Re: Winterail 2015
Author: pdxrailtransit
Date: 02-03-2015 - 21:28
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Hey -- I'm not THAT skinny... Though I wish I
> still had a 31" waist !!!
> But Seriously, Folks -- Consider the Railfanning
> possibilities in ORY - GUN :
> 1) BNSF & U.P. in the Columbia River Gorge, which
> starts only a few miles East of PDX airport.
> 2) Central Oregon & Pacific's ex - Espee lines to
> Southern Oregon & the Toledo Branch, which runs
> through Corvallis.
> 3) BNSF's Oregon Trunk line.
> 4) The Coos Bay line.
> 5) 4449 Daylight & SP&S 700 in Portland.
> 6) Voodoo Donuts -- 2 locations in Portland. " I
> got VD in Portland "
> 7) MAX & Tri - Met light rail lines in Portland.
> 8) Commuter DMU's from Wilsonville to Beaverton.
> 9) The other Whistle Stop Trains in Portland & NO
> STATE SALES TAX in Oregon !!!
> 10) Shortline Sammie's Oregon Pacific Railroad in
> Portland and Canby.
> Other possibilities include looking up locations
> in Eugene & Cottage Grove from the movie Animal
> House, as well as Lovejoy Ave & Flanders St. from
> The Simpsons.
> And for those that just can't handle the change,
> Oregon also has Legalized Assisted Suicide...
No. 6 ? Seriously? One of the the things I definetely do not miss about Portland are those infernal pink donut boxes, and their obscene toxic contents. Please, no hipsters at the Oregon Winterail!