Tom McCann Wrote:
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> To answer Rivers' question, ORHF is the Oregon
> Rail Heritage Foundation. It is a partnership of
> the Friends of SP 4449, the Pacific Railroad
> Preservation Association (PRPA, which maintains
> the former SP&S 700) and several other
> organizations.
>
> The goal is to establish a permanent home for the
> city's big steam locomotives and the other
> eclectic pieces of rolling stock that call the
> Brooklyn Roundhouse home. Union Pacific, which
> owns the former SP yard, wants to redevelop the
> land on which the roundhouse stands, and this
> would evict the organizations and individuals who
> maintain and store their equipment there.

ORHF has until January 15, 2011 to get EVERYTHING except the three steam engines off UP property..the steam engines can remain inside the roundhouse for an additional year (January 15, 2012).

Once the parties agreed to a sale/purchase agreement on the property last January, the clock began "ticking" and UP effectivly issued an eviction notice limiting continued use of their facilities. ORHF/City of Portland is scheduled to close on the property in early November and a place to store the many pieces of equipment that won't fit in the East Portland site must be quickly found and the equipment made roadworthy in order to be moved on UP rails.

Sammie