Brooklyn Hospital Train

[Portland, OR]

It's February 10th, 2011, and it's a big day down at the Brooklyn Roundhouse/yard. All the equipment outside of the roundhouse must be moved, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (along with a Union Pacific pilot) is here with their EMD SW1000 to move the historic rail equipment over to the new storage space in Northwest Portland.

After being four hours on the job, the switch crew finally gets the 'OK' to run light power over to Brooklyn yard with BNSF 3613 to grab this historic Hospital Train. The hospital train included DLMX 644 (EMD SDP40F), DLMX 231 (EMD F40PHR), Ice Lake passenger car, two ex-Shasta Daylight baggage cars, DLMX 866 (ALCO FA-1), the Clackamas River passenger car, and more.

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[otef434]

UP should charge them $10,000 per year for every car and loco with UP and SP deisgns/logos on them as license fees.

[4449steam]

@otef434 Charge ORHF? Why do you say that?

[AMH9217]

So, I assume there not enough money to build a new roundhouse quite yet isn't there? So everything for the most part is being stored over by Lake Yard? Do you guys know how long It will be stored there? Kinda sad, but better then being scraped!!!

[4449steam]

@AMH9217 The building process for the new Roundhouse has begun. Groundbreaking was on the 21st. That equipment was moved to NW Portland because there was not enough room for it at Brooklyn anymore, as some track removal and yard clean up had started. There also is no current room for this equipment at the new roundhouse.

[GintaPPE1000]

Dude the FA-1 was made by ALCO!

[4449steam]

@GintaPPE1000 HOW COULD I HAVE REPLACED ALCO WITH EMD?! >< There are too many EMDs running around.

[otef434]

@AMH9217 I am so shocked that out of over 10,000 words, that is all you can muster. I bet you know how to better express yourself.

[Polybun]

@AMH9217 The difference is, crew error on a diesel electric doesn't level 2 or 3 city blocks in the blast.

[AMH9217]

@Polybun Like you said, "...crew error..." it can happen with anything besides a steam engine. :)

[Polybun]

@AMH9217 The problem is they don't normally fail due to over pressure, they fail due to crew error.  All you have to do is run the boiler low on water, which can happen for any number of reasons, including false readings at sight glass, and kaboom. One mistake on the crews part and hundreds can die if that thing lets go in a populated area. Sounds like you are the one that needs an education.

[AMH9217]

@AMH9217 Correction* ( ANYTHING can spontaneously explode when...)

[AMH9217]

@Polybun The fact of the matter is LOGIC. :) So, lets be straight here shall we? If a boiler can explode, (due too high pressure, or safty valves don't give, ect) so can a diesel locomotive. A SD40-2, GP38-2, a Dash 9, a SD70MAC, a ES44AC, even a SD70ACe. ANYTHING can be spontaneously explode when you look at the big picture. So, once again, PLEASE, I ask of you to not comment on these types of things until you become MORE educated in these areas. :)

[Polybun]

@AMH9217 The fact is all it takes is a few errors on the crews part and that boiler will go off like a bomb no matter how good the inspection is. It's the inevitable fate of all steam equipment. One day, sooner or later, the crown sheet will come uncovered and kaboom, people will die.

[AMH9217]

@Polybun I honestly don't mind if you ask me. :) It's nothing more then some letters that make up a sound. It makes no sense to charge a (non-profit) organization for a name on the side of a box car on display 95-99.9% of the time. And there are (trained) engineers out there who know boilers. They won't (PASS) a boiler test if its not safe for operations. I don't know how much you know about trains and there equipment, but for starts, you shouldn't comment on something YOUR not educated in. :)

[Polybun]

@AMH9217 Well how about I use your name, for free, and slap it on some old obsolete piece of crap? That thing is a joke compared to modern machines and shouldn't even be allowed on the rail. I wonder if the people are aware that if that boiler lets go in their naiborhood it'll level. it.

[AMH9217]

@AMH9217 Or for the new construction to the round house???