Jim Thomas has been a member of ORHF’s Board of Directors since 2020 and serves on its Finance Committee. He has been close to ORHF since the Brooklyn Roundhouse days, has been a frequent visitor since the museum was built, and was recruited by our Board Secretary, David Jorling, to join the Board. Fun fact: …
Now that the restored Brooklyn Turntable has been moved into the pit in front of the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Phil Barney has begun building an historically accurate replica of the original operator’s cab. (The original had been destroyed years ago in Brooklyn Yard when a switch engine missed the turntable track and crunched into …
Sue Pearce started with ORHF as a babysitter … of locomotives. As a Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood District (HAND) Association member, Sue was recommended for the ORHF board by Phil Selinger, the organization’s first executive director. At the time, ORHF bylaws stipulated that the board include a representative from HAND, the “soon to be” host neighborhood. In …
Work continues on the SP&S 700 to get it back to operating condition. The black jacketing that covers the boiler insulation is now covering the locomotive above the catwalk. Individual sections are being bolted down, a slow process. Next are the bands or straps that cover the many seams of the big sections of jacketing. …
The Oregon Rail Heritage Center will be open Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 1:00 – 5:00pm starting May 8th. But….we are a volunteer run organization, and there may be times we do not have enough volunteers to safely open the Center. If we cannot open on a given day, we will post this on the …