Nostalgia & History > Prior Too & Last Run of Empire Builder/City of Portland

Just thought I would share some rough Reg 8 movie film that my father took of these two passenger trains before Amtrak took over in 05/01/1971 out of Portland, OR-with my Mom and my two not so interested younger brothers
The City of Portland leaving Portland Union Station and going across the steel bridge
The family on board form Portland to The Dalles and return
Empire Builder leaving Portland Union Station toward Vancouver, WA
Back at  Vancouver, WA , waiting for the EB Empire Builder- with misc freight activity and NP south bound pool train from Seattle
Very short glimpse of the last run of the City of Portland EB outside of Troutdale, OR---ALL NICE AND CLEAN
The last run of the EB Empire Builder at Stevenson, WA

Have a great week and thanks for looking
J. Dean Sheldrake
Silverton. OR
 

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That's a wonderful video, Dean!  Thanks for sharing it with us.

UP 949 looks kinda ragged with rust holes
 

Excellent video!  Thanks so much for sharing those.  

GREAT movies
and GREAT memories!

Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.

Great stuff!  Thanks for sharing it.

Dave

Really nice!  I spent the summer of ‘71 on the Portland Division and rode the EB/NCL Portland connection several times.  If you were a pass rider going from Pasco to Portland, you’d get a roomette in the Portland-Spokane sleeper-lounge on the EB train and make sure you had the same roomette on the WB train through to Portland.  Doing that meant a really nice dinner in the SP&S diner along the Columbia River and a full night’s sleep.  To have just caught the WB in Pasco would have meant a short night.  Back then you could do things like that.  The SP&S folks did a quality job and it is nice to see those trains again.

Gordon

Very nice.  Thanks for sharing - lots of neat stuff!
 

Thanks Dean, I really enjoyed your dad's work.
Tim Costello

Very nice! We live in one of the best places in the country for train watching then and now. The equipment has changed and a new generation runs the trains but if you are standing trackside at Stevenson WA you can still count on a friendly wave from a BNSF crew. And I noticed all the road power of the BN and UP have the typical filthyness to them. The passenger varnish on the other hand still has that spit and polished look to it.

Thanks so much for the interesting and enjoyable movies!

Larry