Thank You, John H Emery Rail Heritage Trust!
August 12, 2020
Portland, OR—August 10, 2020—The Emery Rail Heritage Trust and the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association (PRPA) are pleased to announce the award of a special mid-year grant of $35,000 to complete the boiler inspection and repair for the 4-8-4 SP&S 700. The grant allows the PRPA to come close to reaching its fundraising goals for the […]
Steve And Mona’s Wedding Reception
February 19, 2020
Steve Sedaker (the President of the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association) and Mona Nichols (one of our crew members) held their wedding reception at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center last weekend. Steve and Mona had met in January 2018 while riding on the Empire Builder train. A few months later, they made a trip together taking […]
Flue Tube Annealing
February 15, 2020
We had an excellent beginning to a collaborative work plan for flue tube installation on the SP&S 700! Members of our crew met up with some of the crew members of the SP 4449 at 9:30am to create plans for the day. We started with taking delivery of the large flue tubes from CH Murphy […]
Flue Tube Installation Prep Has Begun
February 14, 2020
A lot is happening at the engine house this week and it is quite exciting. The crew is setting up and staging everything to begin installing the flue tubes. This includes cleaning the front flue sheet as shown here in this photo by Mark Siegel. The scaffold is being set up, tubes are being delivered […]
Portland Winter Light Festival 2020
February 5, 2020
This FREE event has new light displays each year. I can’t wait to see what they do to the SP&S 700 this week. Come on down and bring the family. Oregon Rail Heritage Center February 6th, through February 8th 6pm-11pm https://www.pdxwlf.com/about