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The SP&S 700 leads the ORHF Holiday Express in Portland, OR on Saturday, Dec 5, 2009. The extreme cold weather produced beautiful vapor plumes while running along the partially frozen Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge pond.
I was out for the day & found this train sitting on the main line & a nicely painted warbonnet in perfect sun is always a welcome sight!
Canon 30D/24-105L IS Lens
The SP&S 700 (4-8-4) pulling up to the BNSF Christmas Party in Vancouver, WA today. Lots of happy children and families were present, as were a lot of happy (and very cold) railfans!
I was so choked up by the 700's impressive approach (the crew really put on a GREAT show) that words...
This EMU is JR series 700, manufactured since 1999, top operational speed is 285Km/H (177mph). JR Central and West operates Super express HIKARI and NOZOMI in JR Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen line bound for Shin-osaka or Hakata from Tokyo.
Spokane, Portland & Seattle 4-8-4 No.700 is on home rails as it emerges from the Cape Horn Tunnel in the Columbia River Gorge on BNSF rails. SP 4-8-4 No.4449 is also on this train, run for the 2005 NRHS Convention.
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