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Union Pacific 3203
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. 197 is a 4-6-2 "4-6-2, Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905 for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N). Since the OR&N was controlled by E.H. Harriman at the time, this locomotive bears a strong resemblance to Southern Pacific locomotives of the same era, since the Southern Pacific was another E.H. Harriman controlled railroad. It has been owned by the City of Portland, Oregon, Portland since 1958, and since mid-2012 it resides at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center where it can be viewed by the public. History Revenue service OR&N No. 197 was built in May 1905 for pulling passenger trains on E.H. Harriman's Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, a later subsidiary to the Union Pacific Railroad, in Oregon. The locomotive was first built as a Balanced Compound along with her four other classmates, those being No. 194, No. 195, and No. 196. No. 197 arrived from the builders just in time to celebrate t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Rail Heritage Center
The Oregon Rail Heritage Center (ORHC) is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon. Along with other rolling stock, the museum houses three steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland: Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700, Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700, and OR&N 197, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. 197, the first two of which are restored and operable. The center opened to the public on September 22, 2012. The project to establish the center was led by the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (ORHF), a non-profit organization, which was renamed from the Oregon Heritage Steam Foundation in 2002. The non-profit Oregon Steam Heritage Foundation was formed in 2000. The museum site is in Neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon#Southeast, Southeast Portland.ORHF Home page Retrieved September 28, 2012. Background [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
