I August I saw an item on th internet that the roundhouse in Portland; where the Daylight GS4 is housed, will be dismantled.
The GS 4 would be placed at the end of September in a museum in Portland.
Is the GS 4 now in that museum?
What is the name of that museum?
And will the GS 4 permanent on display or is it still possible to take the GS 4 out of the museum for steam rides?
The following story on the TRAINS Magazine Newswire, September 24, 2012, should have the answers to all of your questions.
Bruce
Hello Bruce,
Thank you for the link but I am not a subscriber of Trains and so I can not read item.
Hello,
Because I am not a subscriber of Trains I can not read the item published in Trains.
I August I saw an item on th internet that the roundhouse in Portland; where the Daylight GS4 is housed, will be dismantled.
The GS 4 would be placed at the end of September in a museum in Portland.
Is the GS 4 now in that museum?
What is the name of that museum?
And will the GS 4 permanent on display or is it still possible to take the GS 4 out of the museum for steam rides?
Yours sincerely
Here is the text of the applicable “Newswire” story for those of you who are not subscribers:
Published: September 24, 2012
PORTLAND, Ore – After years of dedicated volunteer efforts and significant fundraising, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center opened to the public for the first time on Saturday, Sept. 22. The center presently consists of a single building, the Doyle L McCormack Enginehouse, built to permanently house three steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland: Southern Pacific No. 4449; Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway No. 700; and Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company No. 197. According to the center’s staff, more than 3,600 people visited during the grand opening day of the facility. Prior to the opening of the center, these locomotives were stored in a roundhouse at the Union Pacific Railroad’s Brooklyn Yard in southeast Portland. Although the roundhouse largely kept the locomotives out of the weather, it was an unsafe environment for visitors, and thus was closed to the public. The new center will allow visitors official access to these three locomotives for the first time. “We could not have done it without our many volunteers,” noted Phil Selinger, executive director for the Oregon Rail heritage Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates the center. Selinger noted four volunteers in particular, Laurel Lynn, ORHF founder; Kim Knox, a consultant who donated significant additiona |
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Hello MJChittick,
Thank you for the information provided.
I hope I can visit next summer the museum and see the SP GS4 in all its glory.
Do someone know if the SP GS4 will be in the museum in Portland at the end of July(between 19 and 26) or will it be on excursion?