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| From the Cascade Rail Foundation Berntsen Collection |
If you'd like to see more wheel reports like this, visit the Cascade Rail Foundation Archive web site.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
5057 on the move - 35 years ago today
Thirty-five years ago today, on November 19, 1979, our Milwaukee Road 5057 was helping haul a train from Tacoma, WA to Bellingham, WA.
If you'd like to see more wheel reports like this, visit the Cascade Rail Foundation Archive web site.
If you'd like to see more wheel reports like this, visit the Cascade Rail Foundation Archive web site.
Departed!
We received a report this morning that the 5057 has departed Portola! It is en route to Roseville Yard near Sacramento right now on the first leg of its trip. Please photograph it if you can and share it with us!
UPDATE: The 5057 passed through Oroville, CA shortly after 11 AM this morning.
UPDATE: The 5057 passed through Oroville, CA shortly after 11 AM this morning.
Monday, November 17, 2014
5057 to Washington - 11/17/2014 update
We received a report this morning that the Union Pacific local train that serves Portola went through today without picking up the 5057.
The next opportunity for the 5057 to leave Portola is expected on Wednesday.
The next opportunity for the 5057 to leave Portola is expected on Wednesday.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Cleared to move!
This week the Union Pacific inspected the 5057 and cleared it to be moved! The 5057 will be returning to Washington for the first time in nearly 35
years. It left Washington on one of the last Milwaukee Road trains out
of the state in March 1980.
We do not know yet when it will move, but it could leave the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA as early as Monday, November 17. The Union Pacific train that serves Portola typically operates on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
After it leaves Portola, the Union Pacific will take the 5057 to its large Roseville Yard near Sacramento, CA. From there it will go on a train to Stockton, CA and be interchanged to the BNSF. BNSF will then haul it north via the Inside Gateway route through eastern Oregon, Pasco, WA and Spokane, WA, to be interchanged with the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad at Sandpoint, ID. The destination for this trip is the POVA shop on 'home' rails in Usk, WA. POVA operates the former Milwaukee Road branch to Metaline Falls, WA.
If you're able to see the 5057 traveling north, please take photos and send them to us if you can! Contact us through the Cascade Rail Foundation web site if you have photos you'd like to send us and we'll get in touch with you by email.
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Your support is needed!
Once the 5057 arrives at the POVA shop in Usk, WA, the restoration phase of the 5057 begins. A lot of work needs to be done before it gets a fresh coat of paint! Parts borrowed to prepare it to move need to be returned and/or replaced. Most significantly, extensive work needs to be done to the metal exterior of the locomotive. Rusted out metal needs to be patched or replaced. Many of the hood doors are warped and need to be straightened. We also plan to replace the bad traction motor on the locomotive with one we purchased with the 5057. Fundraising for this work is ongoing, so please donate if you can.
We do not know yet when it will move, but it could leave the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA as early as Monday, November 17. The Union Pacific train that serves Portola typically operates on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
After it leaves Portola, the Union Pacific will take the 5057 to its large Roseville Yard near Sacramento, CA. From there it will go on a train to Stockton, CA and be interchanged to the BNSF. BNSF will then haul it north via the Inside Gateway route through eastern Oregon, Pasco, WA and Spokane, WA, to be interchanged with the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad at Sandpoint, ID. The destination for this trip is the POVA shop on 'home' rails in Usk, WA. POVA operates the former Milwaukee Road branch to Metaline Falls, WA.
If you're able to see the 5057 traveling north, please take photos and send them to us if you can! Contact us through the Cascade Rail Foundation web site if you have photos you'd like to send us and we'll get in touch with you by email.
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Your support is needed!
Once the 5057 arrives at the POVA shop in Usk, WA, the restoration phase of the 5057 begins. A lot of work needs to be done before it gets a fresh coat of paint! Parts borrowed to prepare it to move need to be returned and/or replaced. Most significantly, extensive work needs to be done to the metal exterior of the locomotive. Rusted out metal needs to be patched or replaced. Many of the hood doors are warped and need to be straightened. We also plan to replace the bad traction motor on the locomotive with one we purchased with the 5057. Fundraising for this work is ongoing, so please donate if you can.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Ready to go?
We think we're finally ready to move the 5057 from Portola, CA to the Pend Oreille Valley (POVA) Railroad (POVA) shop in Usk, WA. But the opinion that really matters is that of the Union Pacific inspector. If the inspector says we're ready to go, we'll be on our way soon.
If all goes well, the 5057 will be heading west to Roseville Yard near Sacramento on the Union Pacific Canyon Local. From Roseville, it will go to the BNSF at Stockton. BNSF will bring it north through Bend and Pasco to Spokane, then on to the interchange with POVA. The locomotive is listed in Umler as POVA 5057, so those of you who can
track the movement of railroad equipment can follow the progress once it is underway.
The 5057 has a new set of shoes, black composite brake shoes borrowed for this trip from our friends at the Feather River Rail Society (FRRS). The brake shoes and a number of other borrowed parts will need to be removed, returned, and replaced after the 5057 arrives at the POVA shop. We are very grateful for the assistance that the "Willing People" at FRRS have provided to get the 5057 ready to move. They have deferred working on their own important projects to help us.
We will let everyone know once we are on the move. In the meantime, think positive thoughts about the 5057!
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| POVA (MILW) 5057 being set out for pick up in Portola, CA by the Union Pacific. Bob Sims photo. |
The 5057 has a new set of shoes, black composite brake shoes borrowed for this trip from our friends at the Feather River Rail Society (FRRS). The brake shoes and a number of other borrowed parts will need to be removed, returned, and replaced after the 5057 arrives at the POVA shop. We are very grateful for the assistance that the "Willing People" at FRRS have provided to get the 5057 ready to move. They have deferred working on their own important projects to help us.
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| New brake shoe on the 5057. Wayne Monger photo. |
We will let everyone know once we are on the move. In the meantime, think positive thoughts about the 5057!
Friday, September 12, 2014
Report: June 2014 work session in Portola, CA
We've added a report to the project web site describing what was done at the June 2014 work session at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA. You can read it here.
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| Volunteers David Elems and Wayne Monger with the 5057 |
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Lots of news coming...
We're too busy making news to post it right now, but we'll catch up when things settle down. In the meantime, enjoy this photo of our favorite U25B. This was taken in August 1971, back when the 5057 was the 5007, and we think it was at Othello, WA.
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