Turntable Rotates Steam Locomotive - Airailimages American Steam Locomotives - Rail Heritage Center

Here's Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway's 1938-vintage 4-8-4 Number 700 taking a turn on the Oregon Rail Heritage Center's newly installed turntable at its Portland museum site in May 2024. We are indebted to Don Keller of Air Depot for sharing his video from that day. This video is part of the Airailimages American Steam Locomotives series.
Built in 1924 for Portland's Brooklyn railyard, this turntable was vital for orienting large steam locomotives for placement in roundhouse stalls, or heading out to a train assignment. It is one of the few turntables left where the public can see its operation, since the museum relocated it.
The locomotive on the turntable is the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle passenger locomotive number 700, part of the museum's collection. Number 700 has operated on excursions in the Northwest, and may return to running status again.
Seen in operation are the museum's Union Pacific SW7 diesel switcher, later rebuilt and called an SW10, and the collection's EMD SW1000 from the BNSF.
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[@Scout4x]

Wow, they did a gret job of restoration on that 100 year old locomotive! It looks almost new!

[@ChiefAUS]

As a kid growing up in Idaho I remember getting on the UP train at Minidoka, Idaho and going to my grandmother's house in Illinois for Christmas. I have loved trains ever since.
Nice video that brought back many memories. Thanks.

[@airailimages]

Yes -- when passenger train travel was more accessible. Do you remember if it went up through Pocatello, or down to Ogden before heading east?

[@ChiefAUS]

@@airailimages I think it was Pocatello, but it was a loooong time ago.

[@alanwright7819]

Great video, despite the fact that there was no steam!
By the way, has the Southern Pacific GS-4 “Daylight” engine also been retired?
I miss seeing that thing! 🙁

[@8Nguy1948]

They used to have one of those in Bellevue Ohio. I don't know if it's still in operation or not .