Portland’s Holiday Express and Rail Heritage Center.
Portland’s Holiday Express and Rail Heritage Center Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation Oregon Rail Heritage Center is open to public and admission is FREE. Donations are accepted with a no pressure donations bucket. Oregon Rail Heritage Center is the permanent home of SP 4449 the only class GS-4 steam locomotive of its kind and one sweet ride. Follow this link for SP 4449 specifications and use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_4449 This handsome 72 year old gigantic locomotive weighs in at 475,000 lbs and can exceed 80 mph. Indeed there is nothing small about this bad boy and you can see this locomotive in action along Oaks Bottom Spring Water Trail during the Holiday Express Runs. OK,,, yes I went there,,, and wow in a really big way. The trains are gigantic to say the…