Portland At Night
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Portland At Night
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture
Description
I took a night ride on Oregon's "Holiday Express" railroad train along the Willamette River in Portland recently. The train itself is amazing as are the night time views of the city. Difficult as it was to get a fairly sharp image from a moving train at night, I am presenting this one for viewing.
The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation operates "Holiday Express" excursion trains pulled by the 4449 and/or 700 on weekends in December. The Holiday Express has enjoyed enormous success to date with as many as 10,000 passengers each year; it has, in fact, recently become something of a tradition for many Portland-area families. Holiday Express trains run along the Oregon Pacific main line near the bank of the Willamette River, while children on board are greeted by Santa Claus and company.
Over its seven years of operation, the Holiday Express has been instrumental in raising the needed capital for construction of the rail heritage museum. In 2011, the Holiday Express operated on the first two weekends of December, raising almost $75,000.
The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon. Composed of several all-volunteer groups dedicated to maintaining vintage railroad equipment, the ORHF is committed "to secure a permanent home for the City of Portland's steam locomotives, preserve the Brooklyn Roundhouse, and establish a Rail and Industrial Heritage Museum.
At present, the ORHF is constructing a new restoration shop for the city's steam locomotives, the first of a multi-phase project aimed at housing them permanently. When the new Oregon Rail Heritage Center is completed, this will permit the ORHF to continue operating steam-powered excursions while openly displaying the locomotives to the public. Access to the locomotives is currently limited as the equipment is stored on the private property of the Union Pacific Railroad, out of visitors' reach. The ORHF is tasked with completing the construction of the engine house and moving the locomotives before Union Pacific razed its current roundhouse.
Image copyright 2013 Jon Burch Photography.
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December 31st, 2013
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