Altamont Press Discussion Board :: Discussion :: Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions

Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions

Author: SP_RedElectric

Date: 09-13-2010 - 20:49

1. Access is off of Center Street. UP Police patrol the area, don't go unless invited.

2. Yes. See [www.orhf.org]. Schedule is updated for 2010. Weekends of December 3-5 and 10-12.

3. According to [www.orhf.org], the "deadline" is January 2012. Then again, about a dozen other "deadlines" have come and gone. The area around the roundhouse has been used for TOFC storage for at least a decade.

4. Website seems up to date. Not a whole lot of activity. Planning on moving to a new facility near OMSI, but the site is tied up with construction for the next couple of years so not much can be done except find another "temporary" home for the time being. OPRR doesn't have any property to store three big steam locomotives on; P&W hasn't been as accommodating as in the past. Maybe BNSF can help? Or, UP has a lot of excess property up at Albina where the old truck terminal used to be. Looks like a perfect location for a temporary museum - even has light rail access a short walk away.

Navigate: Previous Message•Next Message

Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message

Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Frank in PDX	09-13-2010 - 20:31
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	SP_RedElectric	09-13-2010 - 20:49
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Paul Guernsey	09-13-2010 - 21:49
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Frank in PDX	09-13-2010 - 21:52
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Tom McCann	09-13-2010 - 22:50
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Brian	09-13-2010 - 23:33
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Shortline Sammie	09-14-2010 - 07:37
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Shortline Sammie	09-14-2010 - 07:41
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Chris Fussell	09-16-2010 - 00:02
Re: Brooklyn round house and ORHF questions	Tom McCann	09-14-2010 - 23:02

Go to: Message List•Search

Subject:
Your Name:

Help information:

BBcode help

Spam prevention:

Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.

 **     **  **         ********   **     **   *******  
 **     **  **    **   **     **  **     **  **     ** 
 **     **  **    **   **     **  **     **         ** 
 *********  **    **   **     **  **     **   *******  
 **     **  *********  **     **  **     **         ** 
 **     **        **   **     **  **     **  **     ** 
 **     **        **   ********    *******    *******

Enter code:

SP_RedElectric Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> 1.  Access is off of Center Street.  UP Police
> patrol the area, don't go unless invited.
> 
> 2.  Yes.  See
> http://www.orhf.org/holidayexpress/index.html. 
> Schedule is updated for 2010.  Weekends of
> December 3-5 and 10-12.
> 
> 3.  According to
> http://www.orhf.org/roundhouse.html, the
> "deadline" is January 2012.  Then again, about a
> dozen other "deadlines" have come and gone.  The
> area around the roundhouse has been used for TOFC
> storage for at least a decade.
> 
> 4.  Website seems up to date.  Not a whole lot of
> activity.  Planning on moving to a new facility
> near OMSI, but the site is tied up with
> construction for the next couple of years so not
> much can be done except find another "temporary"
> home for the time being.  OPRR doesn't have any
> property to store three big steam locomotives on;
> P&W hasn't been as accommodating as in the past. 
> Maybe BNSF can help?  Or, UP has a lot of excess
> property up at Albina where the old truck terminal
> used to be.  Looks like a perfect location for a
> temporary museum - even has light rail access a
> short walk away.

This message board is maintained by:Altamont Press
You can send us an email at altamontpress1@gmail.com