National Railways of Mexico 4-8-4 No. 3038, QR-1 clals, sltl on dllplay In Chapultepec eark, Mexico City, in '74. WATER BUFFALO 846 was one ofthe rare r inhabitants of Pine Vall ey. Built in Roan~ke as N&W20c this 4-8-2 spe nt World War II as RF&P 520 and came to the W&LE as 6806 in June 1948. It wa )ringing a " pulle r" through Ade na in May 1953, onl y six months be fore it would be re tired . 0~ ~ 4-6-2. \ \ \ ~ __ I· . " ' . . '. \ - -- . ---~-- Engine 167 ready to pull out with "The White Train," which operated over the New York & New England (later New Haven) between Boston and New York. In the 1890's this was the most luxurious varnish string in the country and ran on a schedule of 5 hours, 40 minutes through the New England countryside. Because the cars were white it was generally known as "The Ghost Train." (Courtesy New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company) York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, with its over two thousand miles of rails stretching through Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massa chusetts. A clean-cut little 4-4-0 built by ALCO in 1896 stopped at Merwinsville on a warm fall day in 1897. With steam spewing from the pop-valve, the fireman keeps his eye peeled for the highball signal. Note semaphore in front of station. Top of water tank may be seen on far side of the train. (Courtesy New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company) with money, for it was April 1834 when the first little locomotive pulled its dinky coaches over the seven miles between Boston and Newton. Probably encouraged by having a railroad in operation, the management went to work in earnest and by the <;:nrnrnpr nf thp. np.xt vp.~r h~C! it~ r~i1." extp.nC!in~ into topped "proper Bostonian," was not entirely pleased with his trip over the line on July 22, 1835, when he recorded in part, "This morning . . . I took passage on a railroad car to Providence. . . . Other cars were attached to the locomotive, and uglier boxes I do not wish to travel in ... made to stow away some thirty human beings, who sit cheek by jowl as best they can. The poor fellows ... squeezed me into a corner, while the hot sun drew from their garments ... smells made up of salt fish, tar and rnnhccpe R" !'Inc! hv .. welve hp.~min~ f~r.torv • - . , · ,M" .... ,. 41 \ •. . , WEAJUNG NICKEL PLATE LETTERING but retai ni ng he r W&LE n;,mbe r, 2-6-6-2 8003 shows ofTh e rclass ic US RA fi gure in this 1950 broadside in the Pine Valley e ngin e te rminal. In January 1951 she became NKP 942 and continued to work coal trains out of Pine Vall ey until March 21,1953. ,1 R . H . Kindig. IN FULL STRIDE: the diesel w. R. M C GEE braved the cold of November 13, 1940, for this splendid shot of Northern Pacific First 1, the N orth Coast Limited, with 4-8-4's on 1.8 per cent grade 8Yz miles west of Livingston, Mont. .. w . R. McGee . Wiley M. Brya n . WILEY M. BRYAN'S portrait of Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 4-6-2 307 at Acca terminal in Richmond, Va., exemplifies the orthodox 3/4-angle, rods-down approach to engine photography of 1940. W. H. N . ROSSITE R takes us to Canadian National's Spadina roundhouse in Toronto, Ont., on a rainy afte rnoon in September 1940. On the ready track is K-5 Hudson 5702. In a half hour or so the polished 4·6-4 will be pounding toward Montreal on fast (333.8 miles in 330 minutes) pool train No.6, the Inter-City Limited . Six·coupled switche r 7440 looks over her big sister, conceivably piqued at an iron fate w hich ordained that 0-6-0's would ever r e main within yard limits and 4-6-4's on high iron. TRAINS 61 THE STEAM ERA officially came to an end at 11:00 a.m. on December 3,1980, when Peter W. Dillon (right) closed the valve to kill the fire on 0-8-0 No. 73 of the Northwestern Steel & Wire Co. in Sterling, Ill. Leased C&NW diesels were already working NSW on Nov. 8 (below) and Nov. 21 (above). N- c.- 100d Colony 203, the Isaiah Hoyt, Rhode Island built in 1882, later New H~a~v~en~19~17~. _____ _ WEST SCIO (ORR-SP) The Oregonian Railway Company, Ltd., when laying narrow gauge track from Silver,ton to Coburg, missed the small town of Scio. The line, instead, was built two miles west through a point that became known as West Scio. Scio's townspeople were disappointed that they were not given a railroad into their community. Finally, with the help of some of Sp's track men, they con structed their own railroad from Scio to West Scio. They leased "Old Betsy" from the SP for motive power. She was one of three engines built by the Vulcan Iron Works of San Francisco in 1862, and had been used to complete the first twenty miles of track from East Port land to Parrott Creek for Ben Holladay's Oregon & California Railroad. Passengers desiring to make a connec tion with the train at West Scio would ride over on a Hat car pulled by "Old Betsy." It was a nice arrangement, but the state inspectors and the regulatory advisors finally forced Scio to abandon the line in 1904. "Old Betsy" was re turned to her owners for scrapping. po :~ /'>" r A\... C.r::.N I A. 4--4-6 - , .. ." L... . I. An OREGON PACIFIC & EASTERN train prepares to leave Village Green for a trip over the ill ¥=-I WILLAMINA & GRAND RONDE RAILWAY COMPANY changed hands, the new compan ·enaming it LONGVIEW, PORTLAND & NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. Shown above is on of the early steam engines now replaced by diesel. Oregonian Railway No.7 in 1887. The group of four located beside the cab and in front of the tender are, left to right: Conductor Bob Clark; N. L. "Tack" Butler, Dallas attorney; Si Bennett brakeman; Sam Sconlon, engineer, Dallas, Oregon. , .- j \ " \ ·;~~~~~jjL~~~~~::::~:~~:. ;';h~U~nion Pacific Depot ~ La Grande's present station, t e pn; 1IOR:ct!'tO o"r;t1o~ ;'4 , 1,""1''1"&),,\ , "'''"ltt AN Y 4.. l Oll, The Great Northern Railway ROUTIl OF HIll FAVORITE TRAIN Through From the Coast to Chicago Ever y Day in the Year. FULL MODER N EQUIPMENT C4ttll'll"ImU>I Ohw,.. . tM:.n Can. Oill;II' Cani (s.,.,..;.., :\I ... " • L I c.n.), Stand.rd .ad Taun" SlttJ!C," 0.)' c.:-hu 'are ORIENTAL LIMITED Electric Lighted, V acu urn Cleaned N ..... 8!.Itlclm. lor til. M .... A"c~ Tc .. fur lhe I .. don Leave Portland 7::10 P. M . Daily- Arrive ChicJ~o 72 H ours Later THERE IS NO BETTER SERVICE T WO OTHER GOOD TRAINS The Oregonian -"HK~~., :-,,', PAI 1L. MINNEAl'Ol.lS AND t'OlNTS UST T he Southeast Express IIOK SroK.\NF~ c;~p \ T ""1.1.5. IU:I, ENA .• n JlTE. a ll. LINGS. 1lt::~VFK. OMA II.\ . :n. Jo t! A. ... O UN"SAS t.'lTY A ll Trains From North Bank Station Ele\,enth and Hoyt Strecu COAST LINE SE HVI CE 3--Trains Daily--3 fOR cil ... ·, .... ntAIJ,\ . Cll t-HAUS, 'fAU>~t.\,~" \III " , I \ I KI I I, 81!LI.lNGllA~l. N EW WE:fDII -':!