R 1.0.1 - Portland & Western Railroad - History & Formation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2021
- This is a remastered and updated version of my first film on the Portland & Western Railroad. Sit back and enjoy an in-depth look into the fascinating story of how the Portland & Western came to be.
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Two thumbs up.
An excellent production!
Looking forward to that Albany & Eastern Railroad video!!!
Well done.
Thank you sir. Thank you for watching.
Great video! My dream is to become a Conductor for PNWR.
Nice job Rand
Very nice. I enjoyed the last segment, listening to my favorite old locomotives doing their thing.
Wow! This was really informative! Thank you.
great video
Well done, thanks for posting.
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed the history lesson.
Sherwood trestle got replaced
I live in Corvallis, so enjoy the presence of P&W's GPs several times a week. I also enjoy seeing 1501 sorting and kicking cars around the Albany yard. Her 567 still sounds amazing!
Great video, enjoy hearing the history of the area railroads. It is a shame that there is not enough business to continue the line to Astoria. Would like to explore more of the lines in Oregon. Thanks
Thanks for the video! I have lived along the Astoria line my whole life, and I love showing my boys the trains that still pass by.
Nice update from the first video! Look forward to future videos of the A&E and maybe make a video on CORP.
Thank you. A&E is on the cards. I have about 5 current projects I’m trying to finish off first.
Thank you! I really enjoyed this video, great work!
Thank you sir
I've always wanted someone to do now CORP down the old SP Siskiyou line from Eugene to Roseburg. I grew up on the Lumber line.
In the works
I just had an interview with the Portland & Western for a conductor positions and hope to get the job.
North or south end?
Thanks for this fantastic video! I grew up here and I really enjoyed learning about these local railroads.
You are most welcome sir.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention Trimet’s WES service, which the P&W has a contact to operate. Great footage though! I wish I could catch freight more often
Yes this is true. Personally I did not think about it much at the time. The idea is that this is an opener for a series on the PNWR system. Details like that and much more will be explored in future episodes.
How Many Districts Does The Portland & Western Railroad Own?
They do not own all the districts they run on. They technically lease the old SP lines from UP and bought the lines off the BNSF for the most part.
Astoria to Wauna might be used by a steam train same day
This is different from the old video since 3007 is no longer in the roster, 2311 is still on CORP
The units 3052 & 3053 are SD40-2's. They did that because they derated it from SD45R
I was finding a lot of conflicting information on that. I knew they were ex SD45s that had been modified. How it was classified was different on who I asked.
Its interesting that SP had the line till WPRR took it over than BNSF bought out and merged and took over the line this line been here over 100 years P & W only runs through Oregon although they do go into Vancouver using UP line, although BNSF owns the line now P & W does the grunt work of maintaining it.
Indeed
I live in North Plains and Banks lumber mill just closed so rail traffic probably isn't going to be much out hear any more
The closure of that Mill will not affect the regular traffic on that line. If you watch this film you will see that the United line connects to the Tillamook district which the PNWR uses to runs a "Daily" train between Tigard and Linnton. This train is the one that switches out the mill in Banks as they pass by. For now the crew will just pass by Banks rather than stopping.
5:50 what is that branch going south for? It has been ripped up and Cornelius Pass Road currently runs along the south end of it but where did that branch go?
Originally this was part of the OE Mainline to Eugene. From Bowers Junction it would run south then southeast to Beaverton then Garden Home. At Garden home there was a junction for the line east to Portland and southwest to Tigard where the line would cross over the SP Tillamook line and head south as it still does today. When the PNWR was in operation that spur line from Bowers Junction was referred to as the Bendemeer District and there was a a customer in Bendemeer that took plastic pellets before the track was pulled up.
@@SIDETRACKEDCHANNEL Did any of that route get used for the MAX blue line ? There were some trestle piers along US26 about 100 feet east of Cornelius Pass Road overpass at US26, and a few remnants of the rails before CPR was widened a few years ago.
Can pnwr 2155 come oe express track please
Might do one day.
@@SIDETRACKEDCHANNEL i heard pnwr 3007 has been sold
Well transferred at least to the REPC
Do they still have 2152?
They do yes. It just got painted into Corporate colors though sadly.
@@SIDETRACKEDCHANNEL PNWR has acquired several more units: PNWR 2411, a Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLW) NZE24B, originally a CSX Genset unit that was rebuilt from a C&O GP9 frame, most recently worked on California Northern Railroad (CFNR), PNWR 3532, originally Missouri Pacific (MP) GP38-2 # 925, later HLCX # 1829, and PNWR 3546, originally Missouri Pacific (MP) GP38-2 # 2119, later HLCX # 1852.
@@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos The 2411 is a hoax and is still a CFNR unit. I know the guy that photoshopped that image as a joke. A lot of people took it as true though. The 3546 is on property know and working. The 3532 has yet to arrive. These units have been slatted for the PNWR for several years now and have been redecalled for some time but remainded on the RCPE until now. I may have to do another video in a few years as their roster is going to change a bit. the 3006 for instance just left for the Utah Railway.
@@SIDETRACKEDCHANNEL That's interesting. The 2411 shows up on the Portland and Western roster page on TrainWeb's "Class 3 Rosters" website. Nice to know about 3546. I hope 3532 and/or 3546 show up on the PNWR 663/664 trains. I wonder why 3006 left for the Utah Railway? I hear the 1501, 1801, 1803, 1852, and 1854 are going to be retired.
@@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos I noticed that to. I guess they just assumed. At this point it may be some time before they appear on the 66 as all the newest units are currently being used on the westside branch. Although they do have the PTC arrays they are not active and as such can not be used on the 66 which requires it. At least for use as a leader. The GP40s in general are slowly being phased out from the PNWR. As for the 3006 I cannot say for certain as to why it left now. Indeed all the 1st Generation units have been slated for retirement for some time now. This year that has become a lot closer but the date is still not set.
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Thank you for your feed back. I will say that this film was made soon after I moved back to Oregon after being away for many years. I have had to relearn a few thing and in regards to pronunciations I have gotten a lot better. I promise.