Council Crest Line - Part 2

Photos by Pdxrailtransit


The Council Crest line lives on in the form of the Portland Vintage Trolley (Website.) The replica Brill cars no longer run on their old Lloyd Center route due to increased LRV traffic on the Steel Bridge with the addition of the Yellow and Green Max lines. The cars run on Sundays on the new transit mall on Fifth and Sixth Avenues, also known as the "shadow" Union Station Loop route.

Take a Trip to Council Crest - Part 1

TriMet Line 51, Council Crest

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

It is 61 years to late to catch the narrow gauge trolley car to Council Crest, but taking a ride on the nearest bus equivalent is worthwhile, even if your bus does break down, and you have to walk all the way back to Goose Hollow, as happened to me!

Casey at the Bat

 

  

All photos by Pdxrailtransit

Rossisle - One Handsome Tugboat

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

Ross Island Sand and Gravel's Tug Rossisle, takes an empty barge back to the pit.

Doin's on the River

A skiff carries contractors on an inspection tour of the Zidell Brownfield Cleanup site.

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

Zidell Brownfield Cleanup Project

The third big project going on, is the Zidell Brownfield Cleanup Project (Link) Years of contamination from shipbuilding and dismantling, including heavy metals and asbestos, is being removed (Link.) This project has resulted in a substantial increase in river traffic, with towboats and barges coming and going with loads of gravel. A 5mph wake zone for recreational boaters has been established, and the channel has white buoy markers to keep boaters away from the barges and cranes. 

Photos by Pdxrailtransit

TriMet Milwaukie Light Rail - Willamette River Bridge

Photos by Pdxrailtransit

The second big project, is the construction of the new Willamette River crossing for the new MAX line to downtown Milwaukie. Seen above are photos of the approaches. Top photo is on the East bank, some of the PNWNRHS passenger car collection can be seen in the background at East Portland. The bottom photo shows the West bank, with the pillars of the I-5 Marquam Bridge in the background.

SW Moody Street Project

Below is a rendering of the SW Moody St. project as completed.

From http://swmoodyproject.com/concept-plans/


Plans and profiles can be found here:


 http://swmoodyproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/PDX26-WEBSITE-PLAN-PROFILE-5-10-2011.pdf


http://swmoodyproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/PDX26-swmoodyproject_2A-2_5-10-2011.pdf

Big Doin's on Portland's South Waterfront

Currently there are three major construction projects going on concurrently at Portland, Oregon's South Waterfront. The first, shown below, is the S.W. Moody Street Project (link.) Concrete is being poured, and girder rail is being installed, as can be seen in the photos below.

All photos by Pdxrailtransit.

The Vertical Curve - 18th. St. Goose Hollow

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TriMet's Westside line uses S.W. 18th. St. to jog to the south from the Morrison/Yamhill alignment to reach Jefferson Street  and the Robertson Tunnel. This route takes the line over a nice vertical curve on the lower slope of Kings Hill. 

Bug Zapper - Sorry, I can never resist a pun.

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A Real Tesla - In Portland !

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Electric Vehicle Celebration Day 2011 - Pioneer Square - Portland, Oregon

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

Pioneer Square is hosting today an Electric Vehicle Celebration Day, with many types of electric and hybrid vehicles on display. Pdxrailtransit attended the event, and presents these photos.

 http://www.oeva.org/events/awareness2011/Flyer1.pdf

Portland Vintage Trolley

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

Pdxrailtransit has Moved to Google Blogger !

For those of you who have been following me on my Wordpress blog, I would like to announce that I am moving to Blogger. This move will hopefully give the reader a better blog experience.

Pdxrailtransit  July, 7, 2011