National Train Day 2010 in Portland, Oregon: Conclusion

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

Continued from Amtrak Cascades Talgo Tour…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here is the train starting over the Steel Bridge.

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

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

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

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

4449 departing Portland Union Station after National Train Day 2010.

Union Pacific Caboose #25198 at National Train Day 2010

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

Continued from PNWC #600 Mount Hood…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

Interior of Union Pacific CA-4 Caboose #25198

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

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

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

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

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Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

Locomotive #1202, "Walter B. Beebe," was built by General Motors Diesel (EMD's Canadian subsidiary) in 1953 as Canadian Pacific #7403, a 1200 horsepower SW9.

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

It was rebuilt in 1982 as Canadian Pacific SW1200RSu #1202.

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Sept. 6, 2007

It was retired in 2005 and sold to Larry's Truck & Electric, from where Dick Samuels purchased it in 2006.

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Nov. 7, 2007

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Nov. 7, 2007

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Nov. 7, 2007

It is identified as a Canadian switcher by the large numberboard housing in front.

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Jan. 24, 2009

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Jan. 24, 2009

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Jan. 24, 2009

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Jan. 24, 2009

It also features Flexicoil switcher trucks in place of the rougher-riding standard AAR trucks under the Oregon Pacific's other switchers.

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at East Portland, Oct. 3, 2009

#1202 was originally assigned to the East Portland branch, but was moved to the Molalla branch in 2013.

SW1200RSu #1202 at Portland Union Station on May 8, 2010

SW1200RSu #1202 at Portland Union Station on May 8, 2010

SW1200RSu #1202 at Portland Union Station on May 8, 2010

Historical Photos:
CP #7403, Toronto, ON, October 1974 (www.cprdieselroster.com)
CP #1202, Toronto, ON, August 1983 (www.cprdieselroster.com)
CP #1202, Toronto, ON, April 1989 (www.cprdieselroster.com)
CP #1202, Chicago, IL, January 1999 (Fallen Flag Railroad Photos)
LTEX #1202, McDonald, OH, May 6, 2003 (Don’s Depot)
LTEX #1202, McDonald, OH, September 16, 2003 (Don’s Depot)

Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202 at Milwaukie on Aug. 28, 2010

Continue to Oregon Pacific GMD-1 #1413…

Diesels of the Oregon Pacific Railroad

I originally posted Diesels of the Oregon Pacific Railroad on my website on November 25, 2007. I have updated it with new information and pictures.

 

The Oregon Pacific Railroad is owned by Dick Samuels and is operated by him and his family. It consists of two separate branches in the Portland area. The first is the East Portland Branch, which is the last remaining section of the once extensive Portland Traction Company streetcar and interurban line. The interurban lines were known as the Portland Railroad and Terminal Division of the Portland Traction Company. The electric interurbans stopped running in January of 1958. Replaced by two EMD SW1 diesel locomotives which were purchased in the early 1950s. In 1962, the Portland Traction Company was purchased jointly by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. Portions of the line would be abandoned over the next 30 years, until 1991, when all that remained was the four miles from East Portland to Milwaukie, which were sold to Dick Samuels to become the East Portland Traction Company. In 1993, Samuels purchased the Southern Pacific Railroad's branch line from Canby to Molalla, naming it the Molalla Western Railroad. In 1997, Samuels combined the East Portland Traction Company and the Molalla Western into the Oregon Pacific Railroad. See The Rise and Fall of the Portland Traction Company by Craig Bass for more history, and Brian McCamish's Oregon Pacific for more information. This page also includes links to historical photographs from The Friends of SP 4449, Fallen Flag Railroad Photos, rrpicturearchives.net, Rob Jacox's Western Rails, Espee Modelers Home Page, Wikipedia, Western Shortline Rosters, Don's Depot, www.cprdieselroster.com, CNRphotos.com,  Yard Limit, McCloud Rails and alaskarails.org.

The Oregon Pacific has a large roster for a railroad of its size, due to the collection of eclectic locomotives acquired by owner Dick Samuels over the years. It is this collection of equipment that gives the Oregon Pacific much of its charm.

In July 2007, the Oregon Pacific Railroad and the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association hosted a weekend of excursions from Oaks Park to East Portland using SP&S #700 and some of the diesels of the Oregon Pacific Railroad. This was the same route as on the Farewell to Steam 50th Anniversary weekend. SP&S #700 and the diesels ran public trips on July 13-14 to raise money for the PRPA. On the 15th, the diesels pulled private excursions for the PRPA members. There were speeders there as well.

Here is SP&S #700 at Oaks Park between runs on the afternoon of July 13.

SP&S #700 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

SP&S #700 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

SP&S #700 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

SP&S #700 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

Here are some of the railroad speeders at Oaks Park. These speeders gave rides from Oaks Park to the Milwaukie shops, or to East Portland Junction.

Speeder at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

Speeder at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

Speeder at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

Speeder at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

Here are SW1 #100 and 70-tonner #5100 pulling the excursion train at Oaks Park and Portland on the afternoon of July 13.

Portland Traction Co. SW1 #100 & Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 with excursion train at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

Portland Traction Co. SW1 #100 & Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 with excursion train at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

Portland Traction Co. SW1 #100 & Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 with excursion train at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

 

Portland Traction Co. SW1 #100 & Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 with excursion train at East Portland on July 13, 2007

 

Portland Traction Co. SW1 #100 & Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 with excursion train at East Portland on July 13, 2007

 

Portland Traction Co. SW1 #100 & Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 with excursion train at East Portland on July 13, 2007

On July 15, I got photos of SW1200RSu #1202 and GP7U #1810 at Oaks Park.

Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 & SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

 

Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 & SW1200RSu #1202 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

Dick Samuels was at the controls of #1810.

Dick Samuels at the controls of Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007

 

After this event, I realized that I had photographs of nearly the entire Oregon Pacific Railroad locomotive roster. I even had earlier pictures of some of the locomotives on the Molalla branch, but I was missing one. So I went out to Liberal one day after work and found the four SW8s: #602, #801, #802 & #803.

 

SW8s #801, #802, #803 & #602 at Liberal on July 19, 2007

 

SW8s #801, #802, #803 & #602 at Liberal on July 19, 2007

After the trip to Liberal I had photographs of all the active locomotives, but there was one more I still wanted...the diminutive 25-tonner that was donated to the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society in Brooks, Oregon in 2005. In August I went to the Great Oregon Steam-Up at Antique Powerland in Brooks and got that picture as well. That gave me all the pictures I needed...until September when I discovered that the Oregon Pacific had purchased a new locomotive. I photographed it as it had arrived, but it wasn't until Thanksgiving that I found the new locomotive in shiny Oregon Pacific red and white, finally completing my photo collection.

Now, I present the Diesels of the Oregon Pacific Railroad. Each locomotive will be featured in its own post, in numerical order.

Samuels Pacific Industries 45-Tonner #45
Portland Traction Company SW1 #100
Former Pacific Lumber Company 80-Tonner #101
East Portland Traction Company NW5 #187
East Portland Traction Company 80-Tonner #500
Ex-Oregon Pacific & Eastern SW8 #602
Oregon Pacific SW8 #801
East Portland Traction Company SW8 #802
Oregon Pacific SW8 #803
Oregon Pacific SW900 #901
Former Southern Pacific SL-4B Slug #1010
Oregon Pacific SW1200RSu #1202
Oregon Pacific GMD-1 #1413
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810
SamTrak 25-Tonner #2501
SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100
East Portland Traction Company Caboose #11
SamTrak Caboose #900
Ex-GN Business Car A-26, aka NCBX #826

Continue to Samuels Pacific Industries 45-Tonner #45…