The meeting will be held February 11th, 2017, at 10:00 am. ALL ARE WELCOME! Location: MULTNOMAH ARTS CENTER – Room 307688 SW Capitol HighwayPortland, Oregon
Annual Meeting Rescheduled
January 26, 2017
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Annual Meeting Cancelled – Inclement Weather
January 12, 2017
As those of you in the Pacific Northwest know, Portland got hammered in snow and ice this week. Once we learned that temps will not be rising to above freezing until next Monday, we felt it best that we cancel this Saturday morning’s Annual Meeting until such a time the roads are safer. We will […]
ANNUAL MEETING
January 10, 2017
DATE: CANCELLED TIME: CANCELLED WHERE: Multnomah Arts Center – Room 29 ADDRESS: 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR Updated to add – this meeting was cancelled and will be re-scheduled. We hope to see you there!
Flue Cutting
January 7, 2017
“Matt started notching the flues and tubes and cut a couple at the fire box end in preparation for being driven out. You notch the smoke box end to relieve the compression fit. This end is rolled which seals the tubes with a mechanical fit. The fire box ends are rolled and welded. So you […]
Flue Cleaning
December 21, 2016
The crew spent 8 hrs cleaning the boiler flues yesterday. They had to make a special tool to adapt the vacuum equipment to the locomotive. Both a professional vacuum service and the shop vac were used. It’s a dirty job – but someone’s got to do it. Our volunteers are awesome! MORE PHOTOS BY RANDY […]
Thank You, Al Baker!
December 19, 2016
We received a much appreciated and quite generous $20,000 Matching Grant Offer from Al Baker. Who is he and why does he want to help? Al Baker was born and raised in the railroading city of Altoona, Pennsylvania – a town in which over six thousand PRR locomotives were built and maintained. For Sunday afternoon […]
Thank you, Oregon State Parks and Recreation
December 12, 2016
The PRPA has been awarded a Preserving Oregon Grant by Oregon State Parks and Recreation! This grant is dedicated to building 18 (out 0f 51) superheater units. This fabricating the various bends, bifurcates and other components of a superheater unit, and then welding and assembling them, making them ready for installation. The grant award is […]
Thank You, BNSF Railway Foundation!
December 12, 2016
GREAT NEWS!!! The BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION just sent us a generous grant to assist us in the FRA mandated 15 year (1472) overhaul and inspection process! What a wonderful gift. It is through gifts like this (both big and small) that we are able to maintain this beautiful piece of history and to preserve it […]
Thank you, Tom E. Dailey Foundation
December 11, 2016
We are pleased to announce that the Tom E. Dailey Foundation has generously awarded $2500 toward the PRPA’s boiler restoration effort. The Dailey Foundation meets every quarter, and awards funds to worthy causes such as Parks and Gardens, Disadvantaged Youths, the Arts, Diversity and Railroad Heritage. For this quarter’s grant awards, the PRPA was awarded […]
2017 Membership Drive
December 7, 2016
‘Tis the season!!! All 2016 Annual Memberships end on December 31st. Now is the time to renew and if you aren’t a member yet, now is a great time to become one! Visit this page to renew your membership or to become a member: http://www.sps700.org/contribute.shtml