Seattle Transit was still trying to abandon trolley coach operation in 1965 and so I thought that I could afford a day trip from Portland to have a look around (Portland's trolley coach operation ended abruptly in 1958). I was on the UP Pool Trains 457/458, which provided a routinely good service.
Train 457 ready for boarding. The through Oakland > Seattle sleeper, formerly an SP Sunset car, has already been attached from SP Train 12, the Cascade.
Interior of typical UP coach, probably one of the heavyweights that UP rebuilt to look streamlined for the City of St. Louis.
Walked through Pioneer Square skid road area to a downtown dominated by the Smith Tower. Bus was a Metropolitan Lines suburban service. This was before Metro Transit.
Even tho the system had been cut in half, there was still lots of trolley action.
Note the policeman waiting for the pedestrians crossing late on the signal.
Time enough to go for a ride before the 5:00 p.m. PST (6:00 p.m. PDT) departure from Union Station.
Transit inspector working the downtown timepoints waits to cross with the light.
Train 458 back to Portland carried a lounge car, dining car, coaches, and a baggage car. In its 4'15" trip, it would make five full stops and up to five conditional stops. Three of the conditional stops were at UP stations that only offered southbound service.
After discontinuance of SP Train 19, the Klamath, its most important connections were from the midday GN International and to the Portland Rose. On another evening, Train 458 will pull into Portland for a cross-platform transfer to Train 18.
Train 457 ready for boarding. The through Oakland > Seattle sleeper, formerly an SP Sunset car, has already been attached from SP Train 12, the Cascade.
Interior of typical UP coach, probably one of the heavyweights that UP rebuilt to look streamlined for the City of St. Louis.
Walked through Pioneer Square skid road area to a downtown dominated by the Smith Tower. Bus was a Metropolitan Lines suburban service. This was before Metro Transit.
Even tho the system had been cut in half, there was still lots of trolley action.
Note the policeman waiting for the pedestrians crossing late on the signal.
Time enough to go for a ride before the 5:00 p.m. PST (6:00 p.m. PDT) departure from Union Station.
Transit inspector working the downtown timepoints waits to cross with the light.
Train 458 back to Portland carried a lounge car, dining car, coaches, and a baggage car. In its 4'15" trip, it would make five full stops and up to five conditional stops. Three of the conditional stops were at UP stations that only offered southbound service.
After discontinuance of SP Train 19, the Klamath, its most important connections were from the midday GN International and to the Portland Rose. On another evening, Train 458 will pull into Portland for a cross-platform transfer to Train 18.
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