Passenger Trains > Cascades crossing the Columbia

I will cross post this here and in Western Forum


Fourth of July weekend my wife and I took a short trip to Portland and I always stop at the old Northern Pacific Passenger Depot. Here is what I thought made a nice shot. 9025 with the Mt Olympus Talgo train set with P42 # 25 in Push mode.

I love this location, I love RR bridges !

Thanks for looking...See you Down the tracks ?


Jay

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Where are the Cascade F59's ?

Note the speed-limit signs for the bridge in Picture 1. They read Talgos 30, passenger trains 30, and freight trains 30. But out in the wide open spaces it is interesting to sit on the right side of a Talgo and watch the signs to see how much faster they can go compared to conventional passenger trains and usually even lower speed-limits for freights.

That first image, interesting place to put a derail.

Chris

IMHO the best place in the greater metro Portland OR area to watch trains is the Vancouver WA Amtrak station. Safe parking,
safe viewing and a restroom and of course the ability to safety get pictures like these. Arlen

The other interesting thing to note is that the Talgo speed limits are stated to the nearest mile per hour, while Passenger and Freight speeds are rounded to the nearest 5 miles per hour. Thus you might see a speed sign for a curve read something like "T-57 P-50 F-40".

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> Note the speed-limit signs for the bridge in
> Picture 1. They read Talgos 30, passenger trains
> 30, and freight trains 30. But out in the wide
> open spaces it is interesting to sit on the right
> side of a Talgo and watch the signs to see how
> much faster they can go compared to conventional
> passenger trains and usually even lower
> speed-limits for freights.

Back in the day the SP had white speed boards for freight trains and orange ones for the Daylights, with, of course, a higher speed.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

MojaveBill Wrote:
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> Back in the day the SP had white speed boards for
> freight trains and orange ones for the Daylights,
> with, of course, a higher speed.


Wasn't that more like white boards for freight and conventional passenger trains, and orange for Daylights, and, perhaps, other streamliners equipped with roller bearings? I'm sure there are numerous photos out there depicting the triple headed speed boards. AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

ChrisCampi Wrote:
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> That first image, interesting place to put a
> derail.
>
> Chris

That's a movable bridge. Derail is there to keep trains from going in the drink when the bridge is open.