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Goodbye, great view
Author: Pilawt
Date: 01-24-2016 - 12:33

We've just sold our condo overlooking the BNSF main just north of Portland Union Station. It's been great to be able to watch trains from our living room and balcony.

Some highlights of the last five and a half years:

Retired Montana Rail Link power headed for the scrapper:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f7dy0LbWBFg/TmKOkEfm9wI/AAAAAAAADB8/ymHEscKl8SA/s640-Ic42/IMG_0559.JPG

Ex-SP 4449 out on excursion runs:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OEkS5yRbT-o/TmKPSIVqwOI/AAAAAAAADHA/_XAE1kNZkOA/s640-Ic42/IMG_1336.JPG

A diesel in Santa Fe "warbonnet" paint (though a bit weatherbeaten), where it belongs -- at the head of a scheduled passenger train (Amtrak "Cascades", apparently short on available Amtrak power):
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IriZvULkOe0/TpC01gUsYTI/AAAAAAAADys/0VQYZsLogx4/s640-Ic42/P1080552.jpg

A dancer busting some moves for the camera with a classic UP SD40-2 as a backdrop:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1mzG-VZ62UE/TmKNA_w7I3I/AAAAAAAAC4Q/YTxU2DBwCtc/s640-Ic42/P1080302.JPG

UP 352, still in unpatched Southern Pacific paint. But for the yellow frame stripe, it could still be 1995 ...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NQP3RIkhTEo/UVd9V3jH4DI/AAAAAAAALdM/G7EkVrHsToo/s640-Ic42/SAM_0082.JPG

Ex-Spokane Portland & Seattle 4-8-4 #700:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M-Jwtnp8JWg/UY8CGANPFiI/AAAAAAAALpE/7VET3l98YbE/s640-Ic42/SAM_0306.JPG

Looking like "Mater" from the movie Cars, here's the new cab car for Amtrak's "Cascades" Talgo trainsets:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GsyzIIA6AX8/UzJXV5KNfdI/AAAAAAAAOdU/UiFPKVY0ws8/s640-Ic42/IMG_4529.JPG

Yes, this is Portland :
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FuWgHKN7Vxg/UuRIBVDHHfI/AAAAAAAAOVQ/jPwMKF6r0EM/s640-Ic42/Photo%252520Jan%25252025%25252C%25252011%25252019%25252008%252520AM.jpg

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Goodbye, great view Pilawt 01-24-2016 - 12:33
  Re: Goodbye, great view Pilawt 01-24-2016 - 12:36
  America's PA jst3751 01-24-2016 - 13:38
  Re: America's PA OPRRMS 01-24-2016 - 14:02
  Re: America's PA?? Will mess with Texas 01-24-2016 - 19:43
  Re: America's PA?? Tom McCann 01-24-2016 - 21:04
  Re: America's PA?? jst3751 01-25-2016 - 01:11
  Re: Goodbye, great view Jim Fitzgerald 01-24-2016 - 12:44
  Re: Goodbye, great view Dragoman 01-24-2016 - 13:05
  Re: Goodbye, great view mook 01-24-2016 - 13:52
  Re: Goodbye, great view Kcjones 01-24-2016 - 14:17
  Re: Goodbye, great view Pilawt 01-24-2016 - 14:40
  Re: Goodbye, great view Robert 01-24-2016 - 20:02
  Re: Goodbye, great view Pilawt 01-24-2016 - 14:29
  Re: Goodbye, great view Jack S. 01-24-2016 - 16:42
  Re: Goodbye, great view Anthony G. 01-24-2016 - 18:35
  Re: Goodbye, great view Kcjones 01-24-2016 - 20:28


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