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Western Railroad Discussion > .Date: 02/11/14 23:38 . Author: F40PHR231 .
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/20 19:58 by F40PHR231. Date: 02/11/14 23:42 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: thaddeusthudpucker Columbia Draw
From the middle of the span north (up) is Washington, South is Oregon. The two track to the left are the Seattle Subdivision, and the two to the right are the start of the Fallbridge Sub to Pasco. Date: 02/11/14 23:46 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: funnelfan Nice Shots. Seems so often the flight path into PDX is right over the Vancouver Depot.
Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 02/11/14 23:59 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: Auburn_Ed A nice view of the new track (under the north, or far end of the bridge) that will create a loop for grain trains. This is supposed to increase the amount of grain that can be handled per day.
Ed Date: 02/12/14 01:16 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: ats90mph funnelfan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Nice Shots. Seems so often the flight path into > PDX is right over the Vancouver Depot. Nice photo, they try to keep the traffic in and out of PDX over the river at low altitudes for noise mitigation... Date: 02/12/14 06:22 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: Ray_Murphy Somebody should decorate the ends of those talgo sets - they look like cat's ears.
Ray Date: 02/12/14 07:11 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: Torisgod Ray_Murphy Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Somebody should decorate the ends of those talgo > sets - they look like cat's ears. > > Ray NORMALLY, they have an engine on the end, or at least a cabbage! But those young, underexperienced crews in Portland didn't know that. Shame. Oh, where have all the dedicated Amtrak Cascades engines gone? I haven't seen one in months... Tor in Eugene Date: 02/12/14 08:03 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: stacktrain On the second pic just left of center i see what looks to be some autoracks under a shed. What are the autoracks there for?
Date: 02/12/14 08:45 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: GoldenState Railbox cars full of paper.
stacktrain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the second pic just left of center i see what > looks to be some autoracks under a shed. What are > the autoracks there for? Date: 02/12/14 18:21 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: PHall Ray_Murphy Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Somebody should decorate the ends of those talgo > sets - they look like cat's ears. > > Ray More like a 1960 Cadillac Coupe de Ville! Fins were in then. Date: 02/13/14 18:24 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: ns1000 Interesting pics!!!!
Date: 02/15/14 16:44 Re: Swing bridge between Vancouver and Portland Author: pennengineer Ray_Murphy Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Somebody should decorate the ends of those talgo > sets - they look like cat's ears. > > Ray Reminds me of the TV ads they aired back when the Cascades were introduced ("it's not a wing...it's a caboose"). Almost as good as the Surfliner ads of the same era ("it comes fully equipped...3000 horsepower"), almost certainly done by the same agency. Both still seem fresh, though the fact that only "1-800-USA-RAIL" is listed at the end (no mention of a website) dates them somewhat. |