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

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

NYC #3 Portland in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

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

NYC #3 Portland in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

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

Goombay Sunrise in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

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

Amtrak P42DC #170 in Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

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

MKT #403 leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

Minnesota River leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

Super Dome #53 leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

Cedar Rapids leaving Portland, Oregon on October 22, 2009

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4449 Heads East for Train Festival 2009: Missouri-Kansas-Texas #403

…Continued from Super Dome #53.

MKT #403 in Portland, Oregon on July 1, 2009

Missouri-Kansas-Texas #403 was built in 1913 as a coach. From 1946 to 1948, MKT rebuilt the car as business car Queen of Scotts for the vice president of the Katy Shops Hy Warden.

MKT #403 in Portland, Oregon on July 1, 2009

The rebuilt car featured mahogany interiors, 3 bedrooms, an observation room, a dining room, and a stainless steel kitchen. Later the name was changed to Lewa.

MKT #403 in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

Union Pacific acquired the car in the merger with the MKT in 1988, and it was sold that same year.

MKT #403 in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

The car was purchased and restored by Dr. John Marshall as MKT #403.

MKT #403 in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

Over the years, the car has hosted US Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and US Presidents Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, and was part of the latter's 1996 "21st Century Express" campaign train.

MKT #403 in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

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