EhgxKB0Me147OcEpUbS4ubOZb6Nw7k38XZ8s-4bl9wutv_Duu9JHAv-mlVe8GIGKDDOhgznWrKjr3Dr17Tfds04AEue7s2ESgiuzqoBlwSfHjlt9_X/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514827%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The street running in Rainier ended at West 2nd Street, and the rail line ran alongside a narrower A Street from there.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj67hNbUVPhZbSjURgpRl8UYn6KSrjkM4e05h6WyAO8CLQUuT1jAZfiAm5gXiHHNFj53I76YNycKcAPP-1jPGfEdZyiRZY0JOor-sMFn9fYCqBC9ZpF7_qCjVucu7fnIH3ZZAA_QsP9drl3oL_vNjtUDJG2ChFL399ScNGQCzPwnc0oQMtt5SjGXUGMMv9/s1500/2005-10%20404514832%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj67hNbUVPhZbSjURgpRl8UYn6KSrjkM4e05h6WyAO8CLQUuT1jAZfiAm5gXiHHNFj53I76YNycKcAPP-1jPGfEdZyiRZY0JOor-sMFn9fYCqBC9ZpF7_qCjVucu7fnIH3ZZAA_QsP9drl3oL_vNjtUDJG2ChFL399ScNGQCzPwnc0oQMtt5SjGXUGMMv9/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514832%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On another day near the end of the final season, the Lewis & Clark Explorer runs down A Street in Rainier. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIW_zCfLG6A0ZGvU7LvRzO_LUub31hyphenhyphenBdC2ic0ahPQpzhdHEXijmK5XyvkMZS5q4a5TyeetpfhTgmlngOmWRnadSTDFB3IOsJZUbuHjGIRhX7i15uWeu2dyrElG0yYFWCly2hWrpi8T-6FOWloF5m7D4tCdz7SkIIX36GXk_OlhrYGV4qD1L0WdkN3oCOI/s1500/2005-10%20404514841%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIW_zCfLG6A0ZGvU7LvRzO_LUub31hyphenhyphenBdC2ic0ahPQpzhdHEXijmK5XyvkMZS5q4a5TyeetpfhTgmlngOmWRnadSTDFB3IOsJZUbuHjGIRhX7i15uWeu2dyrElG0yYFWCly2hWrpi8T-6FOWloF5m7D4tCdz7SkIIX36GXk_OlhrYGV4qD1L0WdkN3oCOI/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514841%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">At West 2nd Street, the train leaves the street and has its own separate right of way again.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggORr3mP2_YtVcYtCF0ndPwJQWPY2wfUVhr30DaSeJvanm6nMRv4658G64VIQ96jPZUSEeDXxphqKmRho-UkX-jxwsVwYi1yM7WlmiC8kumLq-QqvkCC432l8eNBuP6QQqjM5WhkxhhxlTVdlZxNvygZMyCpM55FkhnT7jkAqA7C2KO7qPeTMDItCKa9Rk/s1500/2005-10%20404514849%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggORr3mP2_YtVcYtCF0ndPwJQWPY2wfUVhr30DaSeJvanm6nMRv4658G64VIQ96jPZUSEeDXxphqKmRho-UkX-jxwsVwYi1yM7WlmiC8kumLq-QqvkCC432l8eNBuP6QQqjM5WhkxhhxlTVdlZxNvygZMyCpM55FkhnT7jkAqA7C2KO7qPeTMDItCKa9Rk/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514849%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After leaving the street-running behind, the railroad crosses over Fox Creek on an old wooden trestle that probably dates from the railroad's original construction in the 1890s.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JcqPvc65499lmSKDt_bD1_n3_NInard92uo5_UiMJUSnpI5l-zg0M2bYaK7CTZUlnQmvl1zNW98fG302SV_ucrLY1cwZT4TfsIuiShjNqbjiDIwj3J_LEBp45s4cycJSVwBQQ_LQ0Px4Lxz9CtWs6eZRnm0uKQoBF_HmgCA0tpqJODr4oDt4Wo3e3eFW/s1500/2005-10%20404514855%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JcqPvc65499lmSKDt_bD1_n3_NInard92uo5_UiMJUSnpI5l-zg0M2bYaK7CTZUlnQmvl1zNW98fG302SV_ucrLY1cwZT4TfsIuiShjNqbjiDIwj3J_LEBp45s4cycJSVwBQQ_LQ0Px4Lxz9CtWs6eZRnm0uKQoBF_HmgCA0tpqJODr4oDt4Wo3e3eFW/w400-h266/2005-10%20404514855%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Rainier, Oregon, in 2005" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe this was the last run of the Lewis & Clark Explorer on October 3, 2005.</span></div>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-4781171171337593212023-12-18T20:28:00.000-08:002023-12-18T20:28:54.966-08:00Astoria Riverfront Trolley #300<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ttbm1UtFGv6hfIYva3yF_JzX_5TZVJF8PUtmYTCXQsc71hvyi20Jm6Y_qd5kehu6RArrEI7UaaIUG9uYwi2L3kK5EWKANzFoCL5TuK84Ac24CVpvnMVgbL52NsjaePsTVCQg_5QOF1SZHD_Dj5IeNXV4Uzr3X3rEzddjxHEaWJCBnrCDxLAK9ntOJFYP/s1428/2005-09-24%2032%20Astoria%20Riverfront%20Trolley%20300%20Astoria%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Astoria Riverfront Trolley #300 in Astoria, Oregon on September 24, 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ttbm1UtFGv6hfIYva3yF_JzX_5TZVJF8PUtmYTCXQsc71hvyi20Jm6Y_qd5kehu6RArrEI7UaaIUG9uYwi2L3kK5EWKANzFoCL5TuK84Ac24CVpvnMVgbL52NsjaePsTVCQg_5QOF1SZHD_Dj5IeNXV4Uzr3X3rEzddjxHEaWJCBnrCDxLAK9ntOJFYP/w400-h286/2005-09-24%2032%20Astoria%20Riverfront%20Trolley%20300%20Astoria%20OR.jpg" title="Astoria Riverfront Trolley #300 in Astoria, Oregon on September 24, 2005" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Astoria Riverfront Trolley #300 operates on a 3-mile section of the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway's Astoria Line that the city of Astoria purchased from Burlington Northern in 1996, before the remaining 92 miles of the line were sold to the Portland & Western Railroad in 1997.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trolley #300 was the first of a group of 14 built for the San Antonio Traction Company in 1913 by the American Car Company of St. Louis, Missouri. This group of cars had composite bodies of wood and steel, while an additional 12 cars built in1914 has all steel bodies. In 1917 the San Antonio Traction Company became part of the San Antonio Public Service Company. San Antonio streetcar service officially ended on April 29, 1933, and that same day Trolley #300 was presented to the Witte Museum, a precursor of the San Antonio Museum Association, and was run onto the museum grounds under its own power and parked, where it would remain on outdoor static display until 1948, when it was housed in a structure and superficially restored. After the 1968 San Antonio World's Fair, a new transportation museum was developed at the downtown fairgrounds, and Trolley #300 was placed on outdoor display to rot until 1980. The car was restored in 1980 and 1981 using parts from the body of car #311, which had been used as a residence after its 1933 retirement until 1978. The car was converted to standard gauge using trucks from New Orleans, and the original 4-foot gauge trucks were saved for another San Antonio Trolley under restoration. In October 1982, the restored Trolley returned to operation, providing public rides on a short section of track behind the San Antonio Museum of Art until the operation was discontinued in late 1985 due to a lack of funding and the Trolley was again stored.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gales Creek Enterprises leased the Trolley from the San Antonio Museum Association and brought it to Oregon in June 1990 for use on the <a href="https://wst.oregontrolley.com/" target="_blank">Willamette Shore Trolley</a> line between Portland and Lake Oswego. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 2pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Willamette Shore Trolley service began July 6, 1990, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">operated by Paul Class and Gales Creek Enterprises through the end of 1994. Meanwhile, the San Antonio Museum Association was dissolved in 1994 and the San Antonio Museum of Art became the trolley’s new owner.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1995, the </span><a href="http://oerhs.org/oerm/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> took over the operation of the Willamette Shore Trolley. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trolley #300 left the Willamette Shore Trolley line and was stored outdoors at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum’s Trolley Park in Glenwood, Oregon, remaining there after the Trolley Park closed and the OERHS moved to Powerland Heritage Park in Brooks, Oregon in 1996. Trolley #300 was eventually leased by the </span><a href="http://www.old300.org/" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Astoria Riverfront Trolley Association</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> in November, 1998, and it was moved to Astoria in December 1998 for restoration. Trolley #300 has operated in Astoria since June 8, 1999 and was purchased from the San Antonio Museum of Art by the Astoria Riverfront Trolley Association in August 2005.</span></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-35669975592208801412023-12-17T19:27:00.000-08:002023-12-17T19:27:23.744-08:00Espresso Express Caboose in Longview, Washington<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEYI7ZAhz7bYuoFb9isa4XnfE50belKpUREXzQucBpvx3PC2oYNLB2TNvSVy_uccQApZKQHzV8yty-UtOri_157YSsk5FXQ1PkK2tQFSAy-7awT9B4F5pmN3cVuCdfQhwRvG2fNshsXPn8FrhGpYVh8fkc9-IMRHGjACnQW7nMsuMJt-LzHLme6Ya-v9g/s1432/2005-09-05%2003%20Expresso%20Express%20Caboose%20Longview%20WA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Espresso Express Caboose in Longview, Washington, on September 5, 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1432" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEYI7ZAhz7bYuoFb9isa4XnfE50belKpUREXzQucBpvx3PC2oYNLB2TNvSVy_uccQApZKQHzV8yty-UtOri_157YSsk5FXQ1PkK2tQFSAy-7awT9B4F5pmN3cVuCdfQhwRvG2fNshsXPn8FrhGpYVh8fkc9-IMRHGjACnQW7nMsuMJt-LzHLme6Ya-v9g/w400-h288/2005-09-05%2003%20Expresso%20Express%20Caboose%20Longview%20WA.jpg" title="Espresso Express Caboose in Longview, Washington, on September 5, 2005" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This old caboose turned espresso stand is located at 745 Ocean Beach Highway in Longview, Washington. According to owners Dan & Laura Estey, it was built in 1933 for the Northern Pacific Railway, and it was eventually acquired by the Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad as their #6 and was used on log trains around Longview. Dan & Laura Estey purchased it from Weyerhaeuser in 1996 and kept "Old #6's" Weyerhaeuser number.</span></p><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-15404590029440072492023-11-26T17:51:00.000-08:002023-11-26T17:51:44.524-08:00St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2an7-m_pmEBPblHXt9uQIa0_mOmGg8dLZGgccuHRrciCR9JBSWZ47HHxC8K-NrWfQ4JQswR01dg9JdvW7v4bl0SOnFqrQHrWdoWU1afgMisEV2NnekoQL4HtirDflObB3uxSfNRO5fP9BHQ5kH5BSn2a1-6o7Vc9KfagPEU5-MQLEeokQoA8zy0sqHoEo/s1436/2005-08-21%2005%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1436" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2an7-m_pmEBPblHXt9uQIa0_mOmGg8dLZGgccuHRrciCR9JBSWZ47HHxC8K-NrWfQ4JQswR01dg9JdvW7v4bl0SOnFqrQHrWdoWU1afgMisEV2NnekoQL4HtirDflObB3uxSfNRO5fP9BHQ5kH5BSn2a1-6o7Vc9KfagPEU5-MQLEeokQoA8zy0sqHoEo/w400-h285/2005-08-21%2005%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6b126bd-7fff-d6c5-6beb-a701f8280976"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">St. Lawrence & Atlantic #3208 is a 3,000-horsepower GP40 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in January 1967 as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific #375. This was one of a group of seven GP40s that the Rock Island was rebuilding to Dash 2 standards in its Silvis shops when the railroad went bankrupt and shut down in 1980. Before the shutdown it was completed as GP40u #3002. The last two of the seven were unfinished. Chrome Crankshaft acquired all seven locomotives along with the shop in 1981, and finished the remaining two locomotives. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgeZV9KjAeNXUHm0nNUvoFLFtSljEc8NCmTWa1h-PppRLeE1SU21hoQC_Swr4DcL0oUGV5cDTRS1UuAXnl7gwdHquqlv-hsM0fbAYOwgxXCJ_UFQLqMEnaprk-2oq9kTVFJ_JzzE1KF-oh7m1NtEFjddjdsx8TNtcVG1H8_xMhk1gb3S19mlL3GYYL9U8/s1432/2005-08-21%2004%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgeZV9KjAeNXUHm0nNUvoFLFtSljEc8NCmTWa1h-PppRLeE1SU21hoQC_Swr4DcL0oUGV5cDTRS1UuAXnl7gwdHquqlv-hsM0fbAYOwgxXCJ_UFQLqMEnaprk-2oq9kTVFJ_JzzE1KF-oh7m1NtEFjddjdsx8TNtcVG1H8_xMhk1gb3S19mlL3GYYL9U8/w400-h286/2005-08-21%2004%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-999af3ea-7fff-f290-09dc-00b2bfdfdb28"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The seven locomotives were sold to Toronto’s GO Transit in 1982. This locomotive became GO Transit #721. As they were not equipped with head-end power generators, they had to operate with HEP cars rebuilt from F-units. In 1994 they were retired and traded in to EMD for new F59PHs. EMD put the locomotives in their lease fleet and this locomotive became EMDX #205. </span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfTIw0yzhOvYuLui37mK9OHGgBHyz4j3Bt7ElYYc2-1KVQw8dPG-E2luk2QVSvA6tElIRqhP1PLp8EIcEJj3BHb1Cmj8XiI51wlKGQjQA78TjVPC3ddMuGRg0P6UzMm4HlNczW4kSaz5L_jAWHed7RnageTXkj2EFn4gbZhJlsddcwnIGXVcsqIV1SlqL/s1432/2005-08-21%2003%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfTIw0yzhOvYuLui37mK9OHGgBHyz4j3Bt7ElYYc2-1KVQw8dPG-E2luk2QVSvA6tElIRqhP1PLp8EIcEJj3BHb1Cmj8XiI51wlKGQjQA78TjVPC3ddMuGRg0P6UzMm4HlNczW4kSaz5L_jAWHed7RnageTXkj2EFn4gbZhJlsddcwnIGXVcsqIV1SlqL/w400-h286/2005-08-21%2003%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-1e530770-7fff-23ab-c6cf-18a516ddcd68"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In 2001, EMD transferred the locomotive to Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX), a partnership with GATX Leasing, and the locomotive was leased to the St. Lawrence & Atlantic as #3208. Despite its St. Lawrence & Atlantic paint scheme, there was a tiny "LLPX" on each side of the cab under the road number. St. Lawrence & Atlantic was taken over by shortline operator Genesee & Wyoming in 2002. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaOkGjg8KSh1ifQLhO0mHYsZlP_qFYV_5cVGGFK9IvfI80ls-PgKgY9C42y3nNyBvIbvqT2ZQczMxHlSvqzRlGfQzxTT937P3_g2B_GZYccWlKqQNNUQo58AIETLrH0LVv6SEI9g-A9Br2AEWgps9IXwsxWx_v12GR8Anb0m_lfxPfMxoKMthtGMm2gTw/s1432/2005-08-21%2006%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaOkGjg8KSh1ifQLhO0mHYsZlP_qFYV_5cVGGFK9IvfI80ls-PgKgY9C42y3nNyBvIbvqT2ZQczMxHlSvqzRlGfQzxTT937P3_g2B_GZYccWlKqQNNUQo58AIETLrH0LVv6SEI9g-A9Br2AEWgps9IXwsxWx_v12GR8Anb0m_lfxPfMxoKMthtGMm2gTw/w400-h286/2005-08-21%2006%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-035b13a6-7fff-5205-4245-08a12ba3c0d4"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Genessee & Wyoming transferred the locomotive to the Portland & Western Railroad in April 2004, where it was considered a GP40-2, even though it lacks all the Dash 2 external spotting features like the water level sight glass, rear cab overhang, and vertical shock absorbers on the trucks. </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYflSKO2JX46phc3j1o31uXhl2eK9PeJTOef0zE6PClpvInn6N3ZpUKfwtgcQB_23jrkq_674vAIkpzNjNs68E3WW3wxvhqmvrpiPg3kIe8hLCEfocqqN-LpeE9blfP6tGXN9GjyvVObZFoEFvOfLSGRsC7VQtsY884PSKd-2B0PifN0dJ_kLp9qvEsrEe/s1432/2005-08-21%2002%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYflSKO2JX46phc3j1o31uXhl2eK9PeJTOef0zE6PClpvInn6N3ZpUKfwtgcQB_23jrkq_674vAIkpzNjNs68E3WW3wxvhqmvrpiPg3kIe8hLCEfocqqN-LpeE9blfP6tGXN9GjyvVObZFoEFvOfLSGRsC7VQtsY884PSKd-2B0PifN0dJ_kLp9qvEsrEe/w400-h286/2005-08-21%2002%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-585ac393-7fff-7e92-de91-0cea0dcdb474"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This locomotive appeared on the Portland & Western’s Astoria Line in the summer of 2005, where I photographed it parked on the trestle over Fox Creek in Rainier, Oregon. I took several pictures, expecting that it would either leave soon to never be seen again, or be repainted. Soon after these photos were taken, it became Portland & Western #3006, with large P&W heralds applied over the St. Lawrence & Atlantic black and yellow paint, and would remain that way for nearly a decade before finally being repainted in Genesee & Wyoming’s standard orange & black paint scheme in 2013 or 2014. </span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Q4r5uO0uQPfSgfDRVl87o9zBPXeqLCF19Zy34cbR272Hn-Jrj3guODedWBvtiuFBDn2mAOD3SZPn-E9pst-TIjRsr-lV-sQujHsKTDUVgPOFxDBIF7LSp1oOsSpc-YUS_Q4augwltltKQduGHHCCVBBMxYBzGwuKHzVThWDPOdqA1J3j7juHYSUDyoz/s1432/2005-08-21%2001%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Q4r5uO0uQPfSgfDRVl87o9zBPXeqLCF19Zy34cbR272Hn-Jrj3guODedWBvtiuFBDn2mAOD3SZPn-E9pst-TIjRsr-lV-sQujHsKTDUVgPOFxDBIF7LSp1oOsSpc-YUS_Q4augwltltKQduGHHCCVBBMxYBzGwuKHzVThWDPOdqA1J3j7juHYSUDyoz/w400-h286/2005-08-21%2001%20LLPX%20GP40%203208%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="St. Lawrence & Atlantic (LLPX) GP40 #3208 in Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2005" width="400" /></a></div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-d8872fb3-7fff-9b4d-9820-629ba6b3f215"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Incidentally, the St. Lawrence & Atlantic yellow and black paint scheme is not dissimilar to the Pullman green and yellow paint scheme used by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, which operated the Astoria Line prior to the Burlington Northern merger of 1970, and had ordered similar-looking GP38s just before the merger that ended up being delivered in BN Cascade Green. If you don’t look too close, this locomotive is almost a glimpse of what might have been.</span></p></span><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-28068536815630676962023-11-05T16:55:00.005-08:002023-11-05T17:20:33.133-08:00Great Northern 2-8-2 #3059 in Williston, North Dakota, in May 2004<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHLdjukarWOjHLCJ980T_UohYIA_a6d6XDkO0oqMwti46oDZLqX7v-JaDnwW-tXHUQJt729aRANY8_BRGFNQ26WAuVYAfU_t89iX_x-hOQB-xxilEjnpzmaYHOD67MR25JOMf4kWGPWrwJaM5KP5pIX6aP49IOgo_4MAyKc6wkEwfQHdeUF2KXhU-89S_/s800/2004-05-25%2055389545-35%20GN%20O-1%202-8-2%203059%20Williston%20ND%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Great Northern 2-8-2 #3059 in Williston, North Dakota, in May 2004" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHLdjukarWOjHLCJ980T_UohYIA_a6d6XDkO0oqMwti46oDZLqX7v-JaDnwW-tXHUQJt729aRANY8_BRGFNQ26WAuVYAfU_t89iX_x-hOQB-xxilEjnpzmaYHOD67MR25JOMf4kWGPWrwJaM5KP5pIX6aP49IOgo_4MAyKc6wkEwfQHdeUF2KXhU-89S_/w400-h266/2004-05-25%2055389545-35%20GN%20O-1%202-8-2%203059%20Williston%20ND%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Great Northern 2-8-2 #3059 in Williston, North Dakota, in May 2004" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-69c09c5b-7fff-1a11-cb4c-9cfb6efe5b55"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My dad, Cliff West, took this pictures of Great Northern O-1 Class 2-8-2 #3059 from the train during the westbound </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Empire Builder</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s station stop at Williston, North Dakota, in May 2004. The Great Northern had a total of 145 O-1 Class 2-8-2 Mikados built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in four groups between August 1911 and February 1919, and the last of them were retired in April 1958. Built in February 1913, #3059 was one of the last 15 in operation when it was retired in December 1957, and is the only survivor. It was donated to the City of Williston and placed on display in Railroad Park on August 2, 1958.</span></span></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-60247089702080167132023-11-05T14:39:00.000-08:002023-12-18T16:56:33.959-08:00Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 Dallas in Rainier, Oregon in Spring 2004<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MCTY_BYobSWBpIZ7Uj5S_zZt3rAXLqSUt3rXGgV-OV1ZYagiRjCXK0RlrVQkvEMJq6F9VcXs3AVUZ8OjOhTiFwPmkvCDnGBs40uKWFEdJ2pGYqDB_VCov-0cfS__ux1mHO69uHyYTiY4dytJDpA0CEQZ3lWwLQJA76ruELPBbWWG2GEuMktdWfPcOMAc/s800/2004-04%2055389545-00%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 Dallas in Rainier, Oregon in Spring 2004" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MCTY_BYobSWBpIZ7Uj5S_zZt3rAXLqSUt3rXGgV-OV1ZYagiRjCXK0RlrVQkvEMJq6F9VcXs3AVUZ8OjOhTiFwPmkvCDnGBs40uKWFEdJ2pGYqDB_VCov-0cfS__ux1mHO69uHyYTiY4dytJDpA0CEQZ3lWwLQJA76ruELPBbWWG2GEuMktdWfPcOMAc/w400-h266/2004-04%2055389545-00%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 Dallas in Rainier, Oregon in Spring 2004" width="400"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 Dallas is a 2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1974 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #3604. It was retired in December 1992 and was sold to the Willamette & Pacific Railroad in June 1993 and later transferred to the Portland & Western. </span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpC1P3KTZ0IseVXbMdcew8icWu1iEZOX2AXwbiJCccl24qJ3YrLRonvihtf7Fe7VA_j5poaUWp2XKUXBrJXHleGI2_WElxQWn_YbLjKD3Yq2F0fScRX5s0YmWJNGaAGLFSVd33x3TJDeBBAjweTeeaQkNtuXv_KsRhoh077Xlh0BI87kiwGJ9Ke_HgoBT-/s800/2004-04%2055389545-01%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 Dallas in Rainier, Oregon in Spring 2004" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpC1P3KTZ0IseVXbMdcew8icWu1iEZOX2AXwbiJCccl24qJ3YrLRonvihtf7Fe7VA_j5poaUWp2XKUXBrJXHleGI2_WElxQWn_YbLjKD3Yq2F0fScRX5s0YmWJNGaAGLFSVd33x3TJDeBBAjweTeeaQkNtuXv_KsRhoh077Xlh0BI87kiwGJ9Ke_HgoBT-/w400-h266/2004-04%2055389545-01%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 Dallas in Rainier, Oregon in Spring 2004" width="400"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Its paint job features banners reading “Celebrating 10 Years 1993-2003” commemorating the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Willamette & Pacific Railroad. My dad, Cliff West, photographed it with a local freight train at the short trestle over Fox Creek in Rainier, Oregon in the Spring of 2004.</span></span></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-81507126281768187042023-11-05T14:15:00.003-08:002023-11-05T14:15:52.426-08:001997 MSOE Society of Model Engineers New Member Orientation Program<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">These pictures were taken at various locations in the Milwaukee area during the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers New Member Orientation Program in December 1997, and were saved from the SOME files. All of these locations have some connection to trains.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3CXN3k1jQxGK2lJtefRVo9fooZUUqTw6NKomibqMJlVsTKvSNzn9nHReWZAmKFdTN7cGmwCq6lQI6Dmc1tdZmFSAUDWf39Rzc4vD1nL8cxaxUD0RFOK3RpfjzgT1UXGISlLcmk2y4h37PjABK-WzVh6fAJCyyNWqhbIM2ob1-wLAbteak7QMks47QODI/s545/five_rings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in December 1997" border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="545" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3CXN3k1jQxGK2lJtefRVo9fooZUUqTw6NKomibqMJlVsTKvSNzn9nHReWZAmKFdTN7cGmwCq6lQI6Dmc1tdZmFSAUDWf39Rzc4vD1nL8cxaxUD0RFOK3RpfjzgT1UXGISlLcmk2y4h37PjABK-WzVh6fAJCyyNWqhbIM2ob1-wLAbteak7QMks47QODI/w400-h283/five_rings.jpg" title="Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in December 1997" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-be2df32b-7fff-7536-84e6-040b367a4e50"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, more commonly known as the Mitchell Park Domes, consists of three glass conoidal domes designed by Donald L. Grieb Associates and built between 1959 and 1967, covering 45,000 square feet. During the winter, one of the domes features a garden railway display. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbpoJh-N39Er6zL_zdPupMTMTOif9maKE07chZrcqj5HZOQegLIs0W7sfVInzRtqqFLFAk0esrS8tNEK11GYF1VYGnWI-0WXHL1GNc028IsF8n36UNlMgBtHBUjhTJIDRajrUApaZSlTqfNQ-fyTGTXjXuOAiAUdPTa5MeVbCtnXFqsxcTsAYxROJee9l/s533/NMOP_97_southridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Train Ride at the Southridge Mall in Greendale, Wisconsin, in December 1997" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbpoJh-N39Er6zL_zdPupMTMTOif9maKE07chZrcqj5HZOQegLIs0W7sfVInzRtqqFLFAk0esrS8tNEK11GYF1VYGnWI-0WXHL1GNc028IsF8n36UNlMgBtHBUjhTJIDRajrUApaZSlTqfNQ-fyTGTXjXuOAiAUdPTa5MeVbCtnXFqsxcTsAYxROJee9l/w293-h400/NMOP_97_southridge.jpg" title="Train Ride at the Southridge Mall in Greendale, Wisconsin, in December 1997" width="293" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Southridge Mall Train Ride</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fdbcab53-7fff-be33-fa66-50d3fb28921b"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This train ride operated inside the Southridge Mall in the Milwaukee suburb of Greendale, Wisconsin. The Southridge Mall opened in 1970. This train (later repainted to resemble Thomas the Tank Engine) apparently operated until 2012 before being replaced by a trackless train in 2013. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9JkdHN0Y-D1h_7FGbgUPHyjy__uYLdm-KqzhlSRARZWlI7Kh-_Cct_XoaH44gqptefUXMJv76oomDKhwNQAu1XKVeFIocJcQZKSwLEZnCioDXjlbjBayrYgoK9RSzTbOpAoylj3qmK9qhG7X768WmkQVA-P9jRv5II0h8HOo4I6nMTdXsr4T-bCfi1bt/s545/NMOP_97-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Watertown Plank Road Overpass in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in December 1997" border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="545" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9JkdHN0Y-D1h_7FGbgUPHyjy__uYLdm-KqzhlSRARZWlI7Kh-_Cct_XoaH44gqptefUXMJv76oomDKhwNQAu1XKVeFIocJcQZKSwLEZnCioDXjlbjBayrYgoK9RSzTbOpAoylj3qmK9qhG7X768WmkQVA-P9jRv5II0h8HOo4I6nMTdXsr4T-bCfi1bt/w400-h281/NMOP_97-2.jpg" title="Watertown Plank Road Overpass in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in December 1997" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Watertown Plank Road Overpass</span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a3e007b-7fff-37d9-8d79-0765d305228b"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This bridge in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, was built in 1910 by the Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago for the Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railroad, as part of a 9-mile double track line that opened in 1911 from West Allis north to Butler, location of a 21-track yard with a capacity of 1500 freight cars intended to relieve congestion from the yards in downtown Milwaukee. The 175-foot 7-panel riveted Parker through truss main span was built by the Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania, and carried the railroad over the route completed in 1855 by the Milwaukee & Watertown Railroad, a predecessor of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Four approach spans built by the American Bridge Company of New York extend the bridge to a total length of 490 feet, crossing Underwood Creek and Watertown Plank Road, which began as a toll road in the 1830s. In 1912, the Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railroad was taken over by the Chicago & North Western Railway, which was merged into the Union Pacific Railroad in 1995. Meanwhile, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad was purchased by the Soo Line Railroad in 1985, which was subsequently absorbed by its parent company Canadian Pacific in 1992.</span></span></span><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-77494700082988773742022-03-27T21:23:00.005-07:002023-12-18T16:57:47.608-08:00Portland & Western Special Train at Rainier, Oregon, in Fall 2003<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CasqKlzb_vpb76PND0Xbi8zcEPzDPERffMVMw6nCYZ1C0r8sR3cYxnsm0HyIkD25xFq3qX_xDSL88t-zrnVlTEqRycyW4lxy5yCMt_VGGAUNrh4vahrOzG_TjydcnjLm1h19skOD1G_vE0MS85ulPolgkEyQTd8TR7WbIdxDVJiIsnOHArl52YZJOg/s768/2003-10%20287339160%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 at Rainier, Oregon, in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CasqKlzb_vpb76PND0Xbi8zcEPzDPERffMVMw6nCYZ1C0r8sR3cYxnsm0HyIkD25xFq3qX_xDSL88t-zrnVlTEqRycyW4lxy5yCMt_VGGAUNrh4vahrOzG_TjydcnjLm1h19skOD1G_vE0MS85ulPolgkEyQTd8TR7WbIdxDVJiIsnOHArl52YZJOg/w400-h266/2003-10%20287339160%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 at Rainier, Oregon, in Fall 2003" width="400"></a><br><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><br></div><div>My dad, Cliff West, photographed this special train running through Rainier, Oregon, on the Portland & Western Railroad's Astoria Line in the Fall of 2003.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQfrJWzLaOKyVkGRmszzsaVPv5sTXyuf0augEIz0xpJsqtqsiM7XthjZL51ghbnNi9Gibemm5pQ_s7APLMN5mEGO6bu2d2A5DC4D4US5vvRvpzZowaQgmyf3J5PT1F6CeKjZotDezLXGb_HfV-bsynfwvIfe9uA1bjAHnaYe7WH-eO0ijj3Dj38Opdg/s768/2003-10%20287339206%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 at Rainier, Oregon, in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQfrJWzLaOKyVkGRmszzsaVPv5sTXyuf0augEIz0xpJsqtqsiM7XthjZL51ghbnNi9Gibemm5pQ_s7APLMN5mEGO6bu2d2A5DC4D4US5vvRvpzZowaQgmyf3J5PT1F6CeKjZotDezLXGb_HfV-bsynfwvIfe9uA1bjAHnaYe7WH-eO0ijj3Dj38Opdg/w400-h266/2003-10%20287339206%20PNWR%20GP39-2%202305%20Dallas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 at Rainier, Oregon, in Fall 2003" width="400"></a><br><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Portland & Western GP39-2 #2305 Dallas is a
2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of
General Motors in August 1974 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #3604. It was
retired in December 1992 and was sold to the Willamette & Pacific Railroad
in June 1993 and later transferred to the Portland & Western.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMsfDHIfnj6rdwQpHkqA48t8wsgpqomnOedxAlHLDYxt4J49Q58fxqhsxjgLGUI6yl7y3fyUbxLUZ3qwBZmc5rlbIT_sH1By0SA8W0vFYRaf-nr118VA3S7DQo8rXqyMOx6NVkSvUoKB37tEecPgop_16hY0V0tJYIkRUvLku2fcrnRThexxotzs-tw/s768/2003-10%20287339244%20Private%20Car%20Caritas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Private Car Caritas at Rainier, Oregon, in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMsfDHIfnj6rdwQpHkqA48t8wsgpqomnOedxAlHLDYxt4J49Q58fxqhsxjgLGUI6yl7y3fyUbxLUZ3qwBZmc5rlbIT_sH1By0SA8W0vFYRaf-nr118VA3S7DQo8rXqyMOx6NVkSvUoKB37tEecPgop_16hY0V0tJYIkRUvLku2fcrnRThexxotzs-tw/w400-h266/2003-10%20287339244%20Private%20Car%20Caritas%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Private Car Caritas at Rainier, Oregon, in Fall 2003" width="400"></a><br><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><span style="background: white;">The <i>Caritas</i> was
built in 1948 by Pullman as a 4-Bedroom, 14-Roomette Sleeping Car for the St.
Louis-San Francisco Railway, or Frisco for short. The car was originally
named <i>Pierre Laclede</i> after the founder of St. Louis. The car
was originally assigned to the <i>Texas Special</i>, which ran between St.
Louis, Missouri, and San Antonio, Texas, over the Frisco and the
Missouri-Kansas-Texas. The Frisco discontinued its portion of the <i>Texas
Special</i> (the northern portion) in 1959. In 1964, this car was sold to
the Canadian National and named <i>Churchill Falls</i>. </span><a href="https://www.highirontravel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">High Iron Travel</span></a><span style="background: white;"> bought the car in 1983 and rebuilt it to its current
configuration, with 3 double bedrooms and a master room, dining area, galley,
wine cellar, and lounge.</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-31161511470215709492022-03-27T21:18:00.007-07:002023-12-18T22:46:12.955-08:00Lewis & Clark Explorer at Laurel Beach in Lindbergh, Oregon, in Fall 2003<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7sxqYSHbpZJ4ebzmm2YSQ6L7cLm9Gt04vmP4ij7KT2y3bOAZeTzlRHyJVoin4bKLtpUEFpL0KMcrmhnpZ2BXEEOCsM37NkR9Mdn6aticikjG68FknwUsRRqX_7MmKpttR6bIrVsWoPJjSJUfmUjZqyPjlDDT_I95OuoX5_vKeNZaOXSPqmwZxKPAsQ/s768/2003-10%20287339116%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Lindbergh%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Laurel Beach in Lindbergh, Oregon, in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhw3TcEdMcIpgkuIfnnYFBu13RBV7k7mRZUwVrSETRLyqoQwIrq5N6AE5Jixz3g0MHeJCGbRKl3-hMDOAEnHJXzi14oqyUaqVQEK2BShzLYy86uKhSfK-fimSOffvCgK1E4XCjemsd_MWe7UF0AByJNeCnlZpow_8a65vM6tSiPdYfEWbkVvWLmWKv4Q/w400-h266/2003-10%20287339090%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Lindbergh%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Laurel Beach in Lindbergh, Oregon, in Fall 2003" width="400" /></span><br /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">To commemorate the </span><a href="http://www.lcbo.net/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bicentennial of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition</span></a><span style="background: white;">, the </span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Oregon Department of
Transportation</span></a><span style="background: white;"> operated an excursion train
along the south bank of the lower Columbia River from Linnton, near Portland,
to Astoria, near the site of </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/lewi/planyourvisit/fortclatsop.htm" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fort Clatsop</span></a><span style="background: white;">, where the Lewis
and Clark Expedition wintered over in 1805-06. The train ran for the summers of
2003 to 2005, making one round trip on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and
Mondays.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Laurel Beach in Lindbergh, Oregon, in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7sxqYSHbpZJ4ebzmm2YSQ6L7cLm9Gt04vmP4ij7KT2y3bOAZeTzlRHyJVoin4bKLtpUEFpL0KMcrmhnpZ2BXEEOCsM37NkR9Mdn6aticikjG68FknwUsRRqX_7MmKpttR6bIrVsWoPJjSJUfmUjZqyPjlDDT_I95OuoX5_vKeNZaOXSPqmwZxKPAsQ/w400-h266/2003-10%20287339116%20ORRX%20RDC3%2031%20Lindbergh%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer at Laurel Beach in Lindbergh, Oregon, in Fall 2003" width="400" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></p>My dad, Cliff West, took these pictures of the train at Laurel Beach, a Columbia County Park on the Columbia River in Lindbergh, Oregon, in the fall of 2003. The train is shown with all three of its former BC Rail Budd RDC cars.<p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-25105294848994281402022-03-27T21:09:00.007-07:002022-03-27T21:11:15.531-07:00BNSF SD40-2 #6731 in Wishram, Washington, in Fall 2003<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaJAhAIy_TWAfs5zPCoMy8jPgI6DCPcv9MLlEaDJDfWm_wVCDqC7fPt-CBgDCurovOPqjjTxO6uai4CGz4F23fzFceaKAa5YgLtMu-OmdEz4ugpdG5K_urZj_oqjIcJeJ1ycU-ho0NooPWhQlY6K79Xx738Frl3ahUVTJVt6etWMOtP8Aj79x1X7Gyw/s768/2001-10%20287339018%20BNSF%20SD40-2%206731%20Wishram%20WA%20Cliff%20West.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #6731 in Wishram, Washington, in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaJAhAIy_TWAfs5zPCoMy8jPgI6DCPcv9MLlEaDJDfWm_wVCDqC7fPt-CBgDCurovOPqjjTxO6uai4CGz4F23fzFceaKAa5YgLtMu-OmdEz4ugpdG5K_urZj_oqjIcJeJ1ycU-ho0NooPWhQlY6K79Xx738Frl3ahUVTJVt6etWMOtP8Aj79x1X7Gyw/w400-h266/2001-10%20287339018%20BNSF%20SD40-2%206731%20Wishram%20WA%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="BNSF SD40-2 #6731 in Wishram, Washington, in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">BNSF #6731 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by
the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in September 1979 as Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe #5072. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern
and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive
became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6731 on March 12, 1999. My dad, Cliff West, photographed it at Wishram, Washington, in the fall of 2003.</p><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-15251481027806239392022-03-27T21:03:00.003-07:002022-03-27T21:03:50.395-07:00Lewis & Clark Explorer Train in the Fall of 2003<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQD6qCAIEH4ZvLMu8wExKVQPQJq_A7-pidkPv_dqhDKLUCaOnbx8BoGDxdKaGV5p01NPM53MtecDK601GOb7LvAdUg451VaCnTX3tP3WWMDUFf5c-k8nTLuxC9dnSEjZPu6W8DUaj4JnIffzTuT3rJiF6kiZG-PGb0ZEb3Fv-k_NMr_mxDDSRCFiKjPA/s768/2003-10%20287338623%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Deer%20Island%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Tide Creek, Oregon in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQD6qCAIEH4ZvLMu8wExKVQPQJq_A7-pidkPv_dqhDKLUCaOnbx8BoGDxdKaGV5p01NPM53MtecDK601GOb7LvAdUg451VaCnTX3tP3WWMDUFf5c-k8nTLuxC9dnSEjZPu6W8DUaj4JnIffzTuT3rJiF6kiZG-PGb0ZEb3Fv-k_NMr_mxDDSRCFiKjPA/w400-h266/2003-10%20287338623%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Deer%20Island%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Tide Creek, Oregon in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">To commemorate
the </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.lcbo.net/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bicentennial of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition</span></a></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">,
the </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Oregon Department of
Transportation</span></a></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> operated an
excursion train along the south bank of the lower Columbia River from Linnton,
near Portland, to Astoria, near the site of </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/lewi/planyourvisit/fortclatsop.htm" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fort Clatsop</span></a></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">,
where the Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered over in 1805-06. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaM_W52DJq64_YoLVyG-gYltpKruqthF-cZS55UsVq3CpPQno1aRLY--MrxLjoF7qAOtLXrcg_HefR19ewrNW6zGOIVqkQI0D1r3WJpp5FRY3W2yn6MiTntqjom2YG4T9sDXYMq9SCLCp6Cptei84CK3_RB8qbwYvuQTDYgQivwFVo3W0lvhuaWVW_Fw/s768/2003-10%20287338670%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Deer%20Island%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Tide Creek, Oregon in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaM_W52DJq64_YoLVyG-gYltpKruqthF-cZS55UsVq3CpPQno1aRLY--MrxLjoF7qAOtLXrcg_HefR19ewrNW6zGOIVqkQI0D1r3WJpp5FRY3W2yn6MiTntqjom2YG4T9sDXYMq9SCLCp6Cptei84CK3_RB8qbwYvuQTDYgQivwFVo3W0lvhuaWVW_Fw/w400-h266/2003-10%20287338670%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Deer%20Island%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Tide Creek, Oregon in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><p>These first two pictures show the train passing the farm between Deer Island and Tide Creek.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ7tu-LnCq99zyifO7WpIlTJRI8TAdKa1HMleZ2AzZD6Yf6Q0hBZ5IjQ6KYKe_AkAQY9YMRMF81cVkuI9ysmauzfi__mwZbBOGCeUMi1y4jjY4qiLCoC-B9ZKb-oREey8Pllky8aSSBxgIhW3OHM70H9pNSIOZMF-8lvwjjuIMyoGvGQssoQ_ch9Jgw/s768/2003-10%20287338710%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Goble%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Goble, Oregon in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ7tu-LnCq99zyifO7WpIlTJRI8TAdKa1HMleZ2AzZD6Yf6Q0hBZ5IjQ6KYKe_AkAQY9YMRMF81cVkuI9ysmauzfi__mwZbBOGCeUMi1y4jjY4qiLCoC-B9ZKb-oREey8Pllky8aSSBxgIhW3OHM70H9pNSIOZMF-8lvwjjuIMyoGvGQssoQ_ch9Jgw/w400-h266/2003-10%20287338710%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Goble%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Goble, Oregon in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><p>These next two pictures show the train passing through Goble.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCcK4PDWQ5U6LnTovN36nnL_cxcu9w_wSOWNyL-T1bgUx8U7gtUrT0Hx_x9hQlUjbr8tSCsphna6bfaXHwVcNA8595p6M3dc4UD5syy6RRyot5BT46mK_MA8QgZqy16NApPXAnwcoaLjj8Mnu5CwqkxMr0TnEBD1JrzztFDpX4RftN9UgqK0JICGPTQ/s768/2003-10%20287338748%20ORRX%20RDC%2011%20Goble%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Goble, Oregon in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCcK4PDWQ5U6LnTovN36nnL_cxcu9w_wSOWNyL-T1bgUx8U7gtUrT0Hx_x9hQlUjbr8tSCsphna6bfaXHwVcNA8595p6M3dc4UD5syy6RRyot5BT46mK_MA8QgZqy16NApPXAnwcoaLjj8Mnu5CwqkxMr0TnEBD1JrzztFDpX4RftN9UgqK0JICGPTQ/w400-h266/2003-10%20287338748%20ORRX%20RDC%2011%20Goble%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Goble, Oregon in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><p>Note that there are only two cars on the train. The train normally ran with three cars, but sometimes only needed two for the number of tickets sold.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9H1Qlu9nvY8g44JipTaMV6pLm6JUpb3aoRF3ZKwZ_yi_-TEhSk-l7_ZmQper1ucrSjTBHaQRp6lBE6g5OgUg_yOLuSMSBa_0tFwH-s1UfGgZXzcf8pqIjVwlal8ueXHe1R4cE7fo8Rza7kLkc0GoC6_GLyKe1V9sZcB-4lpNTaPUtaGFrOL_b5_NHg/s768/2003-10%20287338785%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Rainier, Oregon in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9H1Qlu9nvY8g44JipTaMV6pLm6JUpb3aoRF3ZKwZ_yi_-TEhSk-l7_ZmQper1ucrSjTBHaQRp6lBE6g5OgUg_yOLuSMSBa_0tFwH-s1UfGgZXzcf8pqIjVwlal8ueXHe1R4cE7fo8Rza7kLkc0GoC6_GLyKe1V9sZcB-4lpNTaPUtaGFrOL_b5_NHg/w400-h266/2003-10%20287338785%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Rainier, Oregon in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These last three pictures show the train passing through Rainier, running down A Street.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNQddKjR6RGENT2-1rmDoiuHsuivrCRkezH6iyu5FBEeYvj5ou65Tq4HeHVQOhDpsrd_FGCkJi1G6EuFM-V_R6fr8b97p1rHFDOa8plScLnwOYGtd8Tb1E9i5rYcaQRDiNHPP99-9PWkbNaXtUNX4QYSutmco3wUe27K6GJ-0NWAWzU43rGuKWiTAXA/s768/2003-10%20287338817%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Rainier, Oregon in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNQddKjR6RGENT2-1rmDoiuHsuivrCRkezH6iyu5FBEeYvj5ou65Tq4HeHVQOhDpsrd_FGCkJi1G6EuFM-V_R6fr8b97p1rHFDOa8plScLnwOYGtd8Tb1E9i5rYcaQRDiNHPP99-9PWkbNaXtUNX4QYSutmco3wUe27K6GJ-0NWAWzU43rGuKWiTAXA/w400-h266/2003-10%20287338817%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Rainier, Oregon in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><p>Lewis & Clark Explorer #10 & #11 are RDC-1s that were built by
Budd in August 1956 for the Pacific Great Eastern as #BC-10 & #BC-11. The Pacific Great
Eastern became the British Columbia Railway on April 1, 1972, when it was taken
over by British Columbia’s provincial government. The railroad began going by
the name BC Rail on June 19, 1984. The cars were purchased by the state of Oregon’s
Department of Transportation from the British Columbia Railway, which had ended
its passenger service in 2002.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8g_EmgYpoO-yVwci0RydR9IX0m2urnt4TAM8qkaA-YD0ToPqesxADhl6vi4tzZeHaA8k_gx8tej-l-bLIp4lHUGo45cew-wb1shgTReNpNESKws4jCOofCgggca5lyU9Ebh3iq9W0Czv3WvfRkkVd5iMM-x6EpgDwVuxDkEce_jI0fDRM3759hAvjw/s768/2003-10%20287338849%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Rainier, Oregon in Fall 2003" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8g_EmgYpoO-yVwci0RydR9IX0m2urnt4TAM8qkaA-YD0ToPqesxADhl6vi4tzZeHaA8k_gx8tej-l-bLIp4lHUGo45cew-wb1shgTReNpNESKws4jCOofCgggca5lyU9Ebh3iq9W0Czv3WvfRkkVd5iMM-x6EpgDwVuxDkEce_jI0fDRM3759hAvjw/w400-h266/2003-10%20287338849%20ORRX%20RDC1%2011%20Rainier%20OR%20Cliff%20West.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer Train at Rainier, Oregon in Fall 2003" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;">The train ran for the summers of 2003 to 2005, making one round trip on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. </span><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-74100218436181953102022-03-27T17:17:00.002-07:002022-03-27T17:17:36.631-07:00Trains in the Twin Cities in September 2003<p class="MsoNormal">I took these pictures in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the morning
of September 6, 2003, while traveling on Amtrak’s eastbound <i>Empire Builder</i>. St. Paul was a highlight
for me, as the Minnesota Commercial and Soo Line equipment visible from the
train seemed exotic to an Oregonian like me.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pPjlYwX8WCY3xL5gm0r2adRpTMhSYop93SKUW092yf_HVtBefaz40qUyg8z0oRv8fo36o1vmI2vsQPvwtDkUF0Cm-xCZnClJhb_iRAOW_SFv_SnW3_jlazX9sd-uQ15_bk4HuajGaEcGBfBoMJJXlIKvxVZyrmcGPoJ1SSQDsd-VwIygjMbvJluQvQ/s1428/2003-09-06%2001%20MNNR%20RS18u%2083%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial RS18u #83 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pPjlYwX8WCY3xL5gm0r2adRpTMhSYop93SKUW092yf_HVtBefaz40qUyg8z0oRv8fo36o1vmI2vsQPvwtDkUF0Cm-xCZnClJhb_iRAOW_SFv_SnW3_jlazX9sd-uQ15_bk4HuajGaEcGBfBoMJJXlIKvxVZyrmcGPoJ1SSQDsd-VwIygjMbvJluQvQ/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2001%20MNNR%20RS18u%2083%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Minnesota Commercial RS18u #83 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Switching at Amtrak’s Midway Station in St. Paul during the <i>Empire Builder</i>’s service stop, Minnesota
Commercial #83 is an 1,800-horsepower RS18u that was built by Montreal
Locomotive Works in April 1958 as Canadian Pacific RS18 #8785. In 1987 it was
rebuilt as RS18u #1837. On July 16, 1998, it was sold to Minnesota Commercial
as #83.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8IP61LaFJTpwUKwEqdmWKy1pjo5NjqROLkJQ_Sy5eXWhIShY63chQ4-zcMbabXfwf84BftGGo4xWtYjo8IcIJEgKHRGqSrmmazx-zyJmDyAoI35H1RU5vaI3Ae3OBlTao-T0E7ol0KAKHMq54-2pAF-6yW7eFnnplUdi9wIbitemb94nPHf0dQEmFw/s1420/2003-09-06%2002%20AMTK%20Superliner%20I%20Sleeping%20Car%2032009%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak Superliner I Sleeping Car #32009 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1420" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8IP61LaFJTpwUKwEqdmWKy1pjo5NjqROLkJQ_Sy5eXWhIShY63chQ4-zcMbabXfwf84BftGGo4xWtYjo8IcIJEgKHRGqSrmmazx-zyJmDyAoI35H1RU5vaI3Ae3OBlTao-T0E7ol0KAKHMq54-2pAF-6yW7eFnnplUdi9wIbitemb94nPHf0dQEmFw/w400-h289/2003-09-06%2002%20AMTK%20Superliner%20I%20Sleeping%20Car%2032009%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Amtrak Superliner I Sleeping Car #32009 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Bringing up the rear of the <i>Empire Builder</i>, Amtrak Superliner I Sleeping Car #32009 was completed by
Pullman-Standard on May 22, 1981. It was the last Superliner I and the last
passenger car built by Pullman-Standard. As a result, it was named George M.
Pullman in honor of Pullman-Standard’s founder in a ceremony at its completion,
before being delivered to Amtrak in July 1981. It is one of only two Superliner
I cars to have a name applied.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF4j_rnBHfpnoX1yAeBu2xDp4D9wG82adRVllhiSnachXPC0h7e_T0CHwrbbx9CplZdBAoNoQhk3mf0h_1iCP6g8Q9wLCNwM3tf5-BStLDUSJIm9wh6IMbBRnmqn65In9y1w7ZB95ankDO5YCJYfTRUC4NIktzlmEOxphbdEeTSsh8wl6jFE5kOtOhg/s1428/2003-09-06%2003%20AMTZ%20Roadrailer%20462113%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak RoadRailer AMTZ #462113 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1428" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF4j_rnBHfpnoX1yAeBu2xDp4D9wG82adRVllhiSnachXPC0h7e_T0CHwrbbx9CplZdBAoNoQhk3mf0h_1iCP6g8Q9wLCNwM3tf5-BStLDUSJIm9wh6IMbBRnmqn65In9y1w7ZB95ankDO5YCJYfTRUC4NIktzlmEOxphbdEeTSsh8wl6jFE5kOtOhg/w400-h288/2003-09-06%2003%20AMTZ%20Roadrailer%20462113%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Amtrak RoadRailer AMTZ #462113 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Parked at Midway Station, Amtrak (AMTZ) #462113 is a RoadRailer trailer built by the Wabash
National Corporation. It is the 10,000th RoadRailer trailer built. RoadRailer
trailers could be operated on rails without the use of flatcars, supported by a
specialized railcar truck between trailers. Amtrak began purchasing RoadRailer
trailers in May 1998 to carry mail and express shipments.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHxnBfsyGunI8Kcc-JtKAlYYTdaTtWqBABDiPh0uFSJ3FtFjJmXr6pANR33wMlqdIVJyIbvCuXHSoMX_GR7mh0jJSR3ac7twlnNyp_hn3w9dpj2j9b_QSTy_z_KmS972Qr6yQxBSUUZm05pMEXKGywySGwsLL88YGDxvOSL5b3FCFFOQLLF3rQPgq-Q/s1432/2003-09-06%2004%20MNNR%20M420%2035%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial M420W #35 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1432" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHxnBfsyGunI8Kcc-JtKAlYYTdaTtWqBABDiPh0uFSJ3FtFjJmXr6pANR33wMlqdIVJyIbvCuXHSoMX_GR7mh0jJSR3ac7twlnNyp_hn3w9dpj2j9b_QSTy_z_KmS972Qr6yQxBSUUZm05pMEXKGywySGwsLL88YGDxvOSL5b3FCFFOQLLF3rQPgq-Q/w400-h288/2003-09-06%2004%20MNNR%20M420%2035%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Minnesota Commercial M420W #35 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Minnesota Commercial #35 is a 2,000-horsepower M420W that was
built by Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1976 as Canadian National #2574.
It was renumbered to #3574 in 1986-1987. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGpxBF2tJEnRkuSQCY2sxUuBNMd3sy2w8GnEpFnoR6ODYN3d1Bkf0YjbJGMCMExx3lHcJQKfMWawWiy4ljr80FAQ3GYfOtnkMVglGBxlUZTg41I-G6RP_RrffDfeov1Xc6qBNfFbkwY9nNDHRM70DHgrLlAOpCgNDLk3iX73wINThttjz4ZquPv9VCw/s1424/2003-09-06%2005%20MMNR%20M420%2035%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial M420W #35 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1424" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGpxBF2tJEnRkuSQCY2sxUuBNMd3sy2w8GnEpFnoR6ODYN3d1Bkf0YjbJGMCMExx3lHcJQKfMWawWiy4ljr80FAQ3GYfOtnkMVglGBxlUZTg41I-G6RP_RrffDfeov1Xc6qBNfFbkwY9nNDHRM70DHgrLlAOpCgNDLk3iX73wINThttjz4ZquPv9VCw/w400-h289/2003-09-06%2005%20MMNR%20M420%2035%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Minnesota Commercial M420W #35 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">After being retired on February 5, 1998, it was sold to National Railway Equipment in Illinois in June 1998 and subsequently resold to Minnesota Commercial as #35.</p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_g_bvV-rCtKUhf6xyUc_jUSoZqSsADhQcuwo76-GBNJCd1PHmgbacbfHfKjhUwCidoaZpWYegT7ruRFpM0Itcbla47ZtIoNCxRgvhFk6iGfB0zSWqjA_cLagoLBY-pbzbp0jyaPRAhjCfIUhM-yN6PUnFAiUzuUPEKitUDNTHXTxCe64hRaiyb-BkA/s1424/2003-09-06%2006%20MNNR%20M420%2035%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial M420W #35 & Amtrak P42DC #80 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1424" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_g_bvV-rCtKUhf6xyUc_jUSoZqSsADhQcuwo76-GBNJCd1PHmgbacbfHfKjhUwCidoaZpWYegT7ruRFpM0Itcbla47ZtIoNCxRgvhFk6iGfB0zSWqjA_cLagoLBY-pbzbp0jyaPRAhjCfIUhM-yN6PUnFAiUzuUPEKitUDNTHXTxCe64hRaiyb-BkA/w400-h288/2003-09-06%2006%20MNNR%20M420%2035%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Minnesota Commercial M420W #35 & Amtrak P42DC #80 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div></div>Minnesota Commercial #35 is seen here alongside the <i>Empire Builder</i>'s motive power.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVAB-3c8oxUkLCyCaIyGzsm_NpkmzVYvh3QIVbvYwpjQsTR3FMmegVnvq7wDs1Wdaj5MHr9q0lryzK2dllGN-SwM1vhhZ9Lqngi-bJUOmlG25lIu74Osk15jbGnU0LU9vV-CFczExhCGtYFZh3nLJtDJO9hkJVJry216t3MiOwWylYC6CA4roM7faPA/s1424/2003-09-06%2007%20AMTK%20P42DC%2080%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DC #80 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1424" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVAB-3c8oxUkLCyCaIyGzsm_NpkmzVYvh3QIVbvYwpjQsTR3FMmegVnvq7wDs1Wdaj5MHr9q0lryzK2dllGN-SwM1vhhZ9Lqngi-bJUOmlG25lIu74Osk15jbGnU0LU9vV-CFczExhCGtYFZh3nLJtDJO9hkJVJry216t3MiOwWylYC6CA4roM7faPA/w400-h289/2003-09-06%2007%20AMTK%20P42DC%2080%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Amtrak P42DC #80 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Leading the <i>Empire Builder</i>, Amtrak P42DC #80 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built
by General Electric in April 1997.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5IJZqderQMdQuOqdu7E408KLaboGLCnqp2XvlvjT480csJ5oQIHLS72cQ3DXMmVP9V2zpp8nNdMRHR9t4iLhN3RjLPuT62APo9XdBDPw85lOPdamh4FxOx9zQlwMs4qkIU7avVZlW_pbIxLw1Yh-2S11fCWZCkw_5GGkBmFkLlRsL0mygGbxqpd23A/s1420/2003-09-06%2008%20AMTK%20P42DC%20206%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DC #206 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1420" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5IJZqderQMdQuOqdu7E408KLaboGLCnqp2XvlvjT480csJ5oQIHLS72cQ3DXMmVP9V2zpp8nNdMRHR9t4iLhN3RjLPuT62APo9XdBDPw85lOPdamh4FxOx9zQlwMs4qkIU7avVZlW_pbIxLw1Yh-2S11fCWZCkw_5GGkBmFkLlRsL0mygGbxqpd23A/w400-h289/2003-09-06%2008%20AMTK%20P42DC%20206%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Amtrak P42DC #206 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The <i>Empire Builder</i>'s second unit, Amtrak P42DC #206 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built
by General Electric in October 2001.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUPKHEGRknqLvWwWw2t5IhfAb-JETDXTnJ5eCFSfEYR2Pu8xFtR3R0fk7TR54OZXqxVXLeJSWBCJYXKefBd51lI4_NYenaz8Z9h-CivqSXkum8XyLmYVZ5XrN4v7YGP0WjQBETaT9sZ8da98tvk064DdX4Ik2SbIJfp1i753wYGcU3-6RwIeQTU8Rbg/s1428/2003-09-06%2009%20AMTK%20Superliner%20II%20Sightseer%20Lounge%2033034%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak Superliner II Sightseer Lounge #33034 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUPKHEGRknqLvWwWw2t5IhfAb-JETDXTnJ5eCFSfEYR2Pu8xFtR3R0fk7TR54OZXqxVXLeJSWBCJYXKefBd51lI4_NYenaz8Z9h-CivqSXkum8XyLmYVZ5XrN4v7YGP0WjQBETaT9sZ8da98tvk064DdX4Ik2SbIJfp1i753wYGcU3-6RwIeQTU8Rbg/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2009%20AMTK%20Superliner%20II%20Sightseer%20Lounge%2033034%20Midway%20Station%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Amtrak Superliner II Sightseer Lounge #33034 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Also part of the <i>Empire Builder</i>'s consist, Amtrak Superliner II Sightseer Lounge #33034 was built by
Bombardier in 1993. It was involved in an accident in Nodaway, Iowa, in March
2001 and returned to service on August 27, 2003, as one of the first Superliner
cars to wear Amtrak’s new paint scheme, with the new logo and red sill stripe.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YuLYt317ik-NbN8wgWKAzvjlgtAf3txEG2inBTrC65e9EOqOvVfue01O7gJc5t-zbKtLPNBHf-21-xOlcSjTgtx60aZTqWUeL1tesozizYO1ke9ht-58ywpXUdG10y4raGGEI8b9cOfXyiMf8o5PX2XghImKt_qfcaPjN__qpJMTFeHwQzOmCqmf0w/s1432/2003-09-06%2010%20MNNR%20B23-7%2068%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial B23-7 #68 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YuLYt317ik-NbN8wgWKAzvjlgtAf3txEG2inBTrC65e9EOqOvVfue01O7gJc5t-zbKtLPNBHf-21-xOlcSjTgtx60aZTqWUeL1tesozizYO1ke9ht-58ywpXUdG10y4raGGEI8b9cOfXyiMf8o5PX2XghImKt_qfcaPjN__qpJMTFeHwQzOmCqmf0w/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2010%20MNNR%20B23-7%2068%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Minnesota Commercial B23-7 #68 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Amtrak’s <i>Empire
Builder</i> passes Minnesota Commercial’s nearby roundhouse in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Commercial #68 is a 2,250-horsepower B23-7 that was built by General
Electric in March 1979 as Conrail #1972. It was retired in 1999 and sold to the
Quincy Bay Terminal, where it became #22. It was resold to the Minnesota
Commercial Railway, where it became #68.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtYyU4tKw-5cSFeoevXnNlyvyJdmNyNlg86yYGRYzG_oOPeui8wriONeQoZ56M84xXIotwxdtWhu9bEfZop2hcqCmoZZ8SWqNawyZ35rcHZCDCUJzhtMXwhFezisyIWspQsI329IuF8TRP53aqBw8kVInMX1Bje9egO_9RUB3Q22W3H_AZrAlUZUCew/s1428/2003-09-06%2011%20MNNR%20RS27%20316%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial RS-27 #316 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtYyU4tKw-5cSFeoevXnNlyvyJdmNyNlg86yYGRYzG_oOPeui8wriONeQoZ56M84xXIotwxdtWhu9bEfZop2hcqCmoZZ8SWqNawyZ35rcHZCDCUJzhtMXwhFezisyIWspQsI329IuF8TRP53aqBw8kVInMX1Bje9egO_9RUB3Q22W3H_AZrAlUZUCew/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2011%20MNNR%20RS27%20316%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Minnesota Commercial RS-27 #316 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Minnesota Commercial #316 is a 2,400-horsepower RS-27 that
was built by Alco Products in March 1962 as Chicago & North Western Railway
#903. Only 27 examples of the RS-27 were produced; the Chicago & North
Western owned four, which were returned to Alco in 1966 in trade for C-424s.
Alco leased them to various railroads in 1967 and 1968. This unit was sold to
the Green Bay & Western in 1968 and became #316. It was later joined by two
of the others. On August 27, 1993, the Green Bay & Western was merged with
the Fox River Valley Railroad to form the Fox River & Western, a subsidiary
of the Wisconsin Central, and this locomotive was sold to the Minnesota
Commercial Railroad.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbN6-ZdlUfytaDrBICfCT2T9Z0VJbukaby1m8wWIBnUM58DjUp5M38q8EjK_wV8D94L2zDe-nI0hs4wAxXRdntQhef7KsmHEaGfivJ3tpIEsm85zrIE2Hc0omWg2BEJrsbEO6A8MU3SIpEB2LPpIBc6LO97_wpSDZVGRJ7eKyd2D4alqoQ2j07I5KTg/s1424/2003-09-06%2012%20CR%20B23-7%201998%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Conrail B23-7 #1998 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1424" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbN6-ZdlUfytaDrBICfCT2T9Z0VJbukaby1m8wWIBnUM58DjUp5M38q8EjK_wV8D94L2zDe-nI0hs4wAxXRdntQhef7KsmHEaGfivJ3tpIEsm85zrIE2Hc0omWg2BEJrsbEO6A8MU3SIpEB2LPpIBc6LO97_wpSDZVGRJ7eKyd2D4alqoQ2j07I5KTg/w400-h289/2003-09-06%2012%20CR%20B23-7%201998%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Conrail B23-7 #1998 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Conrail #1998 is a 2,250-horsepower B23-7 that was built by
General Electric in July 1979. It was retired by Conrail in 1999 and was sold
to the Minnesota Commercial Railroad, but has yet to be placed in service and
still wears full Conrail paint and lettering.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSWZDtkrOcmwO8xH8FenMGfeQJXvFudSd7_pEJQB3EP1eqVBPEhbIrq7-V1ah0q6EGTVeUEOQPqCd96azNBnbAEzKuufqaVjdYKPvwghuuXNfibczb6upD2Ila44zY1XghVZCJOm0Ms64IvjXAYUgTUtHdHcKq93KxYKUoMLc8vs4jifCue8MVReH-w/s1428/2003-09-06%2013%20CR%20B23-7%202002%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Conrail B23-7 #2002 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSWZDtkrOcmwO8xH8FenMGfeQJXvFudSd7_pEJQB3EP1eqVBPEhbIrq7-V1ah0q6EGTVeUEOQPqCd96azNBnbAEzKuufqaVjdYKPvwghuuXNfibczb6upD2Ila44zY1XghVZCJOm0Ms64IvjXAYUgTUtHdHcKq93KxYKUoMLc8vs4jifCue8MVReH-w/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2013%20CR%20B23-7%202002%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Conrail B23-7 #2002 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Conrail #2002 is another 2,250-horsepower B23-7 that was built by
General Electric in August 1979. It was retired by Conrail in 1999 and was sold
to the Minnesota Commercial Railroad, but has yet to be placed in service and
still wears full Conrail paint and lettering.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0_SACodKUl4jxjb8d1LD783gFNOguCSCv4qNK8CSJodlHrwHSqGJH5O69sq9CRvbW4Ud3j7TRqeYHqMDI-6tYlPHNc8XePCIjRX_lbs0r9sWxTptEibr_WMu8TXRqy7vRaJMHCOxw_Cs9goQNphcGM84caQ4ufmyl-RvzQ935a8bJByl86CJqQ2a1Q/s1428/2003-09-06%2014%20MNNR%20RS23%2080%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial RS-23 #80 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0_SACodKUl4jxjb8d1LD783gFNOguCSCv4qNK8CSJodlHrwHSqGJH5O69sq9CRvbW4Ud3j7TRqeYHqMDI-6tYlPHNc8XePCIjRX_lbs0r9sWxTptEibr_WMu8TXRqy7vRaJMHCOxw_Cs9goQNphcGM84caQ4ufmyl-RvzQ935a8bJByl86CJqQ2a1Q/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2014%20MNNR%20RS23%2080%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Minnesota Commercial RS-23 #80 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Minnesota Commercial #80 is a 1,000-horsepower RS23 that was
built by Montreal Locomotive Works in September 1959 as Canadian Pacific #8031.
It was retired in March 1999 and ended up with the Minnesota Commercial as #80.</p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO40bt5jugqsJ4Df-lEsdLs4eXsdSuobyz3VJQEt6jAw3akvJXgh-2ANgSmlaCtV2Z3Xn1Nz437NL_DwCDD05e0-IolUkQPG2aJ5mNvqd4CEfIKECf7Vdt-dbLB5QT5K4hcBQ4cAuPexpHguxMrjkX_tHDG4uwYiP9aJXozxbGKl-Q1qIS0ZWrvBtcw/s1428/2003-09-06%2015%20NSPX%20SW1200RS%20501%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Northern States Power Company NSPX SW1200RS #501 at High Bridge Generating Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO40bt5jugqsJ4Df-lEsdLs4eXsdSuobyz3VJQEt6jAw3akvJXgh-2ANgSmlaCtV2Z3Xn1Nz437NL_DwCDD05e0-IolUkQPG2aJ5mNvqd4CEfIKECf7Vdt-dbLB5QT5K4hcBQ4cAuPexpHguxMrjkX_tHDG4uwYiP9aJXozxbGKl-Q1qIS0ZWrvBtcw/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2015%20NSPX%20SW1200RS%20501%20St%20Paul%20MN.jpg" title="Northern States Power Company NSPX SW1200RS #501 at High Bridge Generating Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Northern States Power Company (NSPX) #501 is a
1,200-horsepower SW1200RS that was built by General Motors Diesel Limited in
February 1956 as Canadian National #1576 and was renumbered by the end of the
year to #1205. It was retired in 1991. It was acquired by the Northern States
Power Company and was used at the High Bridge Generating Plant in St. Paul,
Minnesota, where is it pictured here. This coal-fired power plant at 501
Shepard Road was completed in 1941.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArmZW4QVWgH0G_LK0RXDdA6GdGAHJ2q3geoINLIFZ80ljHR2AwIwldGPry2RHQDMf6drIIQs79yvrDvaGgDyPY50ZbmAfKoZu5NH6OAgp6SS1Q_a7ufgIenrlPUJ-idST1v5-uAi8obg_p5JUoZtFkZpvqkSip1l_7511Y4TQ1_jmRA7B2Oi1YcemjA/s1428/2003-09-06%2016%20CP%20GP40%204611%20Minneapolis%20MN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Canadian Pacific GP40 #4611 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArmZW4QVWgH0G_LK0RXDdA6GdGAHJ2q3geoINLIFZ80ljHR2AwIwldGPry2RHQDMf6drIIQs79yvrDvaGgDyPY50ZbmAfKoZu5NH6OAgp6SS1Q_a7ufgIenrlPUJ-idST1v5-uAi8obg_p5JUoZtFkZpvqkSip1l_7511Y4TQ1_jmRA7B2Oi1YcemjA/w400-h286/2003-09-06%2016%20CP%20GP40%204611%20Minneapolis%20MN.jpg" title="Canadian Pacific GP40 #4611 in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Canadian Pacific #4611 is a 3,000-horsepower GP40 that was
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in March 1966 as
Milwaukee Road #180. In 1968 it was renumbered to Milwaukee Road #2025. The Soo
Line purchased the bankrupt Milwaukee Road in February 1985, and this
locomotive became Soo Line #2025. The Soo Line was consolidated into owner CP
Rail in 1991, and in October 1997 it was rebuilt by Canadian Pacific and became
Canadian Pacific #4611.</p><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-73865262981884505852022-03-27T12:44:00.004-07:002022-03-27T12:44:50.773-07:00Trains in Minot and Williston in September 2003<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8Uh_0wutHh96Lyns6fx3hdMYSjv25T6B732dsyVIs4vsl3uIr0ZzDRjRqXfgLU4yzG0jemzGLMy3MZoL7rLAhIiFiDnJFjCB2JcnoPLcWo4J0Oj6jFUauvcD7M5Hh99AZbLxmLWhBJl_4Mp_jTf5JLrHtT7A76HjpeEWVNMQUiUw_nx0mTMwhNHrQA/s1424/2003-09-05%2001%20AMTK%20Baggage%201851%20Havre%20MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak Baggage Car #1851 at Havre, Montana on September 5, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1424" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8Uh_0wutHh96Lyns6fx3hdMYSjv25T6B732dsyVIs4vsl3uIr0ZzDRjRqXfgLU4yzG0jemzGLMy3MZoL7rLAhIiFiDnJFjCB2JcnoPLcWo4J0Oj6jFUauvcD7M5Hh99AZbLxmLWhBJl_4Mp_jTf5JLrHtT7A76HjpeEWVNMQUiUw_nx0mTMwhNHrQA/w400-h288/2003-09-05%2001%20AMTK%20Baggage%201851%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Amtrak Baggage Car #1851 at Havre, Montana on September 5, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">I took these pictures while riding Amtrak’s eastbound Empire
Builder on September 5, 2003. The <i>Empire Builder</i>’s Heritage Baggage Car for
this trip was Amtrak #1851, which I photographed during the train’s service
stop in Havre, Montana. This car was built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1953
as U.S. Army (USAX) Hospital Ward Car #89566. It became Amtrak “Le Pub”
Bar-Lounge Car #3405 in March 1974 and was used in service on the <i>Montrealer
</i>between Washington DC and Montreal, and notably featured an electric piano. In
June 1982 it was rebuilt as a baggage car with head-end power and became Amtrak
1178. In 1998 it was refurbished for service on the <i>Adirondack </i>between New York
City and Montreal, becoming Amtrak #1851 and receiving large advertising murals
for the <i>Adirondack</i>. It was one of several Amtrak baggage cars to be decorated
for trains in the Northeast. By this time the car had been transferred into
general service, but retained its special paint scheme.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3uZUJu1wL2HCLw9eu_0Ji1Iu0WjWyCXWrgHnZTUauhxaLNRLzdr8uAgw-JOwep3abw8p0bgSCGdueKGNTcisrFduGiQ-RQnyhGuBSa3_fbco4iFcIMpUtvMQQpE_bp6nwUFu4v7oLKHmimpt5dilNQglnVkevKI1uq9oC89Zpqc4zwDLk49csMdukg/s1432/2003-09-05%2002%20GN%20O-1%202-8-2%203059%20Williston%20ND.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern O-1 2-8-2 #3059 at Williston, North Dakota on September 5, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3uZUJu1wL2HCLw9eu_0Ji1Iu0WjWyCXWrgHnZTUauhxaLNRLzdr8uAgw-JOwep3abw8p0bgSCGdueKGNTcisrFduGiQ-RQnyhGuBSa3_fbco4iFcIMpUtvMQQpE_bp6nwUFu4v7oLKHmimpt5dilNQglnVkevKI1uq9oC89Zpqc4zwDLk49csMdukg/w400-h286/2003-09-05%2002%20GN%20O-1%202-8-2%203059%20Williston%20ND.jpg" title="Great Northern O-1 2-8-2 #3059 at Williston, North Dakota on September 5, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I photographed
Great Northern O-1 Class 2-8-2 #3059 from the train during the eastbound <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Empire Builder</i>’s station stop at Williston,
North Dakota. The Great Northern had a total of 145 O-1 Class 2-8-2
Mikados built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in four groups between August
1911 and February 1919, and the last of them were retired in April
1958. Built in February 1913, #3059 was one of the last 15 in operation
when it was retired in December 1957, and is the only survivor. It was donated
to the City of Williston and placed on display in Railroad Park on August 2,
1958.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-11603183921985887482022-03-27T12:23:00.004-07:002022-03-27T12:27:14.716-07:00Great Northern P-2 4-8-2 #2507 in Wishram, Washington on September 4, 2003<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjwJiq9Il5wiHO6-XBeb_Uta8k4B_xPl6bLoOwSDjO0r-LIhaAKSSQwrflCQjiz7QeDyENproRpW8mdGs0pC8oNMeMb3P1_OFnh0TVDapSnEw6Vmg2qltyKrrqS4QDWbhacitGadxwppyxYSJMO3ovFDf2ryVRrwgphDX-m758upaujj9v7DV7dH5Ow/s1428/2003-09-04%2001%20GN%20P-2%204-8-2%202507%20Wishram%20WA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern P-2 4-8-2 #2507 in Wishram, Washington on September 4, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjwJiq9Il5wiHO6-XBeb_Uta8k4B_xPl6bLoOwSDjO0r-LIhaAKSSQwrflCQjiz7QeDyENproRpW8mdGs0pC8oNMeMb3P1_OFnh0TVDapSnEw6Vmg2qltyKrrqS4QDWbhacitGadxwppyxYSJMO3ovFDf2ryVRrwgphDX-m758upaujj9v7DV7dH5Ow/w400-h286/2003-09-04%2001%20GN%20P-2%204-8-2%202507%20Wishram%20WA.jpg" title="Great Northern P-2 4-8-2 #2507 in Wishram, Washington on September 4, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">While riding the Portland section of Amtrak’s eastbound
<i>Empire Builder</i> through Wishram, Washington, on September 4, 2003, I took this
picture of <span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">former Great Northern
Railway steam locomotive #2507 in a small park near the depot. This locomotive
was one of 28 Class P-2 4-8-2 Mountain-type locomotives delivered to Great
Northern by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. These locomotives were originally
assigned to passenger service and were the initial power for the <i>Empire
Builder</i> when it was inaugurated in June, 1929, but were replaced
in <i>Empire Builder</i> service in 1930 by 14 new Baldwin Class S-2
4-8-4 Northern-type locomotives that pulled the <i>Empire Builder</i> until
it was streamlined and dieselized in 1947. The Class P-2 Mountains were then
assigned to freight service until their retirement in 1955. After its
retirement, #2507 was put into storage in Minnesota instead of being
immediately scrapped. Meanwhile, the Spokane, Portland & Seattle promised a
steam locomotive to Klickitat County for display at Maryhill, only to end up
having no steam locomotives left; #700 had been given to the city of Portland,
#539 to the city of Vancouver, and the rest sold for scrap. To save face, the
SP&S purchased #2507 from parent Great Northern, repainted it with SP&S
lettering, and donated it to Klickitat County in 1962. For 30 years, #2507 sat
on display in Maryhill in SP&S paint. An attempted restoration saw #2507
painted back to GN in 1992, and in 1994 it was moved from Maryhill to Pasco to
be restored to operation. No restoration ever occurred, and eventually
Klickitat County decided to put the locomotive back on permanent display. Track
realignments had made a return to Maryhill impractical, so a new site in
Wishram was chosen. The locomotive was given a complete cosmetic restoration
and a structure was built to protect the locomotive from the elements. BNSF
donated the locomotive's move from Pasco to Wishram.</span></p><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-8727304221449818422022-03-27T12:07:00.000-07:002022-03-27T12:09:08.020-07:00Lewis & Clark Explorer in Rainier, Oregon in the Summer of 2003<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsfFGCsuqiYxbnvNUr77dvUpq2veDJ0fk5JQapxGnCWGcGLUBy6dhGKcZNYXjarmaY9C9umu0uWkIeFHdlfMoUtOujjAEtE-07maIzZIuREjUDgGT_rVEC5vgZwNe5YJa2p0xwFGzTFyAvxC1beOg722jp8L7JdCTugobkRdGa01W-xQRL_Hwl946sQ/s1420/2003-08%2001%20Lewis%20&%20Clark%20Explorer%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer in Rainier, Oregon in the Summer of 2003." border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1420" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsfFGCsuqiYxbnvNUr77dvUpq2veDJ0fk5JQapxGnCWGcGLUBy6dhGKcZNYXjarmaY9C9umu0uWkIeFHdlfMoUtOujjAEtE-07maIzZIuREjUDgGT_rVEC5vgZwNe5YJa2p0xwFGzTFyAvxC1beOg722jp8L7JdCTugobkRdGa01W-xQRL_Hwl946sQ/w400-h289/2003-08%2001%20Lewis%20&%20Clark%20Explorer%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer in Rainier, Oregon in the Summer of 2003." width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background: white;">To commemorate the </span><a href="http://www.lcbo.net/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bicentennial of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition</span></a><span style="background: white;">, the </span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Oregon Department of
Transportation</span></a><span style="background: white;"> operated an excursion train
along the south bank of the lower Columbia River from Linnton, near Portland,
to Astoria, near the site of </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/lewi/planyourvisit/fortclatsop.htm" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fort Clatsop</span></a><span style="background: white;">, where the Lewis
and Clark Expedition wintered over in 1805-06. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8FQMWXBfRBrkHR5iDwLSoBkbtb8eMtkXxfPjfJTfH5v6TOD4dV62eiIWr1yY-uQlI1wEiMpBnYQ6NloB8zeVG6Bagd-kDMfjuR65OPNPemP3NYvNk28WZYibGrZ9Yg1NsXcdVuOQPvg2mn5HizyiLULAVPfONITQDOZy38_X3sB7la04NIVHhoMuWw/s1432/2003-08%2002%20Lewis%20&%20Clark%20Explorer%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lewis & Clark Explorer in Rainier, Oregon in the Summer of 2003." border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8FQMWXBfRBrkHR5iDwLSoBkbtb8eMtkXxfPjfJTfH5v6TOD4dV62eiIWr1yY-uQlI1wEiMpBnYQ6NloB8zeVG6Bagd-kDMfjuR65OPNPemP3NYvNk28WZYibGrZ9Yg1NsXcdVuOQPvg2mn5HizyiLULAVPfONITQDOZy38_X3sB7la04NIVHhoMuWw/w400-h286/2003-08%2002%20Lewis%20&%20Clark%20Explorer%20Rainier%20OR.jpg" title="Lewis & Clark Explorer in Rainier, Oregon in the Summer of 2003." width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background: white;">The train ran for the summers of
2003 to 2005, making one round trip on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and
Mondays. This was my first opportunity to photograph the train as it made
its return trip through Rainier, Oregon, in the summer of 2003 as the evening
light faded.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-57961503832012293682022-03-26T14:25:00.002-07:002022-03-26T16:26:12.614-07:00Riding Amtrak's Westbound Empire Builder in May 2003<p> I took these pictures while riding Amtrak’s westbound <i>Empire
Builder</i> through Montana on May 24, 2003. The pictures begin with the train’s
arrival in Havre, Montana.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcJ38el8-1aoJBFb76Qa3la9pJXkn7YqIW20PS_0U_grDbjcJblA1CrnFn_2vt_3vgQ6FabbgcJ8azZHOG4u3WKqM1eR3mqR6UH0rTIlQ48m2cJqmRxEwTfQOXAk5_vsQTM7gFkREZ192CxlViun3Zo7uzgkoPDw2p1xGAEsg53nwuy9ZGpZvt4H9Gw/s1432/2003-05-24%2001%20NS%20C40-9W%209086%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Norfolk Southern C40-9W #9086 & BNSF SD40-2s #6730 & #7909 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcJ38el8-1aoJBFb76Qa3la9pJXkn7YqIW20PS_0U_grDbjcJblA1CrnFn_2vt_3vgQ6FabbgcJ8azZHOG4u3WKqM1eR3mqR6UH0rTIlQ48m2cJqmRxEwTfQOXAk5_vsQTM7gFkREZ192CxlViun3Zo7uzgkoPDw2p1xGAEsg53nwuy9ZGpZvt4H9Gw/w400-h285/2003-05-24%2001%20NS%20C40-9W%209086%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Norfolk Southern C40-9W #9086 & BNSF SD40-2s #6730 & #7909 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the train passed the Havre engine terminal, a variety of
motive power could be seen. Norfolk Southern #9086 is a 4,000-horsepower Dash
9-40CW that was built by General Electric in March 1997. Burlington Northern
Santa Fe #6730 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the
Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in September 1979 as Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe #5071. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became
Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6730 on January 20, 1998. Burlington Northern
Santa Fe #7909 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the
Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in June 1979 as Colorado &
Southern #7909. Colorado & Southern was a subsidiary of Burlington
Northern, and its locomotives were painted in Burlington Northern colors. The
Colorado & Southern was formally merged into the Burlington Northern on
December 31, 1981, and this locomotive became Burlington Northern #7909.
Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern
Santa Fe #7909.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DUPDFxytz3OIzyxlSakdiX1x-um2gVV922E4cauVsdYXwTu-Y6-Sgbm7X5AvtBSQOyruwmbg3mU0AJMOsaBcRg0OpbL6mrd_HttnN5aW0w-OFXsUnqM-mkg4eYldrH4bGPm6A0Myx2vXKYW24qUO9IVioEX1clrwsG6drgrD4RLuSKbsf-VUPXZctg/s1432/2003-05-24%2002%20BNSF%20B40-8W%20507%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF B40-8W #507 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DUPDFxytz3OIzyxlSakdiX1x-um2gVV922E4cauVsdYXwTu-Y6-Sgbm7X5AvtBSQOyruwmbg3mU0AJMOsaBcRg0OpbL6mrd_HttnN5aW0w-OFXsUnqM-mkg4eYldrH4bGPm6A0Myx2vXKYW24qUO9IVioEX1clrwsG6drgrD4RLuSKbsf-VUPXZctg/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2002%20BNSF%20B40-8W%20507%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF B40-8W #507 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Near the Havre shops, BNSF #507 is a 4,000-horsepower Dash
8-40BW that was built by General Electric in October 1990 as Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe #507. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became
Burlington Northern Santa Fe #507 on May 8, 2001.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBaV4uxQidEhX9yTh5pOua52P7WL0jhHwXgBySl9LYRzdvtxlcDyhVItR23y-zpRS2g2tHEk6d_S6JEcCtwnyYubdXirUwoTz9SNTbTFvZQBOXbZjRPnxk_9L7seDMxeGdHlyvuEKToPUjWIZ8cqSCVisNKDhnOZU2JIBuDasH9wVm_gvRWZprMpnPA/s1420/2003-05-24%2003%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Border Patrol Chevrolet Suburban M1717 & Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1420" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBaV4uxQidEhX9yTh5pOua52P7WL0jhHwXgBySl9LYRzdvtxlcDyhVItR23y-zpRS2g2tHEk6d_S6JEcCtwnyYubdXirUwoTz9SNTbTFvZQBOXbZjRPnxk_9L7seDMxeGdHlyvuEKToPUjWIZ8cqSCVisNKDhnOZU2JIBuDasH9wVm_gvRWZprMpnPA/w400-h289/2003-05-24%2003%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Border Patrol Chevrolet Suburban M1717 & Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Havre is only 40 miles from the Canadian border, and the
Border Patrol meets <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/" target="_blank">Amtrak</a>'s <i>Empire
Builder</i> in Havre, to catch illegal aliens attempting to board the
train. As a result, there are often Border Patrol vehicles parked at the
station.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iGGGWf4rDdv2Ss37NEyGcpv-PNK8DN7SaMnFycRJZvnxI1xN5aIY7eCLGrejo1t4G59UDBYXHE3fOe-nGXU9V4ExFK1Py-1VmEbDueixA5dfbG6b0nB_OsYL_0VjzAPEofnONMIWdSWVnop_Zl4bsAp7OSf7ExusW0deItmLAI_I1MvxZNmnksjheQ/s1428/2003-05-24%2005%20AMTK%20P42DC%20152%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DC #152 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iGGGWf4rDdv2Ss37NEyGcpv-PNK8DN7SaMnFycRJZvnxI1xN5aIY7eCLGrejo1t4G59UDBYXHE3fOe-nGXU9V4ExFK1Py-1VmEbDueixA5dfbG6b0nB_OsYL_0VjzAPEofnONMIWdSWVnop_Zl4bsAp7OSf7ExusW0deItmLAI_I1MvxZNmnksjheQ/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2005%20AMTK%20P42DC%20152%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Amtrak P42DC #152 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leading the westbound <i>Empire Builder</i>, Amtrak #152 is a
4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in March 2001. It is
wearing the first version of Amtrak’s “Phase V” paint scheme.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4hp83xSvNakxTf1fyq-PHIZK72Q-JbUlhI-7oriLPf7hxm1zdOq8mSoG7vrZvQGVP_gGShP77OSBQW7Dd2TISPPo_1EGsyBlbq6DTVJvx8m7YgRvtWlvYyDV4kxr1kSuXQa16fTwZ7t8tBv9d7bLnT9vnBZf0E0ikEYeynGqwAn0b0ohRm32uyRJ6Q/s1428/2003-05-24%2004%20AMTK%20P42DC%2096%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DC #96 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4hp83xSvNakxTf1fyq-PHIZK72Q-JbUlhI-7oriLPf7hxm1zdOq8mSoG7vrZvQGVP_gGShP77OSBQW7Dd2TISPPo_1EGsyBlbq6DTVJvx8m7YgRvtWlvYyDV4kxr1kSuXQa16fTwZ7t8tBv9d7bLnT9vnBZf0E0ikEYeynGqwAn0b0ohRm32uyRJ6Q/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2004%20AMTK%20P42DC%2096%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Amtrak P42DC #96 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Trailing is Amtrak #96 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was
built by General Electric in June 1997. It has been repainted with the new
version of Amtrak’s “Phase V” paint scheme.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdyqnYb6EGW9RbkBiAd0jWIm2sW-fHz1scPfHmQiQWnFceiQAwvkNY_Gx9ccn2gyaN2-VISrzrFsAeo_prHSiWaVxGCbvuTUgURPcmxTVvNgpKxeQ1QEPowqVHqCWJ99mfomJnbveRRXFoQONy6VD3gJVV-DdayolfeqEMfwf9UpT3KwF6BXch4Lryg/s1428/2003-05-24%2006%20Hands%20Across%20The%20Border%20Park%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hands Across the Border Park in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdyqnYb6EGW9RbkBiAd0jWIm2sW-fHz1scPfHmQiQWnFceiQAwvkNY_Gx9ccn2gyaN2-VISrzrFsAeo_prHSiWaVxGCbvuTUgURPcmxTVvNgpKxeQ1QEPowqVHqCWJ99mfomJnbveRRXFoQONy6VD3gJVV-DdayolfeqEMfwf9UpT3KwF6BXch4Lryg/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2006%20Hands%20Across%20The%20Border%20Park%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Hands Across the Border Park in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The small Hands Across the Border Park at the Havre depot
features a statue of an American <a href="http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/" target="_blank">Border
Patrol</a> officer shaking hands with a <a href="http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/" target="_blank">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> officer. </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnicv8xbUiTqoJdv2klyC27DmWfaaRZB_8aLHteZNIFQpQru7Voq-Ps_CgB_pNqQAG0et5VlF_LEq1GY5cykNHcng5cram_V9WMhpHZ4OvPW_U6ZoOw1_oD8Wb2jNl4tcoormiKREdh1k4g4XJ7oKWfskyp500_DXZ543kQYOvlpbWTurBQsM8aVaeqg/s1428/2003-05-24%2012%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnicv8xbUiTqoJdv2klyC27DmWfaaRZB_8aLHteZNIFQpQru7Voq-Ps_CgB_pNqQAG0et5VlF_LEq1GY5cykNHcng5cram_V9WMhpHZ4OvPW_U6ZoOw1_oD8Wb2jNl4tcoormiKREdh1k4g4XJ7oKWfskyp500_DXZ543kQYOvlpbWTurBQsM8aVaeqg/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2012%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On display next to the depot in Havre is former Great
Northern Railroad 4-8-4 steam locomotive #2584, an S-2 Class 4-8-4 that was
built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 and was put on static display
next to the Have depot on May 15, 1964. </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgoP8zFw3SVWMVt6NzMn0lj3G3rVGj9XfZDRgwnb19nTNh8749yF9LGsNJK1stps2V_W_olOhrlmnGSDPL-kx3ryUjfkRUfVZdP2i2la0ooK9t8BK4yVM86Z37BI2ohiXocha9z8ctQ7qrIHqHHQZq8Mf-JUE840Lv3xXXZY-tDSZsK6w74m8t2wfQQ/s1432/2003-05-24%2013%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 Sign in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgoP8zFw3SVWMVt6NzMn0lj3G3rVGj9XfZDRgwnb19nTNh8749yF9LGsNJK1stps2V_W_olOhrlmnGSDPL-kx3ryUjfkRUfVZdP2i2la0ooK9t8BK4yVM86Z37BI2ohiXocha9z8ctQ7qrIHqHHQZq8Mf-JUE840Lv3xXXZY-tDSZsK6w74m8t2wfQQ/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2013%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 Sign in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">A sign next to the locomotive
tells its history:</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGN0UKbRtT5fQ8gd53pNd82RlL-7uJ4B6gZjQxNqr4XP6mF-cJVShFnwERVLgc0O4lZzR5vt0wzL2IN3oLCQeAqNd45vbMrdwJ1VY8q3rP0sLMmy5tXWDidkEljP2H623snjzHUk6QPcVwR0QT-sCdyk_e7j1YB7km-KxlYBiDpq7bMMClFjVmELhOA/s1428/2003-05-24%2007%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGN0UKbRtT5fQ8gd53pNd82RlL-7uJ4B6gZjQxNqr4XP6mF-cJVShFnwERVLgc0O4lZzR5vt0wzL2IN3oLCQeAqNd45vbMrdwJ1VY8q3rP0sLMmy5tXWDidkEljP2H623snjzHUk6QPcVwR0QT-sCdyk_e7j1YB7km-KxlYBiDpq7bMMClFjVmELhOA/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2007%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p>This Northern type locomotive, survivor of the last steam
engines acquired by the Great Northern Railway for main-line passenger service,
was placed on permanent exhibition here on May 15, 1964.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nZfs-7EPCZ2bmjX-1vSqvsR4kcngzxGsLeMuh3ygZbbuGxlJRMnTwV9IBzQUg13uK-CgoHyrqAtVmZzLY4T-f8BpmfBy8JtLnX1lRYXRZJVesZSYTTNSK5P9QOVYK9dyk8PcgU0v53Cs00Wg2ZEGW5hSIOS0uZ2lpzbSEfDFOXW86IMhCNlE2Lj5yA/s1432/2003-05-24%2008%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nZfs-7EPCZ2bmjX-1vSqvsR4kcngzxGsLeMuh3ygZbbuGxlJRMnTwV9IBzQUg13uK-CgoHyrqAtVmZzLY4T-f8BpmfBy8JtLnX1lRYXRZJVesZSYTTNSK5P9QOVYK9dyk8PcgU0v53Cs00Wg2ZEGW5hSIOS0uZ2lpzbSEfDFOXW86IMhCNlE2Lj5yA/w284-h400/2003-05-24%2008%20GN%20S-2%204-8-4%202584%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Great Northern S-2 4-8-4 #2584 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="284" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A powerful and speedy locomotive, this engine now looks
every bit the aristocrat that it was during the yrs. of its pre-eminent
association with the Empire Builder and the Oriental Limited. The Empire
Builder was inaugurated in June, 1929, and was pulled by a Mountain type locomotive,
but popularity of the train led to addition of cars to the consist, and this
necessitated more powerful engines.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 1930 Great Northern acquired 14 Class S-2 steam
locomotives from Baldwin Locomotive Works for service on the Empire Builder and
the Fast Mail trains. This engine – No 2584 - is the last of the 14 engines.
Samuel Vauclain, President of Baldwin described the Class S-2 engines as
"the finest, most powerful steam passenger locomotives ever built up to
this time." These engines were operated in freight service after the
Empire Builder was streamlines and diesel powered in 1947, and were retired in
1955.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Locomotive and tender are 103 feet 3 inches long, weight
764,680 pounds, and height from rail to top of stack is 16 feet. No 2584 was an
oil burner and developed 58,305 pounds of tractive effort. Each of the 8 drive
wheels is 80 inches high.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The track on which No 2584 stands is laid to Great Northern
main line specifications. The creosoted ties are supported on a sub-ballast
consisting of 6 inches of crushed rock chips and a ballast consisting of 6
inches of crushed pink quartzite rock. Both of which are quarried by the Great
Northern in Montana. Welded rails fully tie plated and anchored, weight 115
pounds to the yard.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnj9C_k4vIkepPYHakMxhes-aOqnT8CtZfEiy-VXa7DJ6NuzsZ7iA3bNPyO38qJGYmocHZRlj2vo-URs6mAEor2vf2dN3tReJWGk1SS96arJ5FE7W3TqzaKeuUY1G4R415sAfFw0HU5Crlsu678cMFF-PxA67vXTXM0LPnHMoVhfZc6ZUojWPHtqoFPA/s1428/2003-05-24%2009%20Depot%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Railroad Depot in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnj9C_k4vIkepPYHakMxhes-aOqnT8CtZfEiy-VXa7DJ6NuzsZ7iA3bNPyO38qJGYmocHZRlj2vo-URs6mAEor2vf2dN3tReJWGk1SS96arJ5FE7W3TqzaKeuUY1G4R415sAfFw0HU5Crlsu678cMFF-PxA67vXTXM0LPnHMoVhfZc6ZUojWPHtqoFPA/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2009%20Depot%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF Railroad Depot in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The depot in Havre, at 235 Main Street, is not only an <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/" target="_blank">Amtrak</a> station; it also
a local base of operation for <a href="http://www.bnsf.com/" target="_blank">Burlington Northern-Santa Fe</a> freight operations and
maintenance crews. As a result, it is a large depot for a city of Havre's
size. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe was formed in 1995 when the
Burlington Northern Railroad (successor to the Great Northern) and the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad merged together. The station in
Havre still showed signs of its Burlington Northern heritage with an apparent
identity crisis. In front of the depot on the street side is a statue of James
J. Hill. Hill formed the Great Northern Railroad in 1889 from the bankrupt St.
Paul and Pacific Railroad, and extended it to Seattle by 1893. The commercial
possibilities realized in the northern United States due to Hill's Great
Northern Railway earned him the nickname of "The Empire Builder."</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmTXARbRzlQS9qZYMnYd3ey-Sw6GkZQK23hDtegqn2vi4cY1icg1Pwdh7tk3aRAmneD7cdiPh11tORHHV4VL6yoM5d8zFVSzrwGmUwSwp4Cvw0Sv-H5ScFH5f-nj0rAvO2ooW2Oo1LSzZr5rESeiReP_LUHPEDF2AqxJMkrEcb50J7LHCv-ReYFui2A/s1428/2003-05-24%2010%20BNSF%20C44-9W%204716%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF C44-9W #4716 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmTXARbRzlQS9qZYMnYd3ey-Sw6GkZQK23hDtegqn2vi4cY1icg1Pwdh7tk3aRAmneD7cdiPh11tORHHV4VL6yoM5d8zFVSzrwGmUwSwp4Cvw0Sv-H5ScFH5f-nj0rAvO2ooW2Oo1LSzZr5rESeiReP_LUHPEDF2AqxJMkrEcb50J7LHCv-ReYFui2A/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2010%20BNSF%20C44-9W%204716%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF C44-9W #4716 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A consist of freight locomotives approached the Havre depot,
led by Burlington Northern Santa Fe #4716, a 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW that
was built by General Electric in November 1997.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyBlZ5jtrhW-ZA20RD_offlI0zItjhvdt2IvYPYViyZ1koaJs-IxOzjyrQxeDSbPadLwWw1ZWGdGFbSTZk7St2lNFlVcziH87wTER6W_OGP1Dz17HBHoM_Hh9tAQKmFM-mJ2-60QVD0-7EUG9BMpFEAn-tn_9_PDoQ_mdzV1Aqj2iQqQRrNvwA9e8Cw/s1432/2003-05-24%2011%20NS%20GP50%207062%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Norfolk Southern GP50 #7062 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyBlZ5jtrhW-ZA20RD_offlI0zItjhvdt2IvYPYViyZ1koaJs-IxOzjyrQxeDSbPadLwWw1ZWGdGFbSTZk7St2lNFlVcziH87wTER6W_OGP1Dz17HBHoM_Hh9tAQKmFM-mJ2-60QVD0-7EUG9BMpFEAn-tn_9_PDoQ_mdzV1Aqj2iQqQRrNvwA9e8Cw/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2011%20NS%20GP50%207062%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Norfolk Southern GP50 #7062 in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The second unit is Norfolk Southern #7062, a
3,500-horsepower GP50 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General
Motors<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in November 1980 as Southern
Railway #7062. Following the merger of the Southern Railway and the Norfolk
& Western in 1982, this locomotive became Norfolk Southern #7062.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmziw4w2zskje7jt8rQAREoXEyFXPVczuGv_FHOhgRumWmUQmSwpIuucRjERmDSn3_wRsogDUn8j-Jqz4cAH8xUOw1S9fFsJ1rJ3g_ct4FSopObPG1s9W_0O59s5i8ribGpV8yXA014W23Rh0Z62XfWkfpe2rl14prrBdp_IySUZhlSTIyMLGfinnQg/s1428/2003-05-24%2014%20Welcome%20To%20Havre%20Sign%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Welcome to Havre Sign in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmziw4w2zskje7jt8rQAREoXEyFXPVczuGv_FHOhgRumWmUQmSwpIuucRjERmDSn3_wRsogDUn8j-Jqz4cAH8xUOw1S9fFsJ1rJ3g_ct4FSopObPG1s9W_0O59s5i8ribGpV8yXA014W23Rh0Z62XfWkfpe2rl14prrBdp_IySUZhlSTIyMLGfinnQg/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2014%20Welcome%20To%20Havre%20Sign%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="Welcome to Havre Sign in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A sign near the Havre railroad depot tells the story of
Havre's early days.</p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><strong><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 24pt;">WELCOME
TO HAVRE</span></strong><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
</span></b><strong><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;">(pronounced
Have'er)</span></strong><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><br />
<strong><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The naming of Havre,
according to William T. Cowan's memoirs.</span></strong></span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13pt;">The coming of the railroad in 1887 and '88 brought many workers
and their families to Bull Hook Bottoms, later called Havre, according to
William T. Cowan's memoirs.<br />
The name Havre came from the following story:<br />
"Two French-Canadian squatters on Bull Hook Bottoms were French Gus
Descelles, a little sawed off man, and Joe De Mars, a very large, strong
man. They got in a fight over the affection of a charming girl and Joe De
Mars got the best of the struggle. Little French Gus reportedly said 'you
can have her' and this is how Havre supposedly got it's name." The Great
Northern Railway was the main supply line for Fort Assinniboine, located 5
miles southwest of Havre. The railroad is still one of the main economic
forces in the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8qMoQBst6xJoNrMRimljhzSOz7-pTCYK3RpX7zkl8-PBsIIVGwm47j66zEh5EgQjb5iXjVo_Gt9WpehDL9_M8HwLGmEtOLsbfUoP6Uaepmzk_pQGVHJ1CcUTm7zdGc8MZSMpFsTmrBxIKP0ypJlSODElgHLMVAiiG_M5mYe2z2rbzjlvrwjsY8r5MA/s1428/2003-05-24%2015%20BNSF%20Telecommunications%20Sign%20Havre%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Telecommunications Sign at the Depot in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8qMoQBst6xJoNrMRimljhzSOz7-pTCYK3RpX7zkl8-PBsIIVGwm47j66zEh5EgQjb5iXjVo_Gt9WpehDL9_M8HwLGmEtOLsbfUoP6Uaepmzk_pQGVHJ1CcUTm7zdGc8MZSMpFsTmrBxIKP0ypJlSODElgHLMVAiiG_M5mYe2z2rbzjlvrwjsY8r5MA/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2015%20BNSF%20Telecommunications%20Sign%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF Telecommunications Sign at the Depot in Havre, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the Havre depot is this handmade Telecommunications sign
featuring a depiction of a General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotive and the
slogan “We Move Information.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18UigxsRJmqyF0AUauML-KYNVbeWEO2X59_kHmGB0YhBmFFwqFkEIVTPyHFHOy7kJhnILUqOigrPBZd_39zJsF5lyHDlxQl4w5ax8twrxikn5UeUEcjuX65lVUHnHhIcqLRDTjM-nCConXs2ZzTuSlOP67a2lbsegex5sI_TmnctIxAw-HjL0odeGKQ/s1428/2003-05-24%2016%20Rocky%20Mountains%20Glacier%20National%20Park%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rocky Mountains in Glacier National Park in Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18UigxsRJmqyF0AUauML-KYNVbeWEO2X59_kHmGB0YhBmFFwqFkEIVTPyHFHOy7kJhnILUqOigrPBZd_39zJsF5lyHDlxQl4w5ax8twrxikn5UeUEcjuX65lVUHnHhIcqLRDTjM-nCConXs2ZzTuSlOP67a2lbsegex5sI_TmnctIxAw-HjL0odeGKQ/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2016%20Rocky%20Mountains%20Glacier%20National%20Park%20MT.jpg" title="Rocky Mountains in Glacier National Park in Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Amtrak’s <i>Empire Builder</i> continues west through Montana,
it enters Glacier National Park and begins crossing the Rocky Mountains.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTytwreJDoAt-rkg1LYs904zbOD2QDD85JlYCGDBueAxXkqSo7JJnfXW_o_GRcMfoiyGR3THowq8F8e1UoKULqF02F4xOzrUrJAx-JNNEzAe9WYWUZ2crge-PPueQFlNWHzcFOiuJxLIg-vXAuN0FJUHPJTLkUbOP_niNoejKEFiU8MrdVsszi_OQng/s1432/2003-05-24%2017%20Rocky%20Mountains%20Glacier%20National%20Park%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rocky Mountains in Glacier National Park in Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTytwreJDoAt-rkg1LYs904zbOD2QDD85JlYCGDBueAxXkqSo7JJnfXW_o_GRcMfoiyGR3THowq8F8e1UoKULqF02F4xOzrUrJAx-JNNEzAe9WYWUZ2crge-PPueQFlNWHzcFOiuJxLIg-vXAuN0FJUHPJTLkUbOP_niNoejKEFiU8MrdVsszi_OQng/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2017%20Rocky%20Mountains%20Glacier%20National%20Park%20MT.jpg" title="Rocky Mountains in Glacier National Park in Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMEDitZhAy6N5pfy1yiS0wIT27jzBpDF7jLXDtibjRELFIzo2TbCi2ZY2QAYTWkiy9Lg-8YCNYIPI4W1OzcSWPQSyRHK2wZzHa_ZqBOYFHT2H-SKco_A1sTtfcok_sKXIuMhgzaXG-OEBPQTVdML-PTuF9hIMqVwtn_sHlhmr6KRi4KdF9FpyjQlLXw/s1428/2003-05-24%2018%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Nimrod%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Middle Fork of the Flathead River from the Java Trestle near Nimrod, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMEDitZhAy6N5pfy1yiS0wIT27jzBpDF7jLXDtibjRELFIzo2TbCi2ZY2QAYTWkiy9Lg-8YCNYIPI4W1OzcSWPQSyRHK2wZzHa_ZqBOYFHT2H-SKco_A1sTtfcok_sKXIuMhgzaXG-OEBPQTVdML-PTuF9hIMqVwtn_sHlhmr6KRi4KdF9FpyjQlLXw/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2018%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Nimrod%20MT.jpg" title="Middle Fork of the Flathead River from the Java Trestle near Nimrod, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The westbound <i>Empire Builder</i> eventually
crosses the Middle Fork of the Flathead River near Nimrod, Montana on Java
Trestle, at the point where Java Creek flows into Middle Fork of the Flathead
River. This view from Java Trestle shows the clear blue water of the Middle
Fork of the Flathead River.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfvrHaw0iweOv7bMNZHVgpmd2pTmKDGxbsF4dtApgOvemVJ91xitrgKg_WIm4FYBt2jJCz6igpMNtZBaDeCAWJYovoGXAg_5V1E7bSVIS-40_Ne6YtNGAR9AgqrXUIRdEFCgjeR68KwdKzVTYcFQl3DOMDbg1nypq8RBk1zFISQxI1syziEWTQwz_qw/s1428/2003-05-24%2019%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Essex%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Middle Fork of the Flathead River near Nimrod, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfvrHaw0iweOv7bMNZHVgpmd2pTmKDGxbsF4dtApgOvemVJ91xitrgKg_WIm4FYBt2jJCz6igpMNtZBaDeCAWJYovoGXAg_5V1E7bSVIS-40_Ne6YtNGAR9AgqrXUIRdEFCgjeR68KwdKzVTYcFQl3DOMDbg1nypq8RBk1zFISQxI1syziEWTQwz_qw/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2019%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Essex%20MT.jpg" title="Middle Fork of the Flathead River near Nimrod, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The railroad passes through Snowshed #12, the last of a
series of structures that protect the railroad from winter slides and
avalanches. Just after leaving Snowshed #12 is this view of the Middle Fork of
the Flathead River. The bridge carrying U.S. Highway 2 Bridge over the river is
visible in the background.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JbpbGmoHIb2PtOA6kPhOmqYYmKsfVsCczoD4wKqVx7LQPrZQkDVLqeSk7yGCAsQ2EaRSrXg2K95hnyoQOqRAmXJsQDWP2O4ttLBeC54F4tZ-blG2l4FuTNGiaTBFKzedIUsJb2L4czlsYzx8WWCdwBVMOk5y9nhkEEH7yMJ9N_A9_muecwcgrQMs2g/s1424/2003-05-24%2020%20Houses%20Essex%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Houses in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1424" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JbpbGmoHIb2PtOA6kPhOmqYYmKsfVsCczoD4wKqVx7LQPrZQkDVLqeSk7yGCAsQ2EaRSrXg2K95hnyoQOqRAmXJsQDWP2O4ttLBeC54F4tZ-blG2l4FuTNGiaTBFKzedIUsJb2L4czlsYzx8WWCdwBVMOk5y9nhkEEH7yMJ9N_A9_muecwcgrQMs2g/w400-h288/2003-05-24%2020%20Houses%20Essex%20MT.jpg" title="Houses in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As the train made its station stop in Essex, Montana, it
passed a number of rustic residences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2C_-waRu-L9noIV0PjiOxCpUphBVQk7OnTmymoZIv4XDzP8CdUDA8_lb1cxd1YqPWl4SachbuU0Fij-ZczYcNpxqZnvV8r-Wdqdmaxk7RrVnhHSfj1DvxvZOSQdmEnD5QHwyVdeDNABsa1mDdsUbjO3BuCMRk8NYI9PKtejZEopoROTespUUop2Jow/s1428/2003-05-24%2021%20Essex%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Yard in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2C_-waRu-L9noIV0PjiOxCpUphBVQk7OnTmymoZIv4XDzP8CdUDA8_lb1cxd1YqPWl4SachbuU0Fij-ZczYcNpxqZnvV8r-Wdqdmaxk7RrVnhHSfj1DvxvZOSQdmEnD5QHwyVdeDNABsa1mDdsUbjO3BuCMRk8NYI9PKtejZEopoROTespUUop2Jow/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2021%20Essex%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF Yard in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is a small Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail yard at
Essex where helper locomotives and maintenance equipment can be found.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqQqlqdGuCYZGT9MqPbRIqO7ckD90PHNT-oA6mNVkHanPITcgtBIc8f8choOmsZuMl6Ch-FeIdDtXOyjG1Uqvi_y-Umg8rjbJkAswkvSk7V-mUDPHo0NuxZj1XHuYR4hvEa6Y-uPc22jZ3akEZVRnsFHq3DXSVWzkAzI2CyNkm1b1ZLoUwuX9bZCzWg/s1428/2003-05-24%2022%20Izaak%20Walton%20Inn%20Essex%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqQqlqdGuCYZGT9MqPbRIqO7ckD90PHNT-oA6mNVkHanPITcgtBIc8f8choOmsZuMl6Ch-FeIdDtXOyjG1Uqvi_y-Umg8rjbJkAswkvSk7V-mUDPHo0NuxZj1XHuYR4hvEa6Y-uPc22jZ3akEZVRnsFHq3DXSVWzkAzI2CyNkm1b1ZLoUwuX9bZCzWg/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2022%20Izaak%20Walton%20Inn%20Essex%20MT.jpg" title="Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adjacent to the yard is the Izaak Walton Inn. Named after
English writer Izaak Walton, for whom the Walton Ranger Station in Glacier
National Park is also named, the inn was built on railroad property in 1939 in
three months at a cost of $40,000 by the Addison Miller Company, which also
operated it under contract for the Great Northern Railway as lodging for
railway workers. Measuring 36 feet by 114 feet, the Tudor Revival inn featured
29 guest rooms, 10 bathrooms, a lobby, dining room, kitchen with a two-ton
stove, drying room, store room and general store. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD0giJsOzBqtF_nXUqYxZu8liWCoMvt9rAv9_G0UZg7mkeYhrNq_bwyPQJIm_IUKS3p667AUNj6t44f9iqsEZLoz5VO0tTbkLNyxMZZlxLy9tc5KwG-dBCjIaq7v1hBra6KZ7CGUw_7cTtLlwEPw9UE1aKBlJ8LflowmlNWZSWTO-Wkdg4Bqzoa_Ipg/s1432/2003-05-24%2023%20Izaak%20Walton%20Inn%20Essex%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD0giJsOzBqtF_nXUqYxZu8liWCoMvt9rAv9_G0UZg7mkeYhrNq_bwyPQJIm_IUKS3p667AUNj6t44f9iqsEZLoz5VO0tTbkLNyxMZZlxLy9tc5KwG-dBCjIaq7v1hBra6KZ7CGUw_7cTtLlwEPw9UE1aKBlJ8LflowmlNWZSWTO-Wkdg4Bqzoa_Ipg/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2023%20Izaak%20Walton%20Inn%20Essex%20MT.jpg" title="Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Located at the south end of
Glacier National Park 27 miles from West Glacier and 30 miles from East
Glacier, it was anticipated that Essex would become a southern gateway to
Glacier National Park, however World War II prevented that development. With
the inn never living up to its tourism potential, the Addison Miller Company
sold it to Harry Stowell in 1965 for $5,000. George A. Walker purchased it in
1968. Sid and Millie Goodrich bought it in 1973. Larry and Linda Vielleux
acquired it in 1982. The inn was added to the National Register of Historic
Places on October 18, 1985, and was renovated in 1995 with bathrooms added to
every guestroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMACe7qHQu-d5_I7QcBazUWwgYUJzUMa_VQ4KBrDvaak-kqlzWjKK7Kqn7mJWhl9ZBKZa6mNzUa-7ZzJIOGZUP42lD54KFfOdD0A6xGqrxD2_L-WTFZnv-scTd8H0vfiyJlxBShif_OiCI4dQb1pe2i-aPifKtZzv6nVNll0iLeCtT5sOzQCi1Q2osQ/s1428/2003-05-24%2024%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Essex%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Middle Fork of the Flathead River near Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMACe7qHQu-d5_I7QcBazUWwgYUJzUMa_VQ4KBrDvaak-kqlzWjKK7Kqn7mJWhl9ZBKZa6mNzUa-7ZzJIOGZUP42lD54KFfOdD0A6xGqrxD2_L-WTFZnv-scTd8H0vfiyJlxBShif_OiCI4dQb1pe2i-aPifKtZzv6nVNll0iLeCtT5sOzQCi1Q2osQ/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2024%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Essex%20MT.jpg" title="Middle Fork of the Flathead River near Essex, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">West of Essex, Montana, the route of Amtrak's <i>Empire
Builder</i> parallels U.S. Highway 2, which featured red-tinted pavement
near Nyack, Montana.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKTMFt-zRPSkew5sfjKbHKe_ohbahPfYL5GN3OIslRZrDJB4JmPI1BDHaY5VYxh9J9Mk2a4ip9ctkzD5vPLu0wB10FvBE2B5MpnZNaoEc3aKliAj1KZtUenQeFAbvO4biY-h70T8Yq_gYB9a2xChynfL9TfQeSKRyNx-96cYeFlZ779ylJfXPuSY6sA/s1428/2003-05-24%2025%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Pinnacle%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Middle Fork of the Flathead River near Pinnacle, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKTMFt-zRPSkew5sfjKbHKe_ohbahPfYL5GN3OIslRZrDJB4JmPI1BDHaY5VYxh9J9Mk2a4ip9ctkzD5vPLu0wB10FvBE2B5MpnZNaoEc3aKliAj1KZtUenQeFAbvO4biY-h70T8Yq_gYB9a2xChynfL9TfQeSKRyNx-96cYeFlZ779ylJfXPuSY6sA/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2025%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20Pinnacle%20MT.jpg" title="Middle Fork of the Flathead River near Pinnacle, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In addition to U.S. Highway 2, Amtrak's <i>Empire
Builder</i> also parallels the Middle Fork of the Flathead River as it
skirts the south edge of Glacier National Park, as seen here near Nyack,
Montana.</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5fi3oxJKkxYzUgPa2AAuoC2iuN03jJ1aNi7JN-Sq3kDGlUIDgdhGoLur-FbJ8heQ3_zPyHmF5dhbZLIy5WboJrYUV58aJWjqBOQZu1nz-EfeAPB9pQfjKaoizbApiHykeAi4vW51BuJIgLey_7eY5eT6LHWYonn0NL7WigmYpipIKnD91IgNceVNBw/s1428/2003-05-24%2032%20BNSF%20SD40-2%207868%20Nyack%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #7868 at Nyack, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5fi3oxJKkxYzUgPa2AAuoC2iuN03jJ1aNi7JN-Sq3kDGlUIDgdhGoLur-FbJ8heQ3_zPyHmF5dhbZLIy5WboJrYUV58aJWjqBOQZu1nz-EfeAPB9pQfjKaoizbApiHykeAi4vW51BuJIgLey_7eY5eT6LHWYonn0NL7WigmYpipIKnD91IgNceVNBw/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2032%20BNSF%20SD40-2%207868%20Nyack%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF SD40-2 #7868 at Nyack, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At Nyack, Montana, there is a wye for turning helper
locomotive consists. Here we see Burlington Northern Santa Fe #7868, a
3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of
General Motors in October 1978 as Colorado & Southern #7868. Colorado &
Southern was a subsidiary of Burlington Northern, and its locomotives were
painted in Burlington Northern colors. The Colorado & Southern was formally
merged into the Burlington Northern on December 31, 1981, and this locomotive
became Burlington Northern #7868. Following the merger of the Burlington
Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this
locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #7868.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYhS4rNeKit6WhWeWLvrPCiVt5JZOdrEot_ORsudPLZ2-ur-x3hsL8spAyQNyfzWYqTPfDsfvoUbCLn0bcox8ab-ZLhJiUx621MP7YXdJo_g1DguIrpk191EXlqqxpSngTkGy3EquvhWXJymwf0s7MKsLl4Zyay8K68Cky_FpFx2yPmCocGidYqC2Ew/s1432/2003-05-24%2033%20Rocky%20Mountains%20Glacier%20National%20Park%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rocky Mountains in Glacier National Park in Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYhS4rNeKit6WhWeWLvrPCiVt5JZOdrEot_ORsudPLZ2-ur-x3hsL8spAyQNyfzWYqTPfDsfvoUbCLn0bcox8ab-ZLhJiUx621MP7YXdJo_g1DguIrpk191EXlqqxpSngTkGy3EquvhWXJymwf0s7MKsLl4Zyay8K68Cky_FpFx2yPmCocGidYqC2Ew/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2033%20Rocky%20Mountains%20Glacier%20National%20Park%20MT.jpg" title="Rocky Mountains in Glacier National Park in Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYYUMRmAmFn1CtVGn1Vhm0AoXqOko2f83vWqN7zFBZ79JsAn-Fg3ywxf7acU-fsCPSg7V6RaPlai2Vnj013Mj6Zr4WBaUD2U95xNrvuT0jRpGKJD_yFXybTcnJF5lMOzpeCYI0r25nCyUw8Vz7oDekFylJFfnt3LWu0wNEkYhbSArEs6pF5nqROs8Ig/s1428/2003-05-24%2034%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20West%20Glacier%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Middle Fork of the Flathead River at West Glacier, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYYUMRmAmFn1CtVGn1Vhm0AoXqOko2f83vWqN7zFBZ79JsAn-Fg3ywxf7acU-fsCPSg7V6RaPlai2Vnj013Mj6Zr4WBaUD2U95xNrvuT0jRpGKJD_yFXybTcnJF5lMOzpeCYI0r25nCyUw8Vz7oDekFylJFfnt3LWu0wNEkYhbSArEs6pF5nqROs8Ig/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2034%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20West%20Glacier%20MT.jpg" title="Middle Fork of the Flathead River at West Glacier, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFwctYtr2ytZGrOvOUX-sgfPOvhlATOmVqe-JmJgYA-zFJR7fUBL1VhH59PWVXfijdz-SOqTEPIaitaLo9GX9mXnAZ0r1JfFVFAYbqg856Ns2eiaukjudGpKEhFxmR1_dLKngymvPQ6nySXauDSklKGX1vVGOGL6yjmjtH6Ezmv51crDk-JjTai7DAA/s1432/2003-05-24%2035%20Kayaker%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20West%20Glacier%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kayaker on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at West Glacier, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFwctYtr2ytZGrOvOUX-sgfPOvhlATOmVqe-JmJgYA-zFJR7fUBL1VhH59PWVXfijdz-SOqTEPIaitaLo9GX9mXnAZ0r1JfFVFAYbqg856Ns2eiaukjudGpKEhFxmR1_dLKngymvPQ6nySXauDSklKGX1vVGOGL6yjmjtH6Ezmv51crDk-JjTai7DAA/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2035%20Kayaker%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20West%20Glacier%20MT.jpg" title="Kayaker on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at West Glacier, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Kayakers can sometimes be seen on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0ipBxaYO2e72iMqyJgxZGbNRs9I-FxxqrV1c-e_Z8r-jl0pYbbdl_UBE_HP_rE37hRcQisUnBo9gszZ-JjHt2KoRV_GsSccE6Sep8P9Fm_W3gKKaqmK62p6QBcl26ULV-AXjg6FgiCi91nATWwkZb-wLVSkxHyqfbMrtH5vIQf8OsCBOwhapcNj_pA/s1424/2003-05-24%2036%20Kayaker%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20West%20Glacier%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kayaker on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at West Glacier, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1424" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0ipBxaYO2e72iMqyJgxZGbNRs9I-FxxqrV1c-e_Z8r-jl0pYbbdl_UBE_HP_rE37hRcQisUnBo9gszZ-JjHt2KoRV_GsSccE6Sep8P9Fm_W3gKKaqmK62p6QBcl26ULV-AXjg6FgiCi91nATWwkZb-wLVSkxHyqfbMrtH5vIQf8OsCBOwhapcNj_pA/w400-h288/2003-05-24%2036%20Kayaker%20Middle%20Fork%20Flathead%20River%20West%20Glacier%20MT.jpg" title="Kayaker on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at West Glacier, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As the <i>Empire Builder</i> makes its station stop at West
Glacier, Montana, the Travel Alberta Visitors Information Centre on
Going-to-the-Sun Road can be seen from the train. This centre features visitor
information and interpretive displays promoting the Canadian province of
Alberta, along with restrooms, telephones, and picnic areas.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lFAmCkAxQCofPJTS_TcxLAQzK4Xu-wELku7xDPkfpzmfFTl7ROechyKL0IFjQUCEdYwb2ARp8BJOom7_JZFpIS9tbOz4zzYEiFGpI7WgLUSTggdQpkzyh8efddVX1A8-jgznnGTSA7jgeqQ1NmQu-bvxkrSiJTjdDP6jaKy5B2_hqUc6GtuBtO5vPQ/s1428/2003-05-24%2038%20NS%20SD60%206707%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Norfolk Southern SD60 #6707 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lFAmCkAxQCofPJTS_TcxLAQzK4Xu-wELku7xDPkfpzmfFTl7ROechyKL0IFjQUCEdYwb2ARp8BJOom7_JZFpIS9tbOz4zzYEiFGpI7WgLUSTggdQpkzyh8efddVX1A8-jgznnGTSA7jgeqQ1NmQu-bvxkrSiJTjdDP6jaKy5B2_hqUc6GtuBtO5vPQ/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2038%20NS%20SD60%206707%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" title="Norfolk Southern SD60 #6707 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The trailing unit of a freight train in the BNSF yard in
Whitefish, Montana, Norfolk Southern #6707 is a 3,800-horsepower SD60 that was
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1989 as
Conrail #6852. Following the breakup of Conrail between Norfolk Southern and
CSX Transportation on June 1, 1999, this locomotive was acquired by Norfolk
Southern, becoming #6707, though it still wore its Conrail colors at this
point.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyCc2GLzCb3Wc7pgPUB5oEkKRJgX6HsR0-0OQP_y9Y5eNiATrapBpaMn5TG3j5q3eZXDxrj7H7k8MwSO25YVvN9k4YLa8fukxCSt-IZSEkEKMdoKC_eCEO6ZNPBJRACmIoyYj72rqvBa_expA2Qq78eXZoMFbp1v7TPwBKrxPRLjFz5qtg-ATLcNNQw/s1428/2003-05-24%2039%20MILW%20Boxcar%204512%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Milwaukee Road Boxcar #4512 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyCc2GLzCb3Wc7pgPUB5oEkKRJgX6HsR0-0OQP_y9Y5eNiATrapBpaMn5TG3j5q3eZXDxrj7H7k8MwSO25YVvN9k4YLa8fukxCSt-IZSEkEKMdoKC_eCEO6ZNPBJRACmIoyYj72rqvBa_expA2Qq78eXZoMFbp1v7TPwBKrxPRLjFz5qtg-ATLcNNQw/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2039%20MILW%20Boxcar%204512%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" title="Milwaukee Road Boxcar #4512 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Part of a freight train in the BNSF yard in Whitefish,
Montana, Milwaukee Road #4512 is a boxcar that was built in 1972 and still
wears its original paint over 30 years later, despite the bankrupt Milwaukee
Road having been taken over by the Soo Line in February 1985.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6pBCsSXdM7IXfteyS4oDNZ3jEhQ9lw3exTl45st6IcYFsDqa29p-nc9LnMLpa5MVqv_0TlQ_RaaHHMUx7J_C57dzMBMqNUakSCX4_8M2-AuSXwXvj39N2N0LDZtoosy3g7NLLLiCjuYziCEjxKSl_pAZERR7svcNc_xEfpXAhiS7fz2joCYb_6Z2zw/s1424/2003-05-24%2040%20GN%20NW3%20181%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern NW3 #181 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1424" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6pBCsSXdM7IXfteyS4oDNZ3jEhQ9lw3exTl45st6IcYFsDqa29p-nc9LnMLpa5MVqv_0TlQ_RaaHHMUx7J_C57dzMBMqNUakSCX4_8M2-AuSXwXvj39N2N0LDZtoosy3g7NLLLiCjuYziCEjxKSl_pAZERR7svcNc_xEfpXAhiS7fz2joCYb_6Z2zw/w400-h288/2003-05-24%2040%20GN%20NW3%20181%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" title="Great Northern NW3 #181 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Making its station stop in Whitefish, Montana, Amtrak’s westbound
<i>Empire Builder</i> stopped alongside Great Northern NW3 #181 in Whitefish, Montana.
Built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in March 1942 as Great
Northern #5406, this 1,000-horsepower diesel locomotive was the last of the
only seven NW3s built, all for the Great Northern. It was renumbered to #181 in
1943. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWHsDtNu1abCvHhloT5bQ_BzN9m9IzGsbnhV74zb1_YPJf4PVeAAAK-rQSPcEYK7wIhWPSWQ5rsPzIb0VK1tTADdCPTX6u-HnMXvZXsV4zAwv4eurEIF8-51svruOkQ9AzmGlndsO3BhR0R0MW3bDJ5eGQ696C-c8VVFR-e8HdE_BhQPD693MADMI2A/s1432/2003-05-24%2041%20GN%20NW3%20181%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great Northern NW3 #181 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWHsDtNu1abCvHhloT5bQ_BzN9m9IzGsbnhV74zb1_YPJf4PVeAAAK-rQSPcEYK7wIhWPSWQ5rsPzIb0VK1tTADdCPTX6u-HnMXvZXsV4zAwv4eurEIF8-51svruOkQ9AzmGlndsO3BhR0R0MW3bDJ5eGQ696C-c8VVFR-e8HdE_BhQPD693MADMI2A/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2041%20GN%20NW3%20181%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" title="Great Northern NW3 #181 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On August 30, 1965, the Great Northern sold #181 to Anaconda Aluminum in
Columbia Falls, Montana, where it became their #900. When no longer needed,
Anaconda Aluminum donated the locomotive to the Stumptown Historical Society in
Whitefish, Montana. It was restored to Great Northern colors and placed on
permanent static display next to the Whitefish depot on November 19, 1990.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHp6TYOMiYceZcju_M2x5V0rwhAwYzbTzCraBnKV4VnX8fBGc3WV5zgWQ5zQfVcRvh7Vum93F7wEbISGZqze5rkNdN9b_9Yl1U4QFZ7v24szj_orkOXZZzURY5YZFV5orYXHG34L60ugr4MHLeVlQLugTmyfHI0IqkmgRmGi3boOFG1F0d3YssW7a5Q/s1428/2003-05-24%2042%20BNSF%20GP38-2%202257%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF GP38-2 #2257 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1428" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHp6TYOMiYceZcju_M2x5V0rwhAwYzbTzCraBnKV4VnX8fBGc3WV5zgWQ5zQfVcRvh7Vum93F7wEbISGZqze5rkNdN9b_9Yl1U4QFZ7v24szj_orkOXZZzURY5YZFV5orYXHG34L60ugr4MHLeVlQLugTmyfHI0IqkmgRmGi3boOFG1F0d3YssW7a5Q/w400-h286/2003-05-24%2042%20BNSF%20GP38-2%202257%20Whitefish%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF GP38-2 #2257 at Whitefish, Montana on May 24, 2003" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was getting dark when Amtrak’s westbound <i>Empire Builder</i>
departed Whitefish, Montana, but I was able to get one last photograph of a
pair of Burlington Northern Santa Fe 4-axle EMD locomotives, only one of which
can be identified. Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2257 is a 2,000-horsepower
GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in June
1973 as St. Louis-San Francisco (also known as the Frisco) #402. The Frisco was
merged into the Burlington Northern on November 21, 1980, and this locomotive
became Burlington Northern #2257. Following the merger of the Burlington
Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this
locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2257 in April 1998.</p></div>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-54470324584376086342022-03-20T20:08:00.002-07:002022-03-20T20:08:57.224-07:00Riding Amtrak's Westbound Empire Builder in December 2002<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjP1V4PxAM4LuZFEiDxsyBipWoLceaJ0KIbCIaSDCncnA3TYjRqEqOdNJmiG0uy7HBSEnN_9YWO8WND-Vpb2tUNLmWhJp1gDHiazOZHOLDOpI45wJK0arkZ8rQ0vcLDlAd_Vka8ek40bmK628PDyEmX4mBbIz5rWTkdjuTLUlI1gFwJrsS-VRHyQX7Kg/s1436/2002-12-21%2001%20Old%20Soo%20Depot%20Transportation%20Museum%20Minot%20ND.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1436" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjP1V4PxAM4LuZFEiDxsyBipWoLceaJ0KIbCIaSDCncnA3TYjRqEqOdNJmiG0uy7HBSEnN_9YWO8WND-Vpb2tUNLmWhJp1gDHiazOZHOLDOpI45wJK0arkZ8rQ0vcLDlAd_Vka8ek40bmK628PDyEmX4mBbIz5rWTkdjuTLUlI1gFwJrsS-VRHyQX7Kg/w400-h283/2002-12-21%2001%20Old%20Soo%20Depot%20Transportation%20Museum%20Minot%20ND.jpg" title="Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I took these pictures on December 21, 2002, while riding
Amtrak’s westbound <i>Empire Builder</i>. <span style="background-color: white;">This historic depot was built in 1912 and once served the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, or Soo Line, which is now part of the</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.cpr.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Canadian Pacific</a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Railway. This depot is no longer owned by the railroad. It is located in Minot's historic downtown district and houses the Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum.</span></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEL_HHyvLsJYiu2wNC0IfaPsPg1zQ3a12f508dBlgfidw-lJklc-2PLMMbU94N6Cjfl4t_EwLsrZL0Ov3uxjEye4M4PNR4DSdSRcNZZMgqM7yYpqhYqdepI3Ql-BPtguJ5BYOoaX-AhAd1JA7pIM_3QcrvDpe0EYREob6bcKqzTCxerBp8U64SXaMDg/s1440/2002-12-21%2004%20AMTK%20Depot%20Minot%20ND.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Amtrak Depot in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEL_HHyvLsJYiu2wNC0IfaPsPg1zQ3a12f508dBlgfidw-lJklc-2PLMMbU94N6Cjfl4t_EwLsrZL0Ov3uxjEye4M4PNR4DSdSRcNZZMgqM7yYpqhYqdepI3Ql-BPtguJ5BYOoaX-AhAd1JA7pIM_3QcrvDpe0EYREob6bcKqzTCxerBp8U64SXaMDg/w400-h284/2002-12-21%2004%20AMTK%20Depot%20Minot%20ND.jpg" title="Amtrak Depot in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This depot is the one currently served by <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amtrak</a>. It is located just west of the old Soo Line depot, on the opposite side of the U.S. Highway 83 overpass. This depot was originally built in 1910 by the Great Northern Railway. A major renovation in 1975 replaced the original gabled roof with a flat roof, covered the original brick with stucco and remodeled the interior. Here Amtrak's <i>Empire Builder</i> can be seen making its station stop. Just to the north of the depot, on the other side of the tracks and past some trees, is the Souris River.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9wEnT4iwmD62IRsK0nw1-nkl2buGn15pBdJEaizI82a2ho-DFZhRJ-NuYbPde5UCphyiqX4kKCAzfrjMEboFhvpSqy0fCqWkUXQQ7KfY8Dwyd4IhLP5pivVjTGfU6STSqT0oqEvRB8XdOZE2mwBzWlG-MpTfmMcpVcvW4NsboLMp-k7FXOJvrSAI0w/s1440/2002-12-21%2002%20BNSF-CP%20Minot%20ND.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="BNSF-CP Crossing in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9wEnT4iwmD62IRsK0nw1-nkl2buGn15pBdJEaizI82a2ho-DFZhRJ-NuYbPde5UCphyiqX4kKCAzfrjMEboFhvpSqy0fCqWkUXQQ7KfY8Dwyd4IhLP5pivVjTGfU6STSqT0oqEvRB8XdOZE2mwBzWlG-MpTfmMcpVcvW4NsboLMp-k7FXOJvrSAI0w/w400-h284/2002-12-21%2002%20BNSF-CP%20Minot%20ND.jpg" title="BNSF-CP Crossing in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to the west of the <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;">Amtrak</a> station, and visible from its platform, is crossing of the <a href="http://www.bnsf.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;">Burlington Northern-Santa Fe</a> Railroad and the <a href="http://www.cpr.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;">Canadian Pacific</a> Railway. In this 2002 photo, Amtrak's <i>Empire Builder </i>is stopped on the BNSF track and the freight train crossing in front of it is on the CP track. This crossing is the busiest rail crossing in the state of North Dakota. The building visible behind the Canadian Pacific freight train is the <a href="http://www.minotlibrary.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;">Minot Public Library</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvqRYP1CU2VFq8uQsTHYq1Bd9_Ha83emRkb7unzhTikCGSW95K2x4L5aVrd93WEM_cR0nGwEDAVjUmmznGMc7yPYkfUfjL6g8uYbKA90zkMr0qj9NiBlWG6v7qYUVOdSx5JauX2tLs_ULEab7RaU3OTl9aakEORhYUS19aLVSu3v_ILVx2lY8iNRS9A/s1440/2002-12-21%2003%20AMTK%20F40PH%20383%20Minot%20ND.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Amtrak F40PH #383 in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvqRYP1CU2VFq8uQsTHYq1Bd9_Ha83emRkb7unzhTikCGSW95K2x4L5aVrd93WEM_cR0nGwEDAVjUmmznGMc7yPYkfUfjL6g8uYbKA90zkMr0qj9NiBlWG6v7qYUVOdSx5JauX2tLs_ULEab7RaU3OTl9aakEORhYUS19aLVSu3v_ILVx2lY8iNRS9A/w400-h284/2002-12-21%2003%20AMTK%20F40PH%20383%20Minot%20ND.jpg" title="Amtrak F40PH #383 in Minot, North Dakota on December 21, 2002" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During the <i>Empire Builder</i>’s service stop in Minot, North
Dakota, I braved the winter snow to check out the motive power consist and
discovered Amtrak #383, an F40PH that was built by the Electro-Motive Division
of General Motors in July 1981. It is painted to match the <i>Pacific Surfliner</i>
equipment used in southern California between San Luis Obispo and San Diego.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwik-q05673gsZYVcmlFIqngM_bUOieTsyww6NGOUjUxu-wKu_S66y8ujzZ0rWWqTOXEK3elcPOawOJjERiOzOn9JAU3PNMLP80v3Dj98NELH_s4_hTdzOru8XxgwouhSAUa7bfYFioVTJp00C2Zn8agxnogh-HQqUVL6bHjZ4E4fR47xYlnMF0wtZew/s1436/2002-12-21%2005%20BNSF%20SW15%203441%20Havre%20MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="BNSF SW1500 #3441 in Havre, Montana on December 21, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwik-q05673gsZYVcmlFIqngM_bUOieTsyww6NGOUjUxu-wKu_S66y8ujzZ0rWWqTOXEK3elcPOawOJjERiOzOn9JAU3PNMLP80v3Dj98NELH_s4_hTdzOru8XxgwouhSAUa7bfYFioVTJp00C2Zn8agxnogh-HQqUVL6bHjZ4E4fR47xYlnMF0wtZew/w400-h284/2002-12-21%2005%20BNSF%20SW15%203441%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF SW1500 #3441 in Havre, Montana on December 21, 2002" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pictured in Havre, Montana, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
#3441 is a 1,500-horsepower SW1500 that was built by the Electro-Motive
Division of General Motors in January 1973 as St. Louis-San Francisco (also
known as the Frisco) #356. The Frisco was merged into the Burlington Northern
on November 21, 1980, and this locomotive became Burlington Northern #61.
Burlington Northern classified EMD’s SW1500s as SW15s. Following the merger of
the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September
22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #3441 on February
19, 1998.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DR7EQXbk8LoZw_sKkaxnVepC8ECIlsZwFXbxrUNxBzEWCM3L2koO5b1LQsKeBw6aUu3TWKvzcrB9WoQ_MxBd0XNRS4M3dGv1GJOmyIg9ZAPl-Eamw-qIWAU5kzeikj7fs4a5ZuIXS4sHZkvMET5bV4fDnDsdv0dMsSKzvFM5Hw2c1Db8KKHlIn10rA/s1440/2002-12-21%2006%20BNSF%20B40-8%208615%20Havre%20MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="BNSF Dash 8-40B #8615 in Havre, Montana on December 21, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DR7EQXbk8LoZw_sKkaxnVepC8ECIlsZwFXbxrUNxBzEWCM3L2koO5b1LQsKeBw6aUu3TWKvzcrB9WoQ_MxBd0XNRS4M3dGv1GJOmyIg9ZAPl-Eamw-qIWAU5kzeikj7fs4a5ZuIXS4sHZkvMET5bV4fDnDsdv0dMsSKzvFM5Hw2c1Db8KKHlIn10rA/w400-h284/2002-12-21%2006%20BNSF%20B40-8%208615%20Havre%20MT.jpg" title="BNSF Dash 8-40B #8615 in Havre, Montana on December 21, 2002" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also in Havre near the shops, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
#8615 is a 4,000-horsepower Dash 8-40B that was built by General Electric in
June 1988 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #7425. Following the merger of the
Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22,
1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #8615 on January 6,
2000, and was repainted in Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s “Heritage I” colors
on December 7, 2000.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwVOMs3TGxlLptlFsw3HVJmcfYPwEZPKoxSElI4Kjeo_hwEp7lOW79pHwG_v-0qWDtlx9bJ57-DLWcocxsMEufjmhQ9aYwN2rWJatmAWeOPkJGbkXRvIsWHXgq-6JHFraLXpdyAkAhe45RGikhyGPh6CEPWnujlY6uVP8oVlj3xJAiXQd7DEQCr0XbA/s1436/2002-12-22%2001%20BN%20GP39M%202871%20Wishram%20WA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Burlington Northern GP39M #2871 in Wishram, Washington on December 22, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwVOMs3TGxlLptlFsw3HVJmcfYPwEZPKoxSElI4Kjeo_hwEp7lOW79pHwG_v-0qWDtlx9bJ57-DLWcocxsMEufjmhQ9aYwN2rWJatmAWeOPkJGbkXRvIsWHXgq-6JHFraLXpdyAkAhe45RGikhyGPh6CEPWnujlY6uVP8oVlj3xJAiXQd7DEQCr0XbA/w400-h284/2002-12-22%2001%20BN%20GP39M%202871%20Wishram%20WA.jpg" title="Burlington Northern GP39M #2871 in Wishram, Washington on December 22, 2002" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I took this picture the next day on December 22, 2002, while riding the
Portland section of Amtrak’s westbound <i>Empire Builder</i> through Wishram,
Washington. Unless running extremely late, the <i>Empire Builder</i> generally made an
extended station stop in Wishram to allow cigarette smokers an opportunity to
satisfy their addiction, as the smoking car was part of the train’s Seattle
section. I merely turned my attention and my camera to the railroad equipment
outside the window. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Burlington Northern #2871 is a GP39M that was originally
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1964 as
Southern Pacific #7452, a 2,500-horsepower GP35. After 1965 it was renumbered
to Southern Pacific #6564. It was retired in January 1991 and was sold to
Morrison-Knudsen of Boise, Idaho, who rebuilt it into 2,300-horsepower GP39M
Burlington Northern #2871 in July 1991. With it is Burlington Northern Santa Fe
#2083, a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division
of General Motors in May 1972 as Burlington Northern #2083. Following the
merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on
September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2083
on October 2, 2000.</span></p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-65866028894047073202022-03-07T21:04:00.000-08:002022-03-07T21:04:03.489-08:00Trains in Butler & Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in December 2002<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiINQfVT-vA0Jl02-QnV1fwURTY-cIDcLC0EMkMKZygsXCrzS0FAtgvkyoiX09MKgmUKJ8mnuATruT7BmICcCq5-9R4PtF9xu9IeXbIYwaXxj5YBqyftKjuSAAMfT02ae_Svm-Zz1J2OqZ0ics5nICd1rziUDrFod40Tz1MmsGO5LcTmkRRBxUXBou71g=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific Yard in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiINQfVT-vA0Jl02-QnV1fwURTY-cIDcLC0EMkMKZygsXCrzS0FAtgvkyoiX09MKgmUKJ8mnuATruT7BmICcCq5-9R4PtF9xu9IeXbIYwaXxj5YBqyftKjuSAAMfT02ae_Svm-Zz1J2OqZ0ics5nICd1rziUDrFod40Tz1MmsGO5LcTmkRRBxUXBou71g=w400-h284" title="Union Pacific Yard in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I took these pictures on December 7, 2002, during the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers New Member Orientation Program Scavenger Hunt. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8XrfZf6wMOpMlgn4YcthF3psek5LVQ7R6eNA4VR-qYvsU43iSXVylzTiYFX6iINB3iMe6rFtrMzDwYYyNoktEJDM5WGEt1VJfh5gablbjfeSsg5RU37n_NPcdMg6ef8M2jqOgpT9u369tqVTP6QzCFNUiKRSxTykSySMDi7HZQfrmi5STkHi3wMQTzw=s1444" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific Yard in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1444" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8XrfZf6wMOpMlgn4YcthF3psek5LVQ7R6eNA4VR-qYvsU43iSXVylzTiYFX6iINB3iMe6rFtrMzDwYYyNoktEJDM5WGEt1VJfh5gablbjfeSsg5RU37n_NPcdMg6ef8M2jqOgpT9u369tqVTP6QzCFNUiKRSxTykSySMDi7HZQfrmi5STkHi3wMQTzw=w400-h283" title="Union Pacific Yard" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">One of the locations on the scavenger hunt was Union Pacific’s former Chicago & North Western yard in Butler, Wisconsin.</p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgapqMtSHkkB1Nng9ofA9u9c01Yv59ucrpBHFPZK715gA7HBlMYgsaAb8lbbpcuLy0uSRDhcM6yH0n1gnjn9AaqKtTdbAlwxAgV22nmdOBadEcto7e_uXvnAoqtcq_60Gya9iRvvtI2j3oQpY1-A85VZKaJkTm1ilnOIrV2eJZN3fLH7_Jlwq9p0L3itg=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2978 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgapqMtSHkkB1Nng9ofA9u9c01Yv59ucrpBHFPZK715gA7HBlMYgsaAb8lbbpcuLy0uSRDhcM6yH0n1gnjn9AaqKtTdbAlwxAgV22nmdOBadEcto7e_uXvnAoqtcq_60Gya9iRvvtI2j3oQpY1-A85VZKaJkTm1ilnOIrV2eJZN3fLH7_Jlwq9p0L3itg=w400-h284" title="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2978 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">Union Pacific #2978 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1974 as
Chicago & North Western #6830. After the Chicago & North Western was
merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union
Pacific #2978 on August 11, 1997.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir8I3HBG1GL17mCn2YOgDBRI_4MNnk_c5DS0o9rQ7rS3zy5pzh_o8wzVzCVO0q-jJ6I-pocV9NLctVRajzPygP6cHVner4uKZOmFsDMywocvT0J2gMAFb9vr1DqJoTJsTjyIoijKLVFzSyYE6y-FyiyLnsva81d7iaDSJ8LcbsWEaALBlaQqf7V5qccw=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2976 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir8I3HBG1GL17mCn2YOgDBRI_4MNnk_c5DS0o9rQ7rS3zy5pzh_o8wzVzCVO0q-jJ6I-pocV9NLctVRajzPygP6cHVner4uKZOmFsDMywocvT0J2gMAFb9vr1DqJoTJsTjyIoijKLVFzSyYE6y-FyiyLnsva81d7iaDSJ8LcbsWEaALBlaQqf7V5qccw=w400-h284" title="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2976 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Union Pacific #2976 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1974 as
Chicago & North Western #6828. After the Chicago & North Western was
merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union
Pacific #2976 on April 3, 1998.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhch8RmcMxiec-SJiEuoG3Vr0tzHlwLGYsI819tP0oONGQeVWmb-4zAe0zKve6NrzXkZf-NGbtPwKgjz7GtV3qcToPe-dBTmOVJxHwMjoWCtRUv7GudiwJ8rlDb_wzMn8zMPhVacuDF6bs2_xW5QUSXx5mbmpD0fBnoIK-6oSkhStdewWxVxwUSzgjQpw=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LLPX GP38-2 #2253 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhch8RmcMxiec-SJiEuoG3Vr0tzHlwLGYsI819tP0oONGQeVWmb-4zAe0zKve6NrzXkZf-NGbtPwKgjz7GtV3qcToPe-dBTmOVJxHwMjoWCtRUv7GudiwJ8rlDb_wzMn8zMPhVacuDF6bs2_xW5QUSXx5mbmpD0fBnoIK-6oSkhStdewWxVxwUSzgjQpw=w400-h284" title="LLPX GP38-2 #2253 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">LLPX #2253 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by
the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in March 1977 as Long Island
Railroad #275. It was retired between November 1999 and March 2000. </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCFpgqYyRzeRjPQuPGA6_Kz6Nn5hptvSERS1NaUexSwxC7AoUtUfB_Tr4EKRQVp_j1y0-chzkTLnxHPz-Rhou6aOmHb_gGvee8Tucx-uMqPL6-8bd6rmBAb-8cjIfcUjs6yl3quvAFYmoahvpZXfxlQr739l0rwFxKaBc1BguX2FUxsFepdrl4WsfY8g=s1444" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LLPX GP38-2 #2253 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1020" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCFpgqYyRzeRjPQuPGA6_Kz6Nn5hptvSERS1NaUexSwxC7AoUtUfB_Tr4EKRQVp_j1y0-chzkTLnxHPz-Rhou6aOmHb_gGvee8Tucx-uMqPL6-8bd6rmBAb-8cjIfcUjs6yl3quvAFYmoahvpZXfxlQr739l0rwFxKaBc1BguX2FUxsFepdrl4WsfY8g=w283-h400" title="LLPX GP38-2 #2253 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="283" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">It ended up
with General Motors’ Locomotive Leasing Partners and was subsequently leased to
Union Pacific. It is painted in Union Pacific colors but without lettering and
with its road numbers in a distinctly non-Union Pacific font.</p><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQYlmDBqRqDAms19YnUxV7XSC2alSNjdaJPkhHMT1jp51rvmG9pPkoHD2BpDaZ1VfMGvNa81LeWBoxnzUUoaLmjg84VytDVNzEXamloUBhKJ71Puf7fb_KLjJHRGmpjaZ3f4RiQ85-MIZKyow10GTktxmaz_wruE325vtHK6g6DcWdF0E3ZbU9f5Xirw=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2991 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQYlmDBqRqDAms19YnUxV7XSC2alSNjdaJPkhHMT1jp51rvmG9pPkoHD2BpDaZ1VfMGvNa81LeWBoxnzUUoaLmjg84VytDVNzEXamloUBhKJ71Puf7fb_KLjJHRGmpjaZ3f4RiQ85-MIZKyow10GTktxmaz_wruE325vtHK6g6DcWdF0E3ZbU9f5Xirw=w400-h284" title="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2991 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Union Pacific #2991 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April 1974 as Chicago
& North Western #6859. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7jad3hCbWtC-qsRNti02qe3Df7uMX6-dZdRzmyY8LrEcF3qrOu_f6m0JYshVe8aDk-WWDEJtEd7q4vIfR9Yxx_8ZTF2wNdx01Z5y_Iel5gY4FBM7fbVwgwh-asAdoKleiIhn026bXX5ZGFDW0iO10A0O4Hkp4Jn4jyD6FIzBmOYGt3ZaTWN1JKKEQg=s1444" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2991 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7jad3hCbWtC-qsRNti02qe3Df7uMX6-dZdRzmyY8LrEcF3qrOu_f6m0JYshVe8aDk-WWDEJtEd7q4vIfR9Yxx_8ZTF2wNdx01Z5y_Iel5gY4FBM7fbVwgwh-asAdoKleiIhn026bXX5ZGFDW0iO10A0O4Hkp4Jn4jyD6FIzBmOYGt3ZaTWN1JKKEQg=w281-h400" title="Union Pacific SD40-2 #2991 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="281" /></a></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">After the Chicago & North Western was merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union Pacific #2991 on April 14, 1998.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKMBJxTO7HVBuTwLxEnke9E28bWDijWF1v5vhQOw9Hf7rZZ60aVABZZoPZVO10aUno4kcJ7XHrX9RtZezn5T-z0c8TbLdM7MEAclYdefKORuFyx-XyUT86wUWrYwaGwZ-Sd0kF5_rLGgQBFNsCXf74RUNmF9K6e_aRzvBfOOCU8Np3Aaeu_ZFWg2bzpQ=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific GP38-2 #393 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKMBJxTO7HVBuTwLxEnke9E28bWDijWF1v5vhQOw9Hf7rZZ60aVABZZoPZVO10aUno4kcJ7XHrX9RtZezn5T-z0c8TbLdM7MEAclYdefKORuFyx-XyUT86wUWrYwaGwZ-Sd0kF5_rLGgQBFNsCXf74RUNmF9K6e_aRzvBfOOCU8Np3Aaeu_ZFWg2bzpQ=w400-h284" title="Union Pacific GP38-2 #393 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Union Pacific #393 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in December 1979 as
Chicago & North Western #4628. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdVWjjAmzwDk8nqp0ZvdLBMf-jrEpCoYXRRlUzYGFaBieBZ-GndeU2x3qBNXls6sD0nMVsFjcpU9GiUgCcX5mGgutIHQTfmRPN7rBOIzkxjYDBHzYuS5fVXsfvvOWSGrhnvCCSGJ1t8-_pt9ImPm0ZfoJsxUbILhI6ER_VIrW4LLHuOE7X8ehJRLmglA=s1432" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Union Pacific GP38-2 #393 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdVWjjAmzwDk8nqp0ZvdLBMf-jrEpCoYXRRlUzYGFaBieBZ-GndeU2x3qBNXls6sD0nMVsFjcpU9GiUgCcX5mGgutIHQTfmRPN7rBOIzkxjYDBHzYuS5fVXsfvvOWSGrhnvCCSGJ1t8-_pt9ImPm0ZfoJsxUbILhI6ER_VIrW4LLHuOE7X8ehJRLmglA=w400-h285" title="Union Pacific GP38-2 #393 in Butler, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">After the Chicago & North Western was merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union Pacific #393 on August 25, 2000.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI9yyF5IGFsPp3fESWRxJHnVo_QUf3SNlwwdt1xZIaPHaxTTv9VkN_3eHZ5WlMA_PUqjZGJwa8zOrH7eGOF-lpQeeDZ7PtM27MSjIFYuKLgNW4CeFb5-OwW4dFmvx7VVaCBgEG6F93BOskBIseiMKIhenfWJpFgoneqGFR6Hy4DmCBLv5yT6vQCromcQ=s1432" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DC #57 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI9yyF5IGFsPp3fESWRxJHnVo_QUf3SNlwwdt1xZIaPHaxTTv9VkN_3eHZ5WlMA_PUqjZGJwa8zOrH7eGOF-lpQeeDZ7PtM27MSjIFYuKLgNW4CeFb5-OwW4dFmvx7VVaCBgEG6F93BOskBIseiMKIhenfWJpFgoneqGFR6Hy4DmCBLv5yT6vQCromcQ=w400-h285" title="Amtrak P42DC #57 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Another location on the scavenger hunt was the Amtrak
station in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where an Amtrak <i>Hiawatha</i> consist
could be found under the trainshed. Amtrak #57 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that
was built by General Electric in February 1997.</p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-48721296261752984612022-03-06T20:11:00.005-08:002022-03-06T20:11:58.376-08:00Trains in the Columbia River Gorge in Fall 2002<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">This group of pictures was taken by my dad, Cliff West, while
railfanning with Fred Anderson in the Columbia River Gorge in the fall of 2002.
These Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight trains were seen in and just west of
Wishram, Washington.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEvOI6LZtTEvbj71TYpC8-bXQJ1h67PLh4LGNkklVQsQ7EhfV3c03x3evCJuGYUHWPjXEiBOcETyl7spTSBBfTEgNJVJkO0_uRXOY5-3ePFuRbm__eN05ZpxCAVBvncw50OvP5mTHWSSgffTqnmExijWNrxKh5FikzGl1_i3ThLU7fTw1-CGmwqi1NwQ=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF C44-9W #755 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEvOI6LZtTEvbj71TYpC8-bXQJ1h67PLh4LGNkklVQsQ7EhfV3c03x3evCJuGYUHWPjXEiBOcETyl7spTSBBfTEgNJVJkO0_uRXOY5-3ePFuRbm__eN05ZpxCAVBvncw50OvP5mTHWSSgffTqnmExijWNrxKh5FikzGl1_i3ThLU7fTw1-CGmwqi1NwQ=w400-h266" title="BNSF C44-9W #755 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #755 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash
9-44CW that was built by General Electric in August 1997. It is painted in the
BNSF version of the Santa Fe “Warbonnet” colors with small initials on the long
hood.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5dVEb4Ryr6p7VL5dJ1RNtQEi0FzrJqOjVZB303uySq9pZWd44-ZhRFiozLoad4EXaPjjpumCVmKSscWXu_hQQewrG0DD2oYNUGlbpjICpPt78Xgr5JkckureswA6a9sIT6btw3mYjVNNCQ9ztj5rMjQLiHnBP32zFe-aYKCe_-9qOT1mEm8h7-87XgQ=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF C44-9W #755 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5dVEb4Ryr6p7VL5dJ1RNtQEi0FzrJqOjVZB303uySq9pZWd44-ZhRFiozLoad4EXaPjjpumCVmKSscWXu_hQQewrG0DD2oYNUGlbpjICpPt78Xgr5JkckureswA6a9sIT6btw3mYjVNNCQ9ztj5rMjQLiHnBP32zFe-aYKCe_-9qOT1mEm8h7-87XgQ=w400-h266" title="BNSF C44-9W #755 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This locomotive was part of the first order to be delivered in this variation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjliG5eNSf9nFRv2Nf38HnK_74Q7ipVKYYw0d2Z_ScBf4VW8jM4fNiMFUkzNldmKhid-hdcyL6MsCCr9qdnQMHegLcKyZ18N7GdA-abrmZtNbLInsboaZfQFU8KoEtbgv8HvxU_affCJUPWXlqiUD1Qk4uq1oKU9AgdbDqxUtlhkt6BAW3EWRQ3Kilc7w=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF C44-9W #4423 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjliG5eNSf9nFRv2Nf38HnK_74Q7ipVKYYw0d2Z_ScBf4VW8jM4fNiMFUkzNldmKhid-hdcyL6MsCCr9qdnQMHegLcKyZ18N7GdA-abrmZtNbLInsboaZfQFU8KoEtbgv8HvxU_affCJUPWXlqiUD1Qk4uq1oKU9AgdbDqxUtlhkt6BAW3EWRQ3Kilc7w=w400-h266" title="BNSF C44-9W #4423 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #4423 is a 4,400-horsepower
Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in April 1999.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtJsPZPgiJKpODeoEfLVEjWDLMmc-P3iydQj-8UA6YH1k6dlT3YifH4NjyRgXZUzGEm6v-fg60o4dIe3Ue9B3ZJ378mcnNSH__A6dan9iV219V8Wmf1CDtgFZbSF8RrWYb2xmdy3xtGr4xlj-KB1WnsB9sPG2HYNjqVQmzD35HoK3GIhsmaK_Or4DPrQ=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF C44-9W #5298 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtJsPZPgiJKpODeoEfLVEjWDLMmc-P3iydQj-8UA6YH1k6dlT3YifH4NjyRgXZUzGEm6v-fg60o4dIe3Ue9B3ZJ378mcnNSH__A6dan9iV219V8Wmf1CDtgFZbSF8RrWYb2xmdy3xtGr4xlj-KB1WnsB9sPG2HYNjqVQmzD35HoK3GIhsmaK_Or4DPrQ=w400-h266" title="BNSF C44-9W #5298 in Wishram, Washington in Fall 2002" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #5298 is a 4,400-horsepower
Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in June 2001.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfao2Fr2VQ95sfqaVTqdEPtIZeuciHOPnD6_4ksKEZbkDv6izHFs7nkkJHsQmJNJtBN3PXanTZwk6-KCBhnUtWRp3XhRbuQWsNsM4vv4XMBgalxWYYhzSuyliEkIaN1O3ZmQNvvClTdknTq1iIvbQLi5KD7RUQBEpH44Dokpb2UFPA1DHP-K11uAwvdg=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spokane, Portland & Seattle F9A #802 at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Fall 2002" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfao2Fr2VQ95sfqaVTqdEPtIZeuciHOPnD6_4ksKEZbkDv6izHFs7nkkJHsQmJNJtBN3PXanTZwk6-KCBhnUtWRp3XhRbuQWsNsM4vv4XMBgalxWYYhzSuyliEkIaN1O3ZmQNvvClTdknTq1iIvbQLi5KD7RUQBEpH44Dokpb2UFPA1DHP-K11uAwvdg=w400-h266" title="Spokane, Portland & Seattle F9A #802 at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Fall 2002" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">A vintage diesel locomotive and caboose were under
restoration for static display at the site of the Columbia Gorge Interpretive
Center Museum in Stevenson, Washington. This locomotive was built by the Electro-Motive Division of
General Motors in LaGrange, Illinois as a 1,750-horsepower F9A for the Northern
Pacific Railway in March 1956. It was originally numbered #7013D and was a
freight locomotive on the Northern Pacific Railway. In April 1965 it was
reassigned to passenger service and renumbered #6704A, (taking the number of
another 1956 F9A that had been reassigned to freight service and renumbered to
#7052A in 1960). As #6704A, one of its assignments was to pull the Vista Dome
North Coast Limited between Chicago and Seattle. The Northern Pacific became
part of the Burlington Northern in March 1970, and the locomotive became
Burlington Northern #9816. Amtrak took over passenger service in 1971 and the
locomotive was reassigned back to freight service. In June 1973 it was
renumbered to Burlington Northern #782. In December 1981 it was converted to
Rotary Snowplow Power Unit (RSPU) #972569 and used in the Midwest. It was
retired in 1998 and Burlington Northern Santa Fe donated the empty carbody to
the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum for static display. The museum
restored the unit as Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway #802. The real
SP&S #802 was an earlier 1,500-horsepower F3A built by the Electro-Motive
Division of General Motors in November 1948. The Spokane, Portland &
Seattle did not own any F9As. When SP&S became part of Burlington Northern,
SP&S #802 became Burlington Northern #9752. In July 1972 it became Rotary
Snowplow Power Unit #972551, but a locomotive shortage returned it to service
as locomotive #9752 in 1974. It was renumbered to #712 in 1976 and was retired
in November 1981 and scrapped.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnTxUUp3AfltK1yxs7YIzkbw5KDryGmaEZxZ8D8T-mcOd8mc9N1xkSIrMwhka5RIeuZfqTHeb4vdcwm8Id08HXMAjkK44pLGP2D3vjlZuCtg51HRDJDzp3QB0HAt2kwth7Z4mQPu-I2ETJOJ47pCMa5EUKgE-6cZzGSW1Scd67kVTgXa6G2y0a3NXVYA=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spokane, Portland & Seattle Caboose #701 at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Fall 2002" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnTxUUp3AfltK1yxs7YIzkbw5KDryGmaEZxZ8D8T-mcOd8mc9N1xkSIrMwhka5RIeuZfqTHeb4vdcwm8Id08HXMAjkK44pLGP2D3vjlZuCtg51HRDJDzp3QB0HAt2kwth7Z4mQPu-I2ETJOJ47pCMa5EUKgE-6cZzGSW1Scd67kVTgXa6G2y0a3NXVYA=w400-h266" title="Spokane, Portland & Seattle Caboose #701 at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Fall 2002" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cliff West</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The diesel locomotive is accompanied by this wooden caboose,
which was built in 1947 for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway as
#701. It came to the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum before the
locomotive.</p></div>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-4976394294246166182022-03-06T19:33:00.000-08:002022-03-06T19:33:14.562-08:00Trains in the Twin Cities in September 2002<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">I took these pictures in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the morning
of September 8, 2002, while traveling on Amtrak’s eastbound <i>Empire Builder</i>. St.
Paul was a highlight for me, as the Minnesota Commercial and Soo Line equipment
visible from the train seemed exotic to an Oregonian like me.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCGv2fz00T1Ro5MDpCGMlbaCDzYiinSXv1jorUdBUMn6ct7OFx7z5OrXWu43YsehuaAZWtKRWkQkVyaTyKy9DCdD1jGGoNZkLl2eFlekYXoLV3IqW2sjQe-91e5xiultWZpBEy7X5zAEV6y_ELy8s_TwkqwgnYyd0AQR3t5lFiGW7qz4zbI3p9NOuoBw=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial RS-27 #316 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCGv2fz00T1Ro5MDpCGMlbaCDzYiinSXv1jorUdBUMn6ct7OFx7z5OrXWu43YsehuaAZWtKRWkQkVyaTyKy9DCdD1jGGoNZkLl2eFlekYXoLV3IqW2sjQe-91e5xiultWZpBEy7X5zAEV6y_ELy8s_TwkqwgnYyd0AQR3t5lFiGW7qz4zbI3p9NOuoBw=w400-h284" title="Minnesota Commercial RS-27 #316 at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Switching at Amtrak’s Midway Station in St. Paul during the
Empire Builder’s service stop, Minnesota Commercial #316 is a 2,400-horsepower
RS-27 that was built by Alco Products in March 1962 as Chicago & North
Western Railway #903. Only 27 examples
of the RS-27 were produced; the Chicago & North Western owned four, which were
returned to Alco in 1966 in trade for C-424s. Alco leased them to various
railroads in 1967 and 1968. This unit was sold to the Green Bay & Western
in 1968 and became #316. It was later joined by two of the others. On August
27, 1993, the Green Bay & Western was merged with the Fox River Valley
Railroad to form the Fox River & Western, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin
Central, and this locomotive was sold to the Minnesota Commercial Railroad.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhea56DButE1tWD6hHoLkUdkd1ywUVz2cPghrvGWcGYoemHM9OqZt4a4JnS7qQuJctMhhegBNQoFlkflbxPQ1ixbOCVE1Lv4NyiygKtVYc0GAbaHDIzvODGyEhikPp5u2t6UxH0UKooi9M72G5MDL5Jpn24q8-5G6SYquSLGCXZ-7xnoGXDdhqYXzTGVQ=s1432" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Puget Sound, Sierra Hotel & Caritas at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhea56DButE1tWD6hHoLkUdkd1ywUVz2cPghrvGWcGYoemHM9OqZt4a4JnS7qQuJctMhhegBNQoFlkflbxPQ1ixbOCVE1Lv4NyiygKtVYc0GAbaHDIzvODGyEhikPp5u2t6UxH0UKooi9M72G5MDL5Jpn24q8-5G6SYquSLGCXZ-7xnoGXDdhqYXzTGVQ=w400-h285" title="Puget Sound, Sierra Hotel & Caritas at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Parked on a track at Midway Station were three
privately-owned passenger cars, the <i>Caritas</i>, the <i>Sierra Hotel</i>, and the <i>Puget
Sound</i>.</p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsRJFcS8whTcJOFv4xwkfMrx1fvsJ83rrNGw4s6LE8T5c01kE6yu69YPTtjolzZOgG__-oz08uhJzmrgxiOuMKdsh4IGf_BUkcK42KsQYAJ4tyn3n6Tr1Azq-6b9mOIUj6O5VpPVGhZwowemDp75sEXkVtOo__1a6stygw-oFsPhs1gQy9U1kCyHt4sA=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Caritas at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsRJFcS8whTcJOFv4xwkfMrx1fvsJ83rrNGw4s6LE8T5c01kE6yu69YPTtjolzZOgG__-oz08uhJzmrgxiOuMKdsh4IGf_BUkcK42KsQYAJ4tyn3n6Tr1Azq-6b9mOIUj6O5VpPVGhZwowemDp75sEXkVtOo__1a6stygw-oFsPhs1gQy9U1kCyHt4sA=w400-h284" title="Caritas at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;">The <i>Caritas</i> was
built in 1948 by Pullman as a 4-Bedroom, 14-Roomette Sleeping Car for the St.
Louis-San Francisco Railway, or Frisco for short. The car was originally
named <i>Pierre Laclede</i> after the founder of St. Louis. The car
was originally assigned to the <i>Texas Special</i>, which ran between St.
Louis, Missouri, and San Antonio, Texas, over the Frisco and the
Missouri-Kansas-Texas. The Frisco discontinued its portion of the <i>Texas
Special</i> (the northern portion) in 1959. In 1964, this car was sold to
the Canadian National and named <i>Churchill Falls</i>. </span><a href="https://www.highirontravel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">High Iron Travel</span></a><span style="background: white;"> bought the car in 1983 and rebuilt it to its current
configuration, with 3 double bedrooms and a master room, dining area, galley,
wine cellar, and lounge. I had seen the <i>Caritas</i>
here before in 1999 wearing a red and white paint scheme; it had since been
repainted in the same pattern but using Milwaukee Road colors, as shown here.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje9o55G0McZv8308jlRpQrZ-fETHYwpqviVzJ2-U-FSupF0WZjWH6e4Ea6-2D_d3djuGdOq1mdPmIc_hxLw3xyA-louX1YuUQStdDPoXxNHjBXC0oeMNXMwIcXIYLuFDEv6stZJkvnKXVeT-fTjzdBY0sG99-jOeo9hg6QyMd_4wm4CvnnCEiVdaXyMQ=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sierra Hotel at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1436" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje9o55G0McZv8308jlRpQrZ-fETHYwpqviVzJ2-U-FSupF0WZjWH6e4Ea6-2D_d3djuGdOq1mdPmIc_hxLw3xyA-louX1YuUQStdDPoXxNHjBXC0oeMNXMwIcXIYLuFDEv6stZJkvnKXVeT-fTjzdBY0sG99-jOeo9hg6QyMd_4wm4CvnnCEiVdaXyMQ=w400-h285" title="Sierra Hotel at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Sierra Hotel</i> was built by the Budd Company in October 1948 as Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy #251 <i>Silver Lounge</i> for use on the <i>California Zephyr</i>
between Chicago and Oakland. This mid-train Dome-Dormitory-Buffet-Lounge
car originally included dormitory space for 15 crew members, a lounge under the
dome that was remodeled into the “Cable Car Lounge” in 1964, and a buffet with
seating for 19 passengers. After the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was
merged into the Burlington Northern on March 2, 1970, it became Burlington
Northern #251. The <i>California Zephyr</i> made its last run on March 24,
1970, and when Amtrak took over passenger service on May 1, 1971 it was sold to
become Amtrak #9811. It was used on Amtrak trains including the <i>North Coast
Hiawatha</i> and the <i>Texas Chief</i> before being retired in October 1981 and being
sold into charter service as Vandalia Railroad #9811. In 1989 the car was rebuilt
by Midwest Railcar as open-end observation car <i>Sierra Hotel</i>. The open
observation deck was built into what was originally the front of the car, so it
now typically operates in the opposite direction of what was intended when it
was built.</p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp26y0EcHLGC0igaJwsKQO0hqK2wHLoiu0tGBKOh8o60kujF57sQNVBHisNMCOQZUBTSgFJTvqCchMpwvljhjaetSMQ52DhEsgjv2dbMVixc6EkHIlAFoS8JwLNXG-AEGWD5K9g94dnRaRM4gF0lFe2rcdi8d20vC4FvOtdMfX3kNQ9C8zLeB4U6II0Q=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Puget Sound at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp26y0EcHLGC0igaJwsKQO0hqK2wHLoiu0tGBKOh8o60kujF57sQNVBHisNMCOQZUBTSgFJTvqCchMpwvljhjaetSMQ52DhEsgjv2dbMVixc6EkHIlAFoS8JwLNXG-AEGWD5K9g94dnRaRM4gF0lFe2rcdi8d20vC4FvOtdMfX3kNQ9C8zLeB4U6II0Q=w400-h284" title="Puget Sound at Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Puget Sound</i> was built by the Budd Company in June 1955 as
Great Northern #1323 for use on the <i>Empire Builder</i> between Chicago and Seattle.
It was originally built as a Great Dome coach with 46 revenue leg-rest seats
plus seating for 24 people in the dome. After the Great Northern was merged
into the Burlington Northern on March 2, 1970, it was assigned
Burlington Northern #4603, but it did not receive this number before
Amtrak took over passenger service on May 1, 1971 and it was sold to become
Amtrak #9463. It was retired in 1985 and sold into private ownership and stored
in Fargo, North Dakota, and Sault Ste Marie, Wisconsin, until being converted
into sleeping car <i>Puget Sound</i> by Avalon Railcar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in
2000. As part of the rebuilding, its original smooth side panels were replaced
with fluted panels to match <i>Sierra Hotel</i>.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiREZpB2CR6moMiO1lKq5UYVlcpqrD5wQ_DGOf2q4jV6sESWytVzQFHX9_ml9MV6D-IOeKLQYOshs_a3rz1fFW8YKXun7QjDW3wq28Yy7ozHPosvax_SOkM1mAamVB9cDCUAEa6wZiTxTtcBszTGHs2IV98g7hn7HoWhO-_qFN5xY9OUQaSgDUgJqEL8w=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial B23-7 #1978 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiREZpB2CR6moMiO1lKq5UYVlcpqrD5wQ_DGOf2q4jV6sESWytVzQFHX9_ml9MV6D-IOeKLQYOshs_a3rz1fFW8YKXun7QjDW3wq28Yy7ozHPosvax_SOkM1mAamVB9cDCUAEa6wZiTxTtcBszTGHs2IV98g7hn7HoWhO-_qFN5xY9OUQaSgDUgJqEL8w=w400-h284" title="Minnesota Commercial B23-7 #1978 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Amtrak’s <i>Empire Builder</i> passes Minnesota Commercial’s nearby
roundhouse in Minneapolis. Minnesota Commercial #1978 is a 2,250-horsepower
B23-7 that was built by General Electric in April 1979 as Conrail #1978. It was
retired in 1999 and sold to the Minnesota Commercial Railway, where it retained
its original number.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQtb4dTXB9-EA_IwnK7yc1ssmVh8Y-0NBcqFPfD1Fm7jxREx0IAQVEVAtHDyH5TDd0JT39U6q-xx9fe0wCK4Jp4wCSQY64arE4JF39x_IF6jib8ni0vCDNAODZAFp1Ni-DvirJqLRsns00c8E2JQ61LJ2qLAoyVT9lpmvQQ6SVlNQf9Zg89VkGeyCe6w=s1432" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Conrail B23-7 #2002 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQtb4dTXB9-EA_IwnK7yc1ssmVh8Y-0NBcqFPfD1Fm7jxREx0IAQVEVAtHDyH5TDd0JT39U6q-xx9fe0wCK4Jp4wCSQY64arE4JF39x_IF6jib8ni0vCDNAODZAFp1Ni-DvirJqLRsns00c8E2JQ61LJ2qLAoyVT9lpmvQQ6SVlNQf9Zg89VkGeyCe6w=w400-h285" title="Conrail B23-7 #2002 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Conrail #2002 is a 2,250-horsepower B23-7 that was built by
General Electric in August 1979. It was retired by Conrail in 1999 and was sold
to the Minnesota Commercial Railroad, but has yet to be placed in service and
still wears full Conrail paint and lettering.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjSv7KXj2jrWAMwS03fMAbHt4XlvrFs5al0UCivsCBVmXcUw90N2OuzSLSTetNgYbBWHq38tcanJUo7SBaGEe-dBvdMeZs43K-C6OpGtGy8zCbGZ26Vemxhsov0TDnNrHn1S69cdcFwpg76psfu-IX-uruA7tfHd5VqL9Am3szkpxzsor0B9SMFeVHqg=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minnesota Commercial RS3 #1B at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1436" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjSv7KXj2jrWAMwS03fMAbHt4XlvrFs5al0UCivsCBVmXcUw90N2OuzSLSTetNgYbBWHq38tcanJUo7SBaGEe-dBvdMeZs43K-C6OpGtGy8zCbGZ26Vemxhsov0TDnNrHn1S69cdcFwpg76psfu-IX-uruA7tfHd5VqL9Am3szkpxzsor0B9SMFeVHqg=w400-h285" title="Minnesota Commercial RS3 #1B at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Minnesota Commercial #1B is a 1,600-horsepower RS3 that was
built by the American Locomotive Company in September 1950 as Lake Superior
& Ishpeming #1504 and was soon renumbered to #1604. It was retired in
September 1989 and was sold to Clint Jones. It was sold to the Minnesota
Commercial Railway in 1998 and was rebuilt as 1B in 1999.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP9VSE8jZQUMk5ak-mQ9PTvBheQ9a3Li8QeqVlOH2PZ78KQRG5PWHrY68hf2EfBmcFo_a8JRQOcxkoN3VAtmuMEenqC8odi_dai5FYo-9s-gGKTL3IfPyvHLT8qhF1bDsvjJVYUjCh6VHfV9bydEm4LSoAnBjygDfP-7R_TwAVqG6QRJMXI4WxrdWhUg=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Soo Line Fuel Tender #4002 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP9VSE8jZQUMk5ak-mQ9PTvBheQ9a3Li8QeqVlOH2PZ78KQRG5PWHrY68hf2EfBmcFo_a8JRQOcxkoN3VAtmuMEenqC8odi_dai5FYo-9s-gGKTL3IfPyvHLT8qhF1bDsvjJVYUjCh6VHfV9bydEm4LSoAnBjygDfP-7R_TwAVqG6QRJMXI4WxrdWhUg=w400-h284" title="Soo Line Fuel Tender #4002 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Soo Line #4002 is a Fuel Tender that was originally built by
the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1958 as Milwaukee
Road #2371, a 1,750-horsepower GP9. Milwaukee Road renumbered it to #263 before
rebuilding it into “GP20” #949 in the 1970s. The Soo Line purchased the
bankrupt Milwaukee Road in February 1985. The locomotive was rebuilt into Fuel
Tender #4002 in November 1987. Coupled to it is a CP Rail 40-foot boxcar, which
was rare to see in the 21<sup>st</sup> century. It is painted in the
“Multimark” paint scheme, which was applied from 1968 to about 1987.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrVlwOBaJAqWX7R0GePpJfCdCoAfygJtAVOpkaTJ-7nYXjuYndvnnlZ-bwfWyMlKAIRVZNXeyU8Z-XSPHJSEJGhMTpNYfMzRlA1B45p2rWs5Rm98HDUTVS-EIdBSe9FN9slUOjBwPWFO-iEGeKcp62Uqy5l_YFfwPduF8bFVi_dJbQHIk_4cf0NBiUqA=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Soo Line Flatcar #954541 and Soo Line SW1500s #1400 & #1401 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrVlwOBaJAqWX7R0GePpJfCdCoAfygJtAVOpkaTJ-7nYXjuYndvnnlZ-bwfWyMlKAIRVZNXeyU8Z-XSPHJSEJGhMTpNYfMzRlA1B45p2rWs5Rm98HDUTVS-EIdBSe9FN9slUOjBwPWFO-iEGeKcp62Uqy5l_YFfwPduF8bFVi_dJbQHIk_4cf0NBiUqA=w400-h284" title="Soo Line Flatcar #954541 and Soo Line SW1500s #1400 & #1401 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Soo Line Flatcar #954541 is a flatcar with an Operation
Lifesaver display of crossing signals and an automobile involved in a grade
crossing accident. Also pictured here are former Soo Line #1400 & #1401,
1,500-horsepower SW1500s that were built by the Electro-Motive Division of
General Motors in November 1966 as Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern #36
& #37. The Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern was merged into the Soo
Line on January 1, 1986. These were the only SW1500s on the Soo Line. They had
been recently retired with their road numbers stricken out. Also pictured here
is a Soo Line extended vision caboose. The road number is unclear but appears
to be either #60 or #80. In either case, it was built by the International Car
Company in 1973.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuoslGXBbYWGkxTI0vnD6hWVJl6I4l1qe4C8FSBusj_1dgiZlJZRKGC3Is0_zdAwZIvdymFTZOh6Bhx2pTUFCqKlRC-B9VP5mzlToo4YcAjvMU9BLHecXazdZgyeKxmvDZe8HAbLQS1oLEu3lMpI0TtN6hdWXRW7ZVWs9AfOKh0IA-3SqIT44H7RdBHQ=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Soo Line MP15AC #1548 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuoslGXBbYWGkxTI0vnD6hWVJl6I4l1qe4C8FSBusj_1dgiZlJZRKGC3Is0_zdAwZIvdymFTZOh6Bhx2pTUFCqKlRC-B9VP5mzlToo4YcAjvMU9BLHecXazdZgyeKxmvDZe8HAbLQS1oLEu3lMpI0TtN6hdWXRW7ZVWs9AfOKh0IA-3SqIT44H7RdBHQ=w400-h284" title="Soo Line MP15AC #1548 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Soo Line MP15AC #1548 is a 1500-horsepower MP15AC that was
built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in September 1975 as
Milwaukee Road #482. The Soo Line purchased the bankrupt Milwaukee Road in
February 1985, and this locomotive became Soo Line #1548. It was never
repainted into Soo Line colors and remains in its Milwaukee Road paint with its
former road name and number painted out with black paint. Patched former
Milwaukee Road locomotives on the Soo Line were known as “bandits.” In the
background is one of four former North Louisiana & Gulf MP15DCs #42-45, built
by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in November 1975, that has
been acquired by CP Rail in 1996 and became CP Rail #1434-1437. The North
Louisiana & Gulf was purchased by the MidSouth Rail Corporation on
September 8, 1987, which operated it as the MidLouisiana Rail Corporation. On
January 11, 1994, MidSouth was taken over by Kansas City Southern. Also
(barely) visible is a Soo Line extended vision caboose in the later brown paint
scheme.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuULTuZUGkg5rPXAnOLLmKeyZJzB0R1orP55Gb7Gpb2vyVSN2WO_Nbzk5ovR-rbrQc9Pc6_2hEx08SVT8pvo2yfMDL1Ahcpp5QuRGG83u_1QSMoV_nUM1letqUsVxEpQvNkqVLcD1EqkLfDwCDAJtsWcQOfUG-J2eun267EMeMlXUZCzzqb4hcmF2YgA=s1432" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Soo Line MP15AC #1538 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuULTuZUGkg5rPXAnOLLmKeyZJzB0R1orP55Gb7Gpb2vyVSN2WO_Nbzk5ovR-rbrQc9Pc6_2hEx08SVT8pvo2yfMDL1Ahcpp5QuRGG83u_1QSMoV_nUM1letqUsVxEpQvNkqVLcD1EqkLfDwCDAJtsWcQOfUG-J2eun267EMeMlXUZCzzqb4hcmF2YgA=w400-h285" title="Soo Line MP15AC #1538 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Soo Line MP15AC #1538 is another 1500-horsepower MP15AC that
was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in September 1975 as
Milwaukee Road #472. This MP15 was paired with CP Rail #776, a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 built by the
Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in October 1974 as Soo Line #776, for
hump yard service at Pig’s Eye Yard in St. Paul. The Soo Line was consolidated
into owner CP Rail in 1991, and in March 1993 SD40-2 #776 received the new CP
Rail System paint scheme combining the American and Canadian flags, symbolizing
CP Rail’s operations in both the United States and Canada.</p></div>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-24857706705183258132022-03-06T19:01:00.000-08:002022-03-06T19:01:02.568-08:00Trains in Havre, Montana in September 2002<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">I took these pictures in Havre, Montana, on September 7,
2002, while riding Amtrak’s eastbound <i>Empire Builder</i>.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUwUpTj7noqWlF4sUPRFzlmScrlwnMDkJdS-7beZQ3wqf6XrHOy4rqPEgPBRqSAtJpN4qMWkdh09gWNPSF6unYkOos4dmgvo_D9tGFwtStPZd7TCNOXs_iK-WoGG7TJTuIVs6WVXWEZ8_ygKKWZUeSXVbQOSe2wErGQE-ZYeLr7mDFkfQPlafVNSMYrw=s1444" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DCs #100 & #161 in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1444" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUwUpTj7noqWlF4sUPRFzlmScrlwnMDkJdS-7beZQ3wqf6XrHOy4rqPEgPBRqSAtJpN4qMWkdh09gWNPSF6unYkOos4dmgvo_D9tGFwtStPZd7TCNOXs_iK-WoGG7TJTuIVs6WVXWEZ8_ygKKWZUeSXVbQOSe2wErGQE-ZYeLr7mDFkfQPlafVNSMYrw=w400-h283" title="Amtrak P42DCs #100 & #161 in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Being serviced during the stop at the Havre depot, Amtrak
P42DC #100 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in
June 1997. It wears the newer version of Amtrak’s Phase V paint scheme, while
lead unit #161 wears the original version of the paint scheme with the higher
“belt line.”</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQJqE4StJeb4Af1PK4EIwrNJL1thXo8x-4oHKiH1lrfvtEPPqwLV6RTFzj4hjHiswK4OYoyNnVDgdslll0LKmO_Uhe8u3gGsqS2XrBkivoOSGZ8_8H0QebX4Jvfu3b8BgOlH83RM2xQ7YXm5IGyYtEy-032yJMgdiQeTwoVz8xspm38kDcZ4A9vpbX_A=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Dash 9-44CW in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1440" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQJqE4StJeb4Af1PK4EIwrNJL1thXo8x-4oHKiH1lrfvtEPPqwLV6RTFzj4hjHiswK4OYoyNnVDgdslll0LKmO_Uhe8u3gGsqS2XrBkivoOSGZ8_8H0QebX4Jvfu3b8BgOlH83RM2xQ7YXm5IGyYtEy-032yJMgdiQeTwoVz8xspm38kDcZ4A9vpbX_A=w400-h285" title="BNSF Dash 9-44CW in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Back aboard Amtrak’s eastbound <i>Empire Builder</i>, this
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW was sitting outside the Havre shops.
The reflections in the windows of the Sightseer Lounge cars sometimes made it
difficult to get a clear picture of things outside the train.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9t2Zx2avZP1yXQg2Tu9NMpo5cu49G6ffXJQiNQ3u8bguQ-e0O2de21jBSa59Uf8uXRdFcc71aAATH3Cug1gm0wHrphTTPlZ3W6VMob5WE9SW6lnFSkqpSO9w8Zqi2ZVuK5YYRdyHiyXM6P_H6Hr82yICGrO-PBYMwlrA_SRHhdvJxqEJQszBxt3E80g=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Burlington Northern C30-7 #5590 in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9t2Zx2avZP1yXQg2Tu9NMpo5cu49G6ffXJQiNQ3u8bguQ-e0O2de21jBSa59Uf8uXRdFcc71aAATH3Cug1gm0wHrphTTPlZ3W6VMob5WE9SW6lnFSkqpSO9w8Zqi2ZVuK5YYRdyHiyXM6P_H6Hr82yICGrO-PBYMwlrA_SRHhdvJxqEJQszBxt3E80g=w400-h284" title="Burlington Northern C30-7 #5590 in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Also at the Havre shops, Burlington Northern #5590 is a
3,000-horsepower C30-7 that was built by General Electric in June 1979.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf3AhTbFGM79iv3j1RiHlHtIrJli23kAF2NmE6O2KGZVtFVv3LHNwunk9YARx137d2KjCsAhi5vfaWRNiXB1DRm_AriYASlqDy2RPod4hCxpwWfisAiCsHdranQoCfSU7EKRVwE4WT_JkG7FjnoeZIoT7mEmbaj9l7MQyWO4wfILUGLRGaSHzfpw5Pnw=s1432" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SW1500 #3441 in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf3AhTbFGM79iv3j1RiHlHtIrJli23kAF2NmE6O2KGZVtFVv3LHNwunk9YARx137d2KjCsAhi5vfaWRNiXB1DRm_AriYASlqDy2RPod4hCxpwWfisAiCsHdranQoCfSU7EKRVwE4WT_JkG7FjnoeZIoT7mEmbaj9l7MQyWO4wfILUGLRGaSHzfpw5Pnw=w400-h285" title="BNSF SW1500 #3441 in Havre, Montana on September 7, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #3441 is a 1,500-horsepower
SW1500 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in
January 1973 as St. Louis-San Francisco (also known as the Frisco) #356. The
Frisco was merged into the Burlington Northern on November 21, 1980, and this
locomotive became Burlington Northern #61. Burlington Northern classified EMD’s
SW1500s as SW15s. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became
Burlington Northern Santa Fe #3441 on February 19, 1998.</p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-48483371624563330972022-03-06T16:48:00.002-08:002022-03-06T16:54:28.644-08:00Trains in Vancouver, Washington in September 2002<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">I took these pictures at the Amtrak depot in Vancouver,
Washington, on September 6, 2002.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhalZRYYotJiS1g-h4LD39H3IjCsEUU3Knq8CXShllNYRaJHiYMqH7mNUXLOMH1NSeRQgqQj4y7Yv9WhQ8FuNgVhASiEPH7wXWnFtpfRZIgOrCjuH7qe73DmzGDDqh-86gY2-cUCSix_ti3L7cE8hZYvRkZHh0UWy-REfqYcc-sJv4qQuM9Rdob3Bi25A=s1432" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak Cascades F59PHI #466 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhalZRYYotJiS1g-h4LD39H3IjCsEUU3Knq8CXShllNYRaJHiYMqH7mNUXLOMH1NSeRQgqQj4y7Yv9WhQ8FuNgVhASiEPH7wXWnFtpfRZIgOrCjuH7qe73DmzGDDqh-86gY2-cUCSix_ti3L7cE8hZYvRkZHh0UWy-REfqYcc-sJv4qQuM9Rdob3Bi25A=w400-h285" title="Amtrak Cascades F59PHI #466 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">First, Amtrak Cascades #466 is a 3,200-horsepower F59PHI
that was built in November 1998 by the Electro-Motive Division of General
Motors with final assembly by Super Steel Schenectady of Schenectady,
Pennsylvania. It is leading southbound Cascades train #753 into the Vancouver
depot. This train was due at Vancouver at 4:47 PM.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj35CBwtsCFCGrcO7baBIXo8FrjlVImfJpfWglzTdZIJxWC060LInVQiC2Pww7qvbZTrf-MWU1H3suzUuFKbidhZgiutbOjaPQYPUDR76ZR1MItKfrsOGxjzy_4K9GiltmoH9AsadhHKCXjUb4qxUpJqdDV8DhrO2jZJ6LYJma-7trJlpggHlKns6CBLg=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak Cascades NPCU #90251 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj35CBwtsCFCGrcO7baBIXo8FrjlVImfJpfWglzTdZIJxWC060LInVQiC2Pww7qvbZTrf-MWU1H3suzUuFKbidhZgiutbOjaPQYPUDR76ZR1MItKfrsOGxjzy_4K9GiltmoH9AsadhHKCXjUb4qxUpJqdDV8DhrO2jZJ6LYJma-7trJlpggHlKns6CBLg=w400-h284" title="Amtrak Cascades NPCU #90251 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Bringing up the rear of Cascades train #753 is Amtrak Cascades
#90251, a Non-Powered Cab Unit, or NPCU, which was rebuilt from Amtrak #251, a
3,000-horsepower F40PH that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General
Motors in October 1977.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5Xki9CnWqoH1csqUZy-tAEL5uaXptpWAz8c4cBMVuvNSxMI6NRzQAkcmu6NKyjBivKfbACdBINapKFIUCXin5KWeYJKDPVXhQDqy_s0OKvlk8PPaCtfLzE_0DZscZxS7ORE1cn4cmH327XrMf4aX20lJ5YRdxroAKzdK1Y5gEgtWg2jrfejIZWtwzHQ=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #8088 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5Xki9CnWqoH1csqUZy-tAEL5uaXptpWAz8c4cBMVuvNSxMI6NRzQAkcmu6NKyjBivKfbACdBINapKFIUCXin5KWeYJKDPVXhQDqy_s0OKvlk8PPaCtfLzE_0DZscZxS7ORE1cn4cmH327XrMf4aX20lJ5YRdxroAKzdK1Y5gEgtWg2jrfejIZWtwzHQ=w400-h284" title="BNSF SD40-2 #8088 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Leading a westbound train from Portland toward the Columbia
River Gorge, Burlington Northern Santa Fe #8088 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2
that was built by the Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada, Ltd. in
August 1979 as Burlington Northern #8088. Following the merger of the
Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22,
1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #8088 on April 20,
2001.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT3APU5bGZ97bxyuCsD4DTA8uPjD4txtk0h301TTHw4v-x5FQ1nH5AZydGwgqMaFj5QJRWaxThuWLB60UHbyV8ga0_uJw_yGH_WQUEJ3kqA4X-eEGK3l-ilNx8q5tLtNCiDfTE0NEq7ZzqsxKdN0nKdWmGJZ7zyGK28W0pawlMmHQ8lBomD3EziJtDBw=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #7165 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT3APU5bGZ97bxyuCsD4DTA8uPjD4txtk0h301TTHw4v-x5FQ1nH5AZydGwgqMaFj5QJRWaxThuWLB60UHbyV8ga0_uJw_yGH_WQUEJ3kqA4X-eEGK3l-ilNx8q5tLtNCiDfTE0NEq7ZzqsxKdN0nKdWmGJZ7zyGK28W0pawlMmHQ8lBomD3EziJtDBw=w400-h284" title="BNSF SD40-2 #7165 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Trailing is Burlington Northern Santa Fe #7165 is a
3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of
General Motors in May 1979. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLFPqtzni3iopb5maNDW75Xo7VYxLkl1Vk9I837BO_FEtdUnCLwuSc6AdWlJZycepwWDHlCLDFfKFy3hr5-DHIhytCoXbiVX7mv-qpFWgoj2B4PZM-_FSBKRl_opSh5sbAKyk9z3MdIn-OE0yoRhOTa1aZurdRSxXbMynxsCTtyPzWXJWBt0hjthjRjw=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #7165 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLFPqtzni3iopb5maNDW75Xo7VYxLkl1Vk9I837BO_FEtdUnCLwuSc6AdWlJZycepwWDHlCLDFfKFy3hr5-DHIhytCoXbiVX7mv-qpFWgoj2B4PZM-_FSBKRl_opSh5sbAKyk9z3MdIn-OE0yoRhOTa1aZurdRSxXbMynxsCTtyPzWXJWBt0hjthjRjw=w400-h284" title="BNSF SD40-2 #7165 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #7165 on September 10, 1998.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifp9-STukxanWZ0N3aQbzXOTCishcBZVC5w2RacCMAYaCJnS_Pzb4UZ24kJFTVijIhOgn1Kf10CHddxlI6T_METkM9hpr-ak8bUfpF5TR1m-VZ5oj5LsJpFXVZDl9jTFCA2pvGvyr1fIcwU-UwK76twHuCdH75d84KHXLzy8z27X5_7UyqC66uPMhrBg=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF GP38-2 #2087 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifp9-STukxanWZ0N3aQbzXOTCishcBZVC5w2RacCMAYaCJnS_Pzb4UZ24kJFTVijIhOgn1Kf10CHddxlI6T_METkM9hpr-ak8bUfpF5TR1m-VZ5oj5LsJpFXVZDl9jTFCA2pvGvyr1fIcwU-UwK76twHuCdH75d84KHXLzy8z27X5_7UyqC66uPMhrBg=w400-h284" title="BNSF GP38-2 #2087 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Switching around the Vancouver depot, Burlington Northern
Santa Fe #2087 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the
Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in May 1972. Following the merger of
the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September
22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2087 in July or
August of 2000.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik8-zugJR4srtbJC1eQ07Min7vvNl4ul2SWtWftEdYCAv8wgF2KjMIzoog5mzysB67raO8GCqiTDzT35eEBz5JtPYV71yd9i16JjR9LEeaQfQo5SG0WHGGr2KsReftd4DuiDiEgfHkSVCdCpQDzgvK1We7HlY7CRIAukOERoSsfFDwjLOZkpkxqTJXrA=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #6841 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1440" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik8-zugJR4srtbJC1eQ07Min7vvNl4ul2SWtWftEdYCAv8wgF2KjMIzoog5mzysB67raO8GCqiTDzT35eEBz5JtPYV71yd9i16JjR9LEeaQfQo5SG0WHGGr2KsReftd4DuiDiEgfHkSVCdCpQDzgvK1We7HlY7CRIAukOERoSsfFDwjLOZkpkxqTJXrA=w400-h285" title="BNSF SD40-2 #6841 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">A consist of six BNSF road locomotives idled in the
Vancouver yard near the depot. First is Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6841, a
3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of
General Motors in July 1978 as St. Louis-San Francisco (also known as the
Frisco) #951. The Frisco was merged into the Burlington Northern on November
21, 1980, and this locomotive became Burlington Northern #6841. Following the
merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on
September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6841.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCHvDzbp5puDNiKvPXPDPtpXwTL6PL9fhIZJrieeMJFlknNAP5RwdBfJ3BNJExsTUXtwxNLAD2E185L_G5pKYdEiPbtkaGLEqsCc7khGOQPjmAPdlgP7_B12eC9RSEPOsVkR3yxwrEpQol9lSOdzW2aur6ZvaqzeVE8T6gXluFxtNQZAyBCUdS6-ui5w=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #6341 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCHvDzbp5puDNiKvPXPDPtpXwTL6PL9fhIZJrieeMJFlknNAP5RwdBfJ3BNJExsTUXtwxNLAD2E185L_G5pKYdEiPbtkaGLEqsCc7khGOQPjmAPdlgP7_B12eC9RSEPOsVkR3yxwrEpQol9lSOdzW2aur6ZvaqzeVE8T6gXluFxtNQZAyBCUdS6-ui5w=w400-h284" title="BNSF SD40-2 #6341 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6341 is a 3,000-horsepower
SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in
November 1977 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #5026. Following the merger of
the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September
22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6341 on January
28, 1998.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-bs2fF1QeceJhB0yqL1Fbfui2slmW9P75XyDhlazQJSbyobdjZ0ZCbo8DfE5cQpYGNQbp4wvi9BUu4qbgXxLgmYZYnfJdzsbwEdq_PpsFQvBzSlvKPPC_-kYKx4cWdqbsPzfwiT83jVj4vKQNRNohTKlXxoaFDfOEMMyRrHOOMsZzEN4z1Fpdy-XKeA=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #780 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-bs2fF1QeceJhB0yqL1Fbfui2slmW9P75XyDhlazQJSbyobdjZ0ZCbo8DfE5cQpYGNQbp4wvi9BUu4qbgXxLgmYZYnfJdzsbwEdq_PpsFQvBzSlvKPPC_-kYKx4cWdqbsPzfwiT83jVj4vKQNRNohTKlXxoaFDfOEMMyRrHOOMsZzEN4z1Fpdy-XKeA=w400-h284" title="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #780 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #780 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash
9-44CW that was built by General Electric in September 1997.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrs9uwEcTJ4JF_EfpTnRxOZ7pbh_412u6YwYLS33UIMoxya7KhgQCDVQT2O6nnKn7_gga0-YQXK16_9rfUMU2G1XJaxiH05eAdguVunn3slMC5my4m8Wa52WM9PKXvDHYlDNP2xjtGtarBrauO3wLVziKHdtjiKJCqGdyMi5p3mPlNZszBr542kX5EFQ=s1432" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW #639 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1432" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrs9uwEcTJ4JF_EfpTnRxOZ7pbh_412u6YwYLS33UIMoxya7KhgQCDVQT2O6nnKn7_gga0-YQXK16_9rfUMU2G1XJaxiH05eAdguVunn3slMC5my4m8Wa52WM9PKXvDHYlDNP2xjtGtarBrauO3wLVziKHdtjiKJCqGdyMi5p3mPlNZszBr542kX5EFQ=w400-h286" title="Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW #639 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #639 is a 4,400-horsepower
Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in February 1994.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikDqS6ivM6RByoIuqqbojVvm8GimufiI1c9ujvd6sytEwWk70AQXJ7Ffdef8c1lGvGrqEnrNKsaKc7Wn-d_cn1E5cuCiDvc64j614gAiAuS5C2DkMw20brqxJa5IejVlJnv7rOGyKSm1SLXUdmWmvrxEc6UeKCYqulPxZe1U01pw9FWoCdmw7YsWFKcw=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4551 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikDqS6ivM6RByoIuqqbojVvm8GimufiI1c9ujvd6sytEwWk70AQXJ7Ffdef8c1lGvGrqEnrNKsaKc7Wn-d_cn1E5cuCiDvc64j614gAiAuS5C2DkMw20brqxJa5IejVlJnv7rOGyKSm1SLXUdmWmvrxEc6UeKCYqulPxZe1U01pw9FWoCdmw7YsWFKcw=w400-h284" title="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4551 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #4551 is a 4,400-horsepower
Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in September 1999.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8WKBytHpjZPvhibaOqR99Vm-DrJBhqb-bhZKSdgDpK6eVFvNqBGyOHWyKxHTR_tb7f_3LBvAf81KXE07NSEKrnCRwcVs60Qi0H2qFPnFwVQpUw8icNIlAfS1B_qA7nHdaMMjx9zR3V_VmCV7mOkdxfxzqq3RaN1Bv1dh-C7KpsNNIxR80I6Lak7r3uw=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #989 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8WKBytHpjZPvhibaOqR99Vm-DrJBhqb-bhZKSdgDpK6eVFvNqBGyOHWyKxHTR_tb7f_3LBvAf81KXE07NSEKrnCRwcVs60Qi0H2qFPnFwVQpUw8icNIlAfS1B_qA7nHdaMMjx9zR3V_VmCV7mOkdxfxzqq3RaN1Bv1dh-C7KpsNNIxR80I6Lak7r3uw=w400-h284" title="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #989 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #989 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash
9-44CW that was built by General Electric in August 1996.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieoovhs0GCNvSmzYLLAoWwtCu_WCIZ3KtfbHwSJYMdwC7AXerKNRNAXwkahyS3Slvuf8n6PJWG2nIM0TBH9Zz6U1LHM7qh3PdFZobXd8G1pBUZsassWXZwvnVw8OFQSA0LKVr3X8Rm8W7zyYqmx_isfp-0nQ-fkS0znFNpJRJH-_FKh1xlTmNrkLqz3g=s1444" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF GP39-2 #2733 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1444" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieoovhs0GCNvSmzYLLAoWwtCu_WCIZ3KtfbHwSJYMdwC7AXerKNRNAXwkahyS3Slvuf8n6PJWG2nIM0TBH9Zz6U1LHM7qh3PdFZobXd8G1pBUZsassWXZwvnVw8OFQSA0LKVr3X8Rm8W7zyYqmx_isfp-0nQ-fkS0znFNpJRJH-_FKh1xlTmNrkLqz3g=w400-h283" title="BNSF GP39-2 #2733 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2733 is a 2,000-horsepower
GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April
1981 as Burlington Northern #2733. Following the merger of the Burlington
Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this
locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2733 on May 31, 2000.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyBAZjzGyO3BbYicHbz4yuZy0D0-G8K6ekA503weXeBfUNpVRcJddXC8FyQPP1ip0IQrff8RkffVIKYSLMjuDqHV83lARXlGCuicc36eiyxpT5c8iBWMb12e0EL3pgI_4wBc7aKRUZ9fKFxrWjn2WlMKBHBqw8VtnLfK-JpM_WFSrzndjsqeTDv5cl8g=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SW1000 #3623 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyBAZjzGyO3BbYicHbz4yuZy0D0-G8K6ekA503weXeBfUNpVRcJddXC8FyQPP1ip0IQrff8RkffVIKYSLMjuDqHV83lARXlGCuicc36eiyxpT5c8iBWMb12e0EL3pgI_4wBc7aKRUZ9fKFxrWjn2WlMKBHBqw8VtnLfK-JpM_WFSrzndjsqeTDv5cl8g=w400-h284" title="BNSF SW1000 #3623 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Burlington Northern Santa Fe #3623 is a 1,000-horsepower
SW1000 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in
January 1971 as Burlington Northern #430 and classified as an SW10. Following
the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe
#3623.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRE6imW4Rz0jeds3SZzkHTKlk7ueqOs1apwdUNqzf1gdeC3V-APC0l5D8Dy_A2JqYUvXoyadEFJnFF8yE5mtlUWZkRYxc4K8_38pKsF2aYZV0V33jqKVkXK8GYpm_OvUywGCX381lCPH7T3PSA6S1sYPSnJudtv9T_2YM1SzAi-1a72jCqRIlvHbVOVQ=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #989 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRE6imW4Rz0jeds3SZzkHTKlk7ueqOs1apwdUNqzf1gdeC3V-APC0l5D8Dy_A2JqYUvXoyadEFJnFF8yE5mtlUWZkRYxc4K8_38pKsF2aYZV0V33jqKVkXK8GYpm_OvUywGCX381lCPH7T3PSA6S1sYPSnJudtv9T_2YM1SzAi-1a72jCqRIlvHbVOVQ=w400-h284" title="BNSF Dash 9-44CW #989 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Here is another view of Burlington Northern Santa Fe #989 as
the consist moved around the Vancouver yard.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRMvmHcNLDl17YNUV24zca1iUwOGWEjYhVB9a7lcDwJBkdIQUi2bGWBJulB3zjw4oW7vglbG04sLud7-RDvO0pBEepe1CmQnrTyIHMJbKJ-a9K538d7XPuLH6pkJu20jVF46FkNpXkifaOQe1i6PN_oUuWwtKvcaqZ-hy8clqyiAI8t8Qks8faDCv_xQ=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF SD40-2 #6341 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRMvmHcNLDl17YNUV24zca1iUwOGWEjYhVB9a7lcDwJBkdIQUi2bGWBJulB3zjw4oW7vglbG04sLud7-RDvO0pBEepe1CmQnrTyIHMJbKJ-a9K538d7XPuLH6pkJu20jVF46FkNpXkifaOQe1i6PN_oUuWwtKvcaqZ-hy8clqyiAI8t8Qks8faDCv_xQ=w400-h284" title="BNSF SD40-2 #6341 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This additional view of Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6341
clearly shows the 123” “Snoot Nose” low short hood of this former Santa Fe unit.
Santa Fe had 40 SD40-2s built with 123” low short hoods to contain radio
equipment for Locotrol, a remote-control system for mid-train and rear helper
locomotives. On the Santa Fe’s 40 equipped units, the even numbered units were
“masters,” while the odd numbered units were “remotes.”</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmXqcHh1uum8Qv5UYeJZVJ7gK80eJs-8DjuQDnDkYW0y8PPkP2HBNZUDNiAFo37G3x5bXjO-Z2IvUIZIqo2a4Qjp4J_AVggX9ljiobsZ9Nt43wF0AHirUHWz7OCNeWsJ58gw4vccj_2mQ4EojeHgJcsh1V2JOl5NW311GoopE6cs4BWJl6i4R8SHid6Q=s1432" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DC #45 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1432" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmXqcHh1uum8Qv5UYeJZVJ7gK80eJs-8DjuQDnDkYW0y8PPkP2HBNZUDNiAFo37G3x5bXjO-Z2IvUIZIqo2a4Qjp4J_AVggX9ljiobsZ9Nt43wF0AHirUHWz7OCNeWsJ58gw4vccj_2mQ4EojeHgJcsh1V2JOl5NW311GoopE6cs4BWJl6i4R8SHid6Q=w400-h285" title="Amtrak P42DC #45 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Amtrak #45 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by
General Electric in January 1997. It is leading the northbound Coast Starlight,
train #14, into Vancouver. The Coast Starlight was due into Vancouver at 4:23
PM, before Cascades train #753, but was apparently running late.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWyalO5R4RtaIxY3srIT7IJL92UAFZ-JJDSik8m8fU693NPLHPEKpxFYwsa7mOQZrbJze-2I-Sm7Z-Ng8nleWs06xXypPLpSGs7sJ3zN-kdZG0g0DpLg-sN5_olZJDplNlbWBPz0k4Ay45hqzx9QzzhHY-6eNVk3ZIgoFV4e1UhOxxjmd0hUfDCtGWmA=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWyalO5R4RtaIxY3srIT7IJL92UAFZ-JJDSik8m8fU693NPLHPEKpxFYwsa7mOQZrbJze-2I-Sm7Z-Ng8nleWs06xXypPLpSGs7sJ3zN-kdZG0g0DpLg-sN5_olZJDplNlbWBPz0k4Ay45hqzx9QzzhHY-6eNVk3ZIgoFV4e1UhOxxjmd0hUfDCtGWmA=w400-h284" title="Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Trailing behind Amtrak P42DC #45 was an Amtrak F59PHI
painted in Pacific Surfliner colors. The Pacific Surfliner service was
established in 2000 between San Luis Obispo and San Diego, California, replacing
the San Diegan service. A total of 15 of these 3,200-horsepower F59PHIs
numbered 450 to 465 were built for Pacific Surfliner service in 1998 by the
Electro-Motive Division of General Motors with final assembly by Super Steel
Schenectady of Schenectady, Pennsylvania. Aside from the paint scheme, they
were identical to the Cascades F59PHI locomotives numbered 466 to 470. All of
Amtrak’s F59PHIs were maintained in Los Angeles. When the Cascades F59PHIs
needed major maintenance, they had to be transported to Los Angeles via the
Coast Starlight. This Pacific Surfliner F59PHI may have been being transferred
to the Pacific Northwest to fill in for a Cascades unit in need of maintenance
in Los Angeles.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbbx2O_df4z1JXxdrk5vWZpkImw1OIwwQiqlJYOyh5ZvLImnYYKRK-asbYbGkhrwQVoBrIIXZhITbKKjHkJmf2uuUrdZeEBZ8uYX_KtLPUB5bSerDbBpkcNUB6M8xkPW_4wE_zIE85BUD-lfDz9k49ZtfNimn6Ez4vRlhHsVuuP45EWhUumglHu0pXCQ=s1436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BNSF Police Ford Explorer in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbbx2O_df4z1JXxdrk5vWZpkImw1OIwwQiqlJYOyh5ZvLImnYYKRK-asbYbGkhrwQVoBrIIXZhITbKKjHkJmf2uuUrdZeEBZ8uYX_KtLPUB5bSerDbBpkcNUB6M8xkPW_4wE_zIE85BUD-lfDz9k49ZtfNimn6Ez4vRlhHsVuuP45EWhUumglHu0pXCQ=w400-h284" title="BNSF Police Ford Explorer in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This Burlington Northern Santa Fe Police Ford Explorer was
stationed near the Amtrak depot. In an interesting coincidence, the officer
driving this vehicle was the husband of my Spanish teacher from my Junior year
of high school.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4EN1t07vUzzP34xgtsHW4F1I4UD2qogjNnbhX2ww_kfS1MMAfkGV_3AfhXBBiWXtm5DDMKcs1RigHL9ZUkyFSg5nnT368efEa6KnRbwtX2kfxMxFW0GYlYfPTIp9hHsUdc7vCML4ki_QuzK35RzG-24q2Boi8FzTZ-uWYNBFYS40fnlxuCRFu28QE5A=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amtrak P42DC #161 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4EN1t07vUzzP34xgtsHW4F1I4UD2qogjNnbhX2ww_kfS1MMAfkGV_3AfhXBBiWXtm5DDMKcs1RigHL9ZUkyFSg5nnT368efEa6KnRbwtX2kfxMxFW0GYlYfPTIp9hHsUdc7vCML4ki_QuzK35RzG-24q2Boi8FzTZ-uWYNBFYS40fnlxuCRFu28QE5A=w400-h284" title="Amtrak P42DC #161 in Vancouver, Washington on September 6, 2002" width="400" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Amtrak #161 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by
General Electric in May 2001. It is leading eastbound train #8, the Portland
Section of the Empire Builder, into Vancouver. It was due into Vancouver at
5:07 PM. I would board this train for Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</p></div>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900822214833481314.post-9675913198015467652022-03-06T14:04:00.001-08:002022-03-06T14:04:21.930-08:00ArTrain in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj82wiXmvUSghVesRaL1cKje_B5Yv4Jfw-yq0W4ig2oahKsocyXdZKDVts08Vkx4EN5v2EVdbzp36SfbwwbIlOh_l3GtuvWw278s2jx6QgaJ10L7MPncF9azqeh1EessQm2AyjoZdUhBeHknt4OX1P0Vrzn9ghzSoVcjXNPF_SAFFdNEVcjUUS2rPmpTw=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ArTrain Caboose ARTX #0005 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj82wiXmvUSghVesRaL1cKje_B5Yv4Jfw-yq0W4ig2oahKsocyXdZKDVts08Vkx4EN5v2EVdbzp36SfbwwbIlOh_l3GtuvWw278s2jx6QgaJ10L7MPncF9azqeh1EessQm2AyjoZdUhBeHknt4OX1P0Vrzn9ghzSoVcjXNPF_SAFFdNEVcjUUS2rPmpTw=w400-h284" title="ArTrain Caboose ARTX #0005 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">In 2002, the ArTrain was displayed in Hillsboro, Oregon, on
the tracks of the Portland & Western in SW Washington Street from June 29
until July 4. ArTrain USA was founded in 1971 by the Michigan Council for the
Arts in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Initially intended to operate only in Michigan, it
began operating beyond Michigan in 1973. The train made three-year tours of the
continental United States to display art exhibits in towns across the country.
This exhibit was called “The Artistry of Space,” a collection of 78 pieces of
NASA artwork from the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC and
the Kennedy Space Center in Florida by artists such as Andy Warhol, Norman
Rockwell, Peter Max, and Robert Rauschenberg among others.</p><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Since its founding in 1971, the ArTrain has used a variety
of rail equipment. In 2002 the ArTrain consisted of four converted streamlined
passenger cars and a caboose. The ArTrain cars were purchased from Illinois
Transit Assembly. Three of the passenger cars were used as gallery cars while
the fourth served as the gift shop and studio. The caboose was used as an
office for the onboard staff and as an apartment for a staff member while the
train was in transit.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ3V3Y3aIYR4WPEh0_xF-kdlyIQ0lmL8c0mGW9cq1QLeidnYf2FonQhuEJMyipONSnJiWSmTsHvduPq_7p-5JhIQyDtn5Ui2uG_ZiLBJqvP3y97DucNAVueQwh970x9EhCYrBXRzRx-nzeh8uPPoxCUVGKFPlACEHDgAsRuYEamnd56GftHW4WK8s8rQ=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ArTrain in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1440" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ3V3Y3aIYR4WPEh0_xF-kdlyIQ0lmL8c0mGW9cq1QLeidnYf2FonQhuEJMyipONSnJiWSmTsHvduPq_7p-5JhIQyDtn5Ui2uG_ZiLBJqvP3y97DucNAVueQwh970x9EhCYrBXRzRx-nzeh8uPPoxCUVGKFPlACEHDgAsRuYEamnd56GftHW4WK8s8rQ=w400-h283" title="ArTrain in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">ARTX #101 was built by the Budd Company in December 1948 as
a sleeping car for the New York Central. It was originally named <i>Missouri Valley</i> and featured 10
roomettes and six double bedrooms. It was part of a group of cars that were
originally assigned to the New England States, the Ohio State Limited, the
Southwestern Limited, as well as general service. In 1950, the New York Central
assigned five-digit numbers to all of its lightweight sleeping cars, although
the numbers weren’t actually applied to the cars until after they had been
withdrawn from Pullman service in 1958. This car was assigned #10136. It became
Penn Central #4276, and then Amtrak #2836.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">ARTX #102 and #103 were built by the Budd Company in July
1949 for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Each car formed one part of a twin-unit
dining-kitchen-dormitory car. Seven such twin-unit dining-kitchen-dormitory
cars were built and assigned to the Broadway Limited, the General, and other
trains. Each unit consisted of a 68-seat dining table car with a four seat
waiting room, and a kitchen car with dormitory space for 19 crew members. While
designed to operate as a set, the units were separate cars and not articulated.
The cars were numbered 4610-4623; the dining units had even numbers and the
dormitory-kitchen cars had odd numbers. ARTX #102 was originally Pennsylvania
Dormitory-Kitchen Car #4621. It later became Penn Central #4621 and then Amtrak
#8805. ARTX #103 was originally Pennsylvania Dining Table Car #4618, and was
later Penn Central #4618.</p><p class="MsoNormal">ARTX #104 was built by the Budd Company in September 1947
for the New York Central as Baggage-Dormitory Car #8976. It was retired in 1968
and sold to Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. It went to the
New Orleans Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in the 1980s,
then to the Seminole Gulf Railway in 1989.</p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">ArTrain
Caboose ARTX #0005 was built in 1971 as Detroit, Toledo & Ironton #141. The
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton was acquired by the Grand Trunk Western in 1980,
and was merged into the Grand Trunk Western in 1983. ArTrain acquired the caboose from
Grand Trunk Western in 1994.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCIIMrEJZcO3tubynyz3G_F-JggL2nlxpENSV8TtQLKZdrT4QHPmwZaxHTehZfkeARwFT39ODedAZ_T2ZcjIG_shTSdxHrNQgn8kwlEuOF7IKkxT4CxlevxnvJLTRtMDfbmJG6KXqbkYHmQ8tCWlFmC6M_t-7385PjzGHqoWUMRh5jV0q_ZP0kY1JOyA=s1444" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1444" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCIIMrEJZcO3tubynyz3G_F-JggL2nlxpENSV8TtQLKZdrT4QHPmwZaxHTehZfkeARwFT39ODedAZ_T2ZcjIG_shTSdxHrNQgn8kwlEuOF7IKkxT4CxlevxnvJLTRtMDfbmJG6KXqbkYHmQ8tCWlFmC6M_t-7385PjzGHqoWUMRh5jV0q_ZP0kY1JOyA=w400-h284" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">The ArTrain was pulled from Brooklyn Yard to downtown
Hillsboro by 4449 on June 28. 4449 remained in Hillsboro until the end of the
ArTrain’s exposition on July 4.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzJmEUu-1483ysFwfANrSO71yKmpybTXdGoxGZ9MH4F1ZaOw9kgxQ4fu1Oa0yiXGzgQXwe5XmML-aR_5Oa3LAMIGfSgNCj503v8ywUyq55vvZ4RgSwRk_R9iyb6BUGq4aU_--E0NoKr-Ln2jUu6IVFolb5xj1ZbmJaExtMKci4XP_X_r3vEfOD_l8gDw=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzJmEUu-1483ysFwfANrSO71yKmpybTXdGoxGZ9MH4F1ZaOw9kgxQ4fu1Oa0yiXGzgQXwe5XmML-aR_5Oa3LAMIGfSgNCj503v8ywUyq55vvZ4RgSwRk_R9iyb6BUGq4aU_--E0NoKr-Ln2jUu6IVFolb5xj1ZbmJaExtMKci4XP_X_r3vEfOD_l8gDw=w400-h284" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A member of the fourth type of Southern Pacific's
"General Service" or "Golden State" 4-8-4 locomotives (the
GS-4 Class), it was built in 1941 for glamorous service pulling Southern
Pacific's premier <em>Daylight</em> streamlined passenger trains in Southern
California, it too found itself replaced by diesels and was retired on October
2, 1957 and donated to the City of Portland, Oregon on April 24, 1958 and
placed on display at <a href="http://www.oakspark.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Oaks Park</span></a> with SP&S #700 and Union Pacific #3203. It would be the
only <em>Daylight</em> steam
locomotive to survive (though similar Southern Pacific non-streamlined GS-6
Class 4-8-4 #4460 also survives and is on display at the <a href="http://www.museumoftransport.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">National Museum of Transport</span></a> in Kirkwood, Missouri, it never wore <em>Daylight</em> colors).
While in the park, a railroad employee named Jack Holst voluntarily kept the
moving parts of the three locomotives oiled until his death in 1972. This would
set the stage for #4449's resurrection.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6NzaA5qkzP58aFU2Z798qzFH4m3nBE1SbRxG2tdqLHlwB2tXTDWTp7CBurseotdOerTRwWXEf7oCJrzDQTdQE9a-m6GAYXKr5mmxN7NTBhUrqOXMO_CilgLxuR5ujB6q40LIVKuPHkIYdLYNN08X7IC0YAEjsM_dNitkG2DzqvCfKdpm6ZzCvnDzrBQ=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6NzaA5qkzP58aFU2Z798qzFH4m3nBE1SbRxG2tdqLHlwB2tXTDWTp7CBurseotdOerTRwWXEf7oCJrzDQTdQE9a-m6GAYXKr5mmxN7NTBhUrqOXMO_CilgLxuR5ujB6q40LIVKuPHkIYdLYNN08X7IC0YAEjsM_dNitkG2DzqvCfKdpm6ZzCvnDzrBQ=w283-h400" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="283" /></a></div><p style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the early 1970s, as America's Bicentennial approached,
Ross Rowland, Jr., with help from actor John Wayne, began planning a
steam-powered museum train of American artifacts called the American Freedom
Train that would travel the United States in celebration of the Bicentennial in
1976. By 1973, the project was underway, but a locomotive still had to be
chosen. A number of locomotives were considered, including Union Pacific #8444,
but in the end, Southern Pacific #4449 was selected to be the American Freedom
Train's primary locomotive. On December 14, 1974, #4449 was removed from Oaks
Park and moved to Burlington Northern's Hoyt Street Roundhouse near Union
Station for restoration.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiheQ1alO6PRYpNW1IwoL1C6VhUyK9dDwz8vaVzpOjmhignkSpOckWFZkehPh1N8JQlM2gB1lthb6N8qBdyAEKjKZ5EuGGV8Lz0HMJYEXfAa3sL9dcafEi6OqVcI7MiYQuTaKL2DE__D34xXghPONM9X3r4JEzN1EVPIj5PTNskfC-a5Bw63PCCkxs4yg=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiheQ1alO6PRYpNW1IwoL1C6VhUyK9dDwz8vaVzpOjmhignkSpOckWFZkehPh1N8JQlM2gB1lthb6N8qBdyAEKjKZ5EuGGV8Lz0HMJYEXfAa3sL9dcafEi6OqVcI7MiYQuTaKL2DE__D34xXghPONM9X3r4JEzN1EVPIj5PTNskfC-a5Bw63PCCkxs4yg=w283-h400" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="283" /></a></div><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Though #4449 would actually be one of three steam
locomotives that pulled the Freedom Train, it would become the most famous, at
it pulled the train throughout the American Midwest and West. Former Reading
Railroad #2101 (as AFT #1) was used in the east and former Texas & Pacific
#610 was used in Texas. The Freedom Train opened in Wilmington, Delaware on
April 1, 1975. As it was in the east, it began its tour with the AFT #1.
Meanwhile, newly restored #4449's boiler is put to steam on April 18 for the
first time since 1957. She moves under her own power on April 21, and was
christened on May 16. She left Portland on June 20 to take over the Freedom
Train in Chicago on August 4, after display stops in Sacramento and Ogden (and
an unfortunate encounter with a dump truck in Nebraska). #4449 will pull the
Freedom Train for the rest of its tour until it ends in Miami on December 31,
1976, except for a brief period in the fall of 1975 when the Freedom Train was
pulled by diesels while #4449 was undergoing repairs, about a month in
February-March 1976 when Texas & Pacific #610 pulls the Freedom Train in
Texas, and four months in the summer when it is pulled on the East Coast again
by AFT #1. After the Freedom Train tour, #4449 returned to Portland by pulling
a series of <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Amtrak</span></a> excursions across the South and West in April, 1977, still in
its Freedom Train paint but with the "Amtrak" name added to the
tender. This was known as the "Amtrak Transcontinental Steam
Excursion." #4449 arrived in Portland on May 1, having visited at least 30
states (many more than once) during its Freedom Train and Amtrak Excursion
travels, and was placed in storage, although this time it would be stored
indoors, protected from the elements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For more information about the American Freedom Train,
visit <a href="http://www.freedomtrain.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Museum of America's Freedom
Trains</span></a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiguDHabl7xfG-NRp3vu63vxTarJ-HPR-AVTy9pssvf84RAU071hq2G9ygdGRRLbnHUXXTKLn1ui_U0D3WXgEy9u5LRkWkdKDU4lUAZjSHcDr0XQpJ_T8fM44U31BH-Ee2RaIdbEwEcxVEY0YiBcJiLBsrvQDvDxlY31Isz1jMKOP7GEhvnXyGGxp0TIA=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiguDHabl7xfG-NRp3vu63vxTarJ-HPR-AVTy9pssvf84RAU071hq2G9ygdGRRLbnHUXXTKLn1ui_U0D3WXgEy9u5LRkWkdKDU4lUAZjSHcDr0XQpJ_T8fM44U31BH-Ee2RaIdbEwEcxVEY0YiBcJiLBsrvQDvDxlY31Isz1jMKOP7GEhvnXyGGxp0TIA=w400-h284" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1981, #4449 emerged, restored to the post-WWII
version of its <em>Daylight</em> paint (with "SOUTHERN PACIFIC
" in large lettering in the orange band) to travel to Railfair at the
newly-opened <a href="http://www.csrmf.org/default.asp" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">California State Railroad
Museum</span></a> in Sacramento. It would retain this paint scheme
for nearly 20 years (far longer than it had worn it while in regular service
& even longer than the locomotive had even been IN regular service), as its
travels included a trip to New Orleans to promote the 1984 World's Fair, a trip
to Hollywood to be featured in the 1986 motion picture <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092105/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tough Guys</span></a>, a trip to Los Angeles to be a guest at the 50th Anniversary of
the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in 1989, additional trips to
Sacramento for the 1991 and 1999 Railfairs, and numerous excursions in the
Pacific Northwest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2000, #4449 had the opportunity to pull <a href="http://www.bnsf.com/" target="_blank">Burlington Northern Santa Fe</a>'s Employee Appreciation Special. As BNSF didn't want to have a
locomotive painted for one of the predecessors of its competition, #4449 had to
be painted black with white pinstripes and BNSF heralds for the trip. After the
BNSF trip, the black scheme was modified to recall the all-black paint applied
during World War II as a cost saving measure and to make locomotives less
visible in the event of an aerial attack by the enemy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">In 2002, rather than retuning
to <em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Daylight</span></em> paint,
#4449 returned to its American Freedom Train paint in remembrance of the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP5puO7yjZaCEjKv-UbUM2nBa6IXGz4GG5ZcAVqUsWY1U60pJM1EUfn4Rmm227Re9aZev4T1H97NB2c0dWdZxvi0G9MO2qRtuk2tU6kn6589OR1QPA0ISF7ela7WywPUTru8K_Y9P-Ub4LJtXsLk9xzGRVQvw1AiUwFAHJ_MQYUNw-fTfGOMlXLp4nHQ=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP5puO7yjZaCEjKv-UbUM2nBa6IXGz4GG5ZcAVqUsWY1U60pJM1EUfn4Rmm227Re9aZev4T1H97NB2c0dWdZxvi0G9MO2qRtuk2tU6kn6589OR1QPA0ISF7ela7WywPUTru8K_Y9P-Ub4LJtXsLk9xzGRVQvw1AiUwFAHJ_MQYUNw-fTfGOMlXLp4nHQ=w400-h284" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">During the ArTrain’s exposition, #4449 made at least one
short excursion run along the Portland & Western rail line south down SW
Adams Street to at least the wye junction with the line between Beaverton and
Forest Grove.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpxpN7uVZIop1eD9HzzumsvXjlmoKGhpycjyVGA4GlA-76GUw6Um0d7EjJs2zEHytJr1EeGaItiGlUvO4P58HaoMbreydlQgdd0qT_uRmkWZ28FYx2RSppszMRq8SamYOyKhoKChbCwMVk7ag4WQBGwfuzMEynWYoXmQSciFMoz7xQlOFE8J2ffIXJAg=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="TriMet MAX Type 2 Siemens SD-660 #237 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpxpN7uVZIop1eD9HzzumsvXjlmoKGhpycjyVGA4GlA-76GUw6Um0d7EjJs2zEHytJr1EeGaItiGlUvO4P58HaoMbreydlQgdd0qT_uRmkWZ28FYx2RSppszMRq8SamYOyKhoKChbCwMVk7ag4WQBGwfuzMEynWYoXmQSciFMoz7xQlOFE8J2ffIXJAg=w400-h284" title="TriMet MAX Type 2 Siemens SD-660 #237 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">The ArTrain was displayed near the end of the Westside Line
of TriMet’s MAX light rail system. The line to Hillsboro opened on September
12, 1998. In conjunction with the opening of the Westside Line, MAX also
introduced its new Type 2 light rail cars numbered 201 to 252. These Siemens
SD-660 light rail vehicles began operation on August 31, 1997, and were the
first low-floor light rail vehicles in North America. Pictured here is TriMet
MAX Type 2 Siemens SD-660 #237 turning across the westbound lane of SW
Washington Street toward the Hillsboro station.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0OxRzc5qtnoCRW47ctYs36eTvfgPvB4JBmcI7uGHzYZ138wNUmMP2OgE0yPLw0O-GVuY8PjUnXmMu4h0kxWhiCXzbxYC9C3m5o0rMIvp77KKMicIXEYjL_i_AV-GxSdYaOnZp6Rh2__NQk7GIPLR0S3A0t-cLPmS0EpMZf2mmDwRJgzaWGlWg0NbzXQ=s1444" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="TriMet MAX Type 2 Siemens SD-660 #245 & #228 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1444" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0OxRzc5qtnoCRW47ctYs36eTvfgPvB4JBmcI7uGHzYZ138wNUmMP2OgE0yPLw0O-GVuY8PjUnXmMu4h0kxWhiCXzbxYC9C3m5o0rMIvp77KKMicIXEYjL_i_AV-GxSdYaOnZp6Rh2__NQk7GIPLR0S3A0t-cLPmS0EpMZf2mmDwRJgzaWGlWg0NbzXQ=w400-h283" title="TriMet MAX Type 2 Siemens SD-660 #245 & #228 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">The end of the Westside Line is the Hatfield Government
Center station, adjacent to the Washington County Courthouse, the Hillsboro
Civic Center, and the Hillsboro Post Office. TriMet MAX Siemens SD-660 light
rail vehicles #245 and #228 are pictured here at the Hatfield Government Center
station.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtDpArW7Pk5jVmiem5TV21DJ6Zx5xuQEyX4mmt9NvKLkSiq6shoYaJoB-Bo8fq4KfQc4ZM70IvOjtpsz-QM1RzVbIiumfQFsRFVX62iGre0wsb-yybe9ipVI4BOzBLZ_mgfFQwAwXKgjxcJP0LqFKHJXD7aQ3uQuqhKE3A16LZM0Pbb1E5KygAPV-U3Q=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1436" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtDpArW7Pk5jVmiem5TV21DJ6Zx5xuQEyX4mmt9NvKLkSiq6shoYaJoB-Bo8fq4KfQc4ZM70IvOjtpsz-QM1RzVbIiumfQFsRFVX62iGre0wsb-yybe9ipVI4BOzBLZ_mgfFQwAwXKgjxcJP0LqFKHJXD7aQ3uQuqhKE3A16LZM0Pbb1E5KygAPV-U3Q=w400-h284" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Having turned at the Hillsboro wye, #4449 returned with its
train. This train consisted of the <i>Yes, Dear</i>, the <i>Clackamas River</i>, and the <i>Plum
Creek</i>. DLMX
#5811, <i>Yes, Dear</i>, was originally
Union Pacific RPO/Postal Storage Car #5811. It was one of three built by
American Car & Foundry in 1949. Union Pacific transferred it to maintenance
of way service as #903672 in 1973. It was sold to Doyle McCormack for use as
#4449’s tool car in 1985. DLMX #9201, the <i>Clackamas River</i>, was
built in 1941 for the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago & North
Western's <i>City of San Francisco</i> as 10 roomette-5 bedroom sleeper <i>Rincon
Hill</i>. It was transferred to SP in 1947 as #9201 & was retired in 1966. The Friends of SP 4449 acquired it in 1990 from a private individual in North
Dakota for use as #4449’s crew sleeper. Though an SP car, the <i>Daylight</i> paint
isn't correct as it was only used on day trains, not sleeping cars.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQuRmvAjdPgoWpOUtL8oFgVNWsFISj0qKg7Lh2sCOlxm9TX2ryTvzsGChtTKwzjmz--4Mbx2k7QSTF16gXHJ80yxqKn6UE2YE3CRYIzqov-yu-T1DHUQ-xjbh4z0Rgh6Wxjr4n4ewzsSAF9ETJX14zGpERVde64ahkXPc39r7MbrfFudRawy_Iv-ntAw=s1436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1436" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQuRmvAjdPgoWpOUtL8oFgVNWsFISj0qKg7Lh2sCOlxm9TX2ryTvzsGChtTKwzjmz--4Mbx2k7QSTF16gXHJ80yxqKn6UE2YE3CRYIzqov-yu-T1DHUQ-xjbh4z0Rgh6Wxjr4n4ewzsSAF9ETJX14zGpERVde64ahkXPc39r7MbrfFudRawy_Iv-ntAw=w400-h285" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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#1210, <i>Plum Creek</i>, was built in 1950 by American Car & Foundry for
the Great Northern Railroad. It was originally a 60-seat, short-distance coach.
1210 is the car's original number. Unlike many passenger cars, this coach was
not sold to Amtrak and remained with the Great Northern's successor, Burlington
Northern, who removed the coach seats in 1977 to use the car as a mobile
classroom, though the car's original overhead luggage racks and lighting
remain. In 1981, the car was sold and was kept in Minnesota, where it was named
<i>Plum Creek</i>, until 1999, when it was purchased by the <a href="http://www.4449.com/" target="_blank">Friends of SP #4449</a> for use
as a parlor/lounge car. Though it wears its original number of 1210, the car's
official number, which can be found in small lettering on the side of the car,
is PPCX #800235. It is maintained in its original Omaha Orange and Pullman
Green of the Great Northern Railroad.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwJRtVj6x_oAyP85mBEgICbUUrjdpeQnSyDqlbi7r8-D4YiPVVav7DlMxBhWyvQK1i5yzdRp7l7J4Z9RfIlz4QY4jWg4WEXYVV4MGn53x9NK50CDO1c4fJQ2z0AY1dWN4vMYEEnW0GMcft-eHghC8FVBLJNcrXcH67sEUhmm1MOGqBeNdO-42ukj-UiQ=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwJRtVj6x_oAyP85mBEgICbUUrjdpeQnSyDqlbi7r8-D4YiPVVav7DlMxBhWyvQK1i5yzdRp7l7J4Z9RfIlz4QY4jWg4WEXYVV4MGn53x9NK50CDO1c4fJQ2z0AY1dWN4vMYEEnW0GMcft-eHghC8FVBLJNcrXcH67sEUhmm1MOGqBeNdO-42ukj-UiQ=w400-h284" title="American Freedom Train GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 in Hillsboro, Oregon in June 2002" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Also
nearby, but not part of the train, was DLMX #5659, <i>Gordon N. Zimmerman</i>, aka
PPCX #800634, in service as a concession car. It was built by American Car
& Foundry in April, 1954 as <a href="http://www.up.com/" target="_blank">Union Pacific</a> Baggage Car #5659. It was renumbered to UP
#24427 in April 1969 and to UP Maintenance of Way #904227 in 1975. It was
purchased from Union Pacific by the <a href="http://www.4449.com/" target="_blank">Friends of SP #4449</a> in July, 1997. It initially operated
in light gray paint with a black roof and wore the name <i>Better Idea</i>. It
was later painted in <i>Daylight</i> colors and renamed <i>Gordon N. Zimmerman</i>,
after a crew member who has been an active volunteer co-coordinating and
selling souvenirs on every SP #4449 trip since 1981 and helping to restore 1937
<i>Daylight</i> car SP #3300, former UP mail car #5811, now #4449's tool car
and #9201 <i>Clackamas River</i>, #4449's crew sleeper. The <i>Gordon N.
Zimmerman</i> was making its debut with #4449 at the <a href="http://www.artrainusa.org/" target="_blank">ArTrain</a> display. </p>Robert D. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330013650371316307noreply@blogger.com0