1993 X2000-2 Demonstrator Trainset Visits Oregon/Washington

This second of two videos chronicle almost all the video I shot of the train while it was here. Only the Antennas of the train are on another video on my channel.

For the western tour of the X2000 it is led/pushed by F40's 376, 281, and baggage/tool car 1241. The train, from the state owned railways of Sweden (Statens Järnvägar), consisted of locomotive 2013(X2), Coach 2719 (UA2G), First Class Buffet (Bistro) 2609 (UAR2G), Coach 2810 (UA2), and Cab Car 2511 (UA2X).

This video begins July 6th with a northbound roll-by at Ridgefield South crossovers in main two. I wanted to find a place that was quiet, and where I knew the train set would be pushed. I was happy the engineer blew the horn so I could hear the native X2000 horn. Funny note, to date of this video launch, the three times I have been to Sweden, I still have NOT heard an X2000 horn while there, I have only heard it here in the US! The train was headed north and had made one other round trip between Portland and Seattle.

The next day at MP 119 on the BN (BNSF) main, the train set rolls south on main two at the Lewis River (ex-draw) bridge.

Next, the train set arrives back in Portland and was scheduled to have some maintenance performed. The adapt-a-coupler spring support was removed and repaired, as well as one of the four automatic retracting mirrors. The Mount Rainer Amtrak train from Seattle arrives while repairs take place.

The last day for the X2000 in Portland, the train was taken on the BN main north to North Portland Junction, interchanged with the UP, and taken eastbound on the Kenton main to Troutdale. There the train set traveled west in push mode. We see the train cross the old, and now replaced 238th crossing on the Graham Main. Make sure to look at the rear F40...anything look out of the ordinary as the train goes away from the camera? :)

Finally, the train reaches East Portland Junction. The train was taken towards Albina yard just enough to clear the switches, and then head south on the SP main to Sacramento. My final departing shot is near the old Betts Crossing in Clackamas, just north of Oregon City. I give my send off to the X2000 with a nice sounding hot box detector with the famous "SP Lady".

Add &fmt=18 to the address to watch in high quality :)

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• Statens
• Järnvägar
• ABB
• Amtrak
• Demo
• BN
• BNSF
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• Oregon
• Union
• Station
• Test
• Vancouver
• Washington
• Tour
• Tilting
• Pantograph
• F40
• Superliner
• 2013
• 2719
• 2609
• 2810
• 2511
• Cabcar
• UA2G
• UAR2
• UA2X
• Gullviks
• Ridgefield
• UP
• SP
• Lady
• Kenton
• Graham
• Albina
• Hot
• Box
• Detector
• Clackamas

[kjrehberg]

No doubt the dead-in-tow X2000 was gathering test data on all this bad track.

[mrksvideos]

@kjrehberg *snicker* Well, I DID talk to the Gullviks technicians for about 10 minutes and they did mention that the track here was 'different', bordering on awful compared to what the X2000's run on back in Sweden.

[mdamttc199]

What's the weird thing about the trailing F40? Is it because there's no marker or headlight displayed? I'm not sure what the rule is for signifying the end of a train out there.

[mrksvideos]

Good observation! Due to the fact that I was using the 'high speed shutter' on the camera, the frame rate was out of synch with the strobe lights. If you look at 0:25 you will see just one flash of the F40's red emergency marker light located between the number boards. In both videos where the F40's are pushing, this is the only time in the video you see it flash, but it was operating all the time the locos were in push mode.

[sweJN]

@kjrehberg E de ett Svensk tåg eller Amerikansk?

[mark10788]

Oregon is where i was born and live and now lives at oregon!

[penguinmaster7]

i wish we had kept them...

[jslasher1]

The X2000 was later trailed in Australia between Sydney and Canberra. An XPT loco was used to pull/push the train. The trail was a dismal failure on account of the poor infrastructure of the track and the curvature of the line. It was, however, a very comfortable train.

[trainfanNL]

X2000 as front drive, these locomotives driving through a control cable from the X2000?

[lunkan93]

Nice.... I love this Swedish X2000 train...

[lunkan93]

@hornetpalooza yes... just one :P

[kjrehberg]

@mrksvideos Yeah, people like to say that we are a third-world country when it comes to passenger trains, but third-world countries have better passenger trains than we do.