Steam & Excursion > SP4449 & UP96 at the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation

Back in February I decided to sign-up for the SP4449 Portland-Bend-Portland excursion trip which departs tomorrow morning (6/24) from Portland at 8:35am PDT. I took the opportunity today to visit the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation engine house to get a shot or two of the SP4449 before it moved from there to the Portland Union Station this evening. Along with the SP4449 the UP96 was also easily accessible inside the engine house. The ORHF facility is a class act and well worth a visit if you pass through Portland ... so first some shots of SP4449. It was nosed-in to its tool car, the Gordon Zimmerman, so I cropped these shots of the SP4449. I will find out in the morning how the consist was finally assembled:

1) SP4449 from the front perspective

2) SP4449 from its tender perspective

3) some builder plate and other historic information

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Now for the UP96 ... it looks to be in very good hands ...

4) A view from the left front

5) A view from the rear

6) A classic emblem

Thanks for lookin' ... will try to post images from the ride tomorrow!

Odyssey
Evergreen, CO

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Good photos. I bet it just ate Ed Dickens up that the 4449 crew ended up with UP 96

Posted from iPhone

One thing about this group having it things are only going to get better for it.

CPRR Wrote:
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> Good photos. I bet it just ate Ed Dickens up that
> the 4449 crew ended up with UP 96
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> Posted from iPhone


Even better than that, imagine his surprise when dickens passed it out on the road. 844 was heading to bridge dedication out east and 96 was in consist heading west. When they met was his first hint his plan to dispose of it unraveled. Once the shock wore off he did try to take credit for it, but the real thanks for saving it goes to Steve Lee himself. Steve made a few phone calls, talked to the right people, got Doyle and Jack Wheelihan involved and the rest is history. Many kudos to the folks at the Union Pacific who listened and acted to make it happen. 'ol 96 could not be in a better place.

Thanks very much for the great photos! So glad
you are riding this wonderful trip!

Now I see agai why the Daylights were nicknamed
"yellow-jacked" in the steam era, as the orange
has a pronounced yellow cast to it -- at least on
my monitor it does. Same as my early 1950s slide
of the "Coast Daylight" at Goldtree (SP west of SLO)
which has not color-shifted at all, and the orange
on the engine and cars does have that same pronounced
yellow cast to it.

Thanks for the great pix of the UP 96, too -- and for
the close-ups of the UP herald and the UP steam herald
on the 96. Love that!

Odyssey Wrote:
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> Now for the UP96 ... it looks to be in very good
> hands ...
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> 4) A view from the left front

Um, when I railroaded this view would have been 'right--rear'....
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> 5) A view from the rear

...and this would have been looking at the front. Look for the little 'F' (which isn't shown in your photos).

Charlie



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/17 09:36 by cewherry.