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Nostalgia & History >Date: 09/03/13 06:25 Author: terrybaker Continuing on the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair journey from yesterday, following an overnight stay in Portland, my grandfather and I rode Train No. 457, UP’s contribution to the Portland-Seattle pool, on the final leg of our northward journey. The 9/3/62 version of 457 was running in two sections, due to extra cars chartered by tour groups, and our First 457 was headed up by F3 No. 1461. FP7 1499 was in charge of the second section and both were running out their final miles before being traded in to EMD: 1461 in 1/63 and 1499 in 8/64. In 1962, the UP actually owned very little of the track it operated over between Portland and Seattle, and that’s apparent when we see clearances and orders from SP&S, NP and MILW and note that our train operated with a different number on two of those railroads.
This posting wraps up my train order anniversary week, and I hope you operation aficionados enjoyed these daily snapshots into the nitty-gritty of railroad history. It was fun putting it together and reliving some personal memories. 1) thru 3) Portland OR - SP&S clnc. and orders 227-237    Date: 09/03/13 06:26 Author: terrybaker 4) Portland OR – SP&S order 701
5) & 6) Vancouver WA – NP clnc. and order 409    Date: 09/03/13 06:28 Author: terrybaker 7) thru 9) Vancouver WA – NP orders 410-957-961
   Date: 09/03/13 06:29 Author: terrybaker 10) & 11) Centralia WA – NP clnc. and order 952
  Date: 09/03/13 06:30 Author: terrybaker 12) & 13) Reservation WA – UP clnc. and order 212
  Date: 09/03/13 06:32 Author: terrybaker 14) thru 16) Tacoma Jct. WA – MILW clnc. and orders 22-548
   Date: 09/03/13 06:33 Author: terrybaker 17) and 18) Black River WA – UP clnc. and order 547
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/13 06:37 by terrybaker.   Date: 09/03/13 07:46 Author: wag216 Great story on the Pool train. The Kansas fans later had the UP1498-99 for a while on our 154-155 KsCy-Salina. wag216
Date: 09/03/13 09:34 Re: UP No. 457 Portland to Seattle Train Orders 9/3/62 Author: GenePoon Thanks for the story on the UP Train 457. A few weeks before your trip, I was on that same train,
connecting from the SP's Cascade. It did not run in two sections but the train was HUGE and jam-packed full. Forever burned into my memory: upon arrival in Seattle at Union Station, the announcement on the PA system: "All passengers going to Everett, Bellingham and Vancouver BC, please follow the arrows to the other station," which was King St., where Great Northern's Pacific International awaited. Date: 09/03/13 09:56 Re: UP No. 457 Portland to Seattle Train Orders 9/3/62 Author: The_Chief_Way I love the phrase"see there is no failure"
as on one of the to's. That's one you don't see used in today's touchy, feely world of railroading !!!! |