Daylight Fan Wrote:
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> UP 844.. then 8444 ran through those curves back
> in 1989 when they ran the trip to Bend, OR and
> return to Portland and left out of Portland Union
> Station. This was before the curves were
> re-worked later making them abit sharper...with
> 4-8-4's not in mind operating through there but
> modern railroad diesel operations. The 3985 is an
> articulated locomotive so the engine itself went
> through those curves ok however there was some
> concern about the centipede tender when they
> arrived in Portland on the Northwest tour back in
> 2005. The steam crew said the nose of the engine
> stuck way out while rounding them upon their
> arrival at Albina yard.

It did! I was on the bluff above the curve watching out of curiosity. I'm glad nothing was out on running track 1 at the time!