The morning of April 28th, 19 youngsters from the Portland Albina Head Start program and 7 accompanying adults visited the Oregon Rail Heritage Center and were provided the grand tour by retired educator and expert Docent David Larsen. The youngsters arrived and departed via the Portland Streetcar after eating their brown bag lunch at the Rail Center. Additional visits …
For the past two years dedicated volunteers from the Oregon Rail Heritage Center have discussed the need for extending the rail stub in front of the building far enough to display one of the engines or a complete rail car. To battle the hardscrabble beneath the surface gravel, heavy equipment was necessary. Ron Endicott of Endicott Woods Enterprises …
While the 700 is in the shop for her mandated 1472 day boiler inspection, Stephen Sedaker, long-time volunteer with the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association, shares details on the process, problems, and prospects for the 700 in a new article published on Trains.com.
DID YOU KNOW? One of the many ways we fund our preservation efforts is to rent our facility for photo shoots. On March 1st, a crew from KEEN Footwear – a local company that manufactures and sells footwear in Portland – shot an upcoming work shoe promotion at Oregon Rail Heritage Center featuring Locomotive 324. To learn more about …
The 4449 Daylight is considered one of the world’s most beautiful steam locomotives. And one of the most photographed. Recently it was overheard that the 4449 is the second most photographed steam locomotive in the world. To find out what is the most photographed steam engine, click here.