Ahh, but they do. I guess you could refer to the Brooklyn (Portland, OR) roundhouse as a museum. In it reside the Oregon Railroad and Navigation 4-6-2 197, in process of restoration, the Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449, operational, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle 4-8-4 700, operational, the Great Northern F-7, awaiting a powerplant, the Maersk (ex ATSF, ex Amtrak) SDFP45? operational, the Amtrak F40PHR 231, nearly operational, the Nickel Plate RS-3 operational, Nickel Plate PA 190 (Ex ATSF, ex D&H), undergoing restoration, and SP&S Alco FA awaiting restoration.. Add numerous passenger, tool and aux tender rolling stock. I guess it is a museum.. 4449, 700, the Maersk unit have all been out on high iron in the last few months. Check out http://www.sp4449.com http://www.sps700.org/ http://www.orhf.org
I have sent inquiries out. I could have sworn I took a digital shot of that FA last month. I sure intended to. Looked into the digital cam and no FA. I did find this other shot of the GN 274, though.
Jim- Thanks. Am wondering who owns it? Doyle? PRPA? Sort of hoping for the latter. So it might be repainetd into SP&S. Not NKP.... Boxcab E50
It may very well have been the FA. It looked in much better condition then the Rusting Hulk I saw at Albany. Interestingly, I think I saw that Caboose up at Brooklyn too. I got my Pics back from two weeks ago and I hope to scan them in tomorrow. I noticed a few more things. There was the rear of something poking out of the roundhouse befind the F-unit. Probably Doyle's NKP 190. Also, The FA (or whatever it was) was sitting well away from the roundhouse. fitz, What do you think the odds of me scoring a tour are next time I'm up there? (don't know when) So far, I've never been lucky on the overpass.
Yoho, the odds of you scoring a tour are excellent. If you show up when someone is working there, no problem. Let me know when you are coming and I will put you in touch with some of the crew. Speaking of crew, the FA is owned by the Norhwest Railroad Museum. It has no power plant and no traction motors. It was originally SP&S 866, but was converted to a cab car and run on the Long Island RR of all places. It will be cosmetically restored, and accorrding to Chris, may someday be on display at the restaurant alongside the BNSF tracks in Vancouver, WA where the coaches are. According to Smokebox, it was the last FA1 built. Now I forgot to ask them about the F-7. Later.
Is that their actual name? There is the Snoqualmie, Washington museum. Named "Northwest Railway Museum." These seem a bit too closely titled for comfort. Boxcab E50
I've never eaten at that resturant. As I recall it was closed for a couple years and then maybe 2 years ago reopened under new owners. It's a great location. Especially with the recent civic improvments that Vancouver has taken.
Yoho, Neither have I, but have seen it every time I ride a steam special there. Ken, it's the Northwest Rail Museum. Their website hasn't been updated in a long time but it's their name, all run together in one word, . com .. I would have copied and pasted, but had this comment from one of the roundhouse crew copied, concerning the GN F-7: The Great Northern F7 had a crank case failure 3 years ago, and a wrecked locomotive in Tillamook offered its guts to be used in the F7. It's not yet operational, but Doyle and crew are working on it! The F7 was used for transporting CP 2816's boiler to Canada in either 2000 or 2001, forget which.
