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Nostalgia & History > Mount Hood in its GP9 DaysDate: 07/16/06 09:45 Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: samreeves Here's a view of my one ride on the Mount Hood Railroad in Oregon. Day-glo GP9 #88 rests at Parkdale, Oregon in August of 1992. I wish I could return up there, but at $3 a gallon with the U.S.S. Explorer it won't happen anytime soon!
Sam Reeves http://www.samreevesphoto.com [img::]https://cdn.trainorders.com/attachments/thumbs/145000/CN35920824_28.jpg[/img] Date: 07/16/06 10:04 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: NI030 That is one ugly paint scheme.
Date: 07/16/06 14:10 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: danf $3 a gallon? Where are you getting it that cheap?
Date: 07/16/06 14:29 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: samreeves He he
I meant $3 dollars in vague terms. The best we can do on the Monterey Peninsula is $3.19 currently.
Sam Reeves http://www.samreevesphoto.com Date: 07/16/06 16:20 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: nycman Sam, she's still there. Shot this in May, this year, at Hood River. It was a weekday and they weren't running.
Date: 07/16/06 16:21 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: Goatboat silagi Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That is one ugly paint scheme. Those of us in these parts call it the "Easter egg." - gb - Date: 07/16/06 18:47 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: wigwagfan 88 (ex-SP, originally low-nose GP-9) is still working the railroad along with newer arrival GP38-2 "02", nearly the same paint scheme but a different shade of blue and the word "Railroad" appearing on the side of the long hood.
89 appears to be out of service and on a side track, probably being parted out to keep the 88 alive. Not much reason for a large roster of power - given little freight traffic (sometimes hauled behind a passenger run) and just one train out at a time (using only one locomotive). Just enough horsepower to make it up the hill. Date: 07/16/06 22:15 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: MacBeau silagi Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That is one ugly paint scheme. This is when b&w really pays off big time! Mac Date: 07/17/06 08:55 Re: Mount Hood in its GP9 Days Author: NRE973 I believe that the red color was called "strawberry fraye" (I probably didn't spell it right, I don't know & don't care). MHRR does some neat things, and at least the HW cars are painted dark green. Anyone w/ pics of the lease unit ex-NP #560 on MHRR?
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