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The rebuilding lengthened the train to 455 feet (139 m) and seven cars. The power car had 12 ft (3.7 m) added to accommodate a 1,200 hp (890 kW) V16 Winton diesel engine. The RPO/baggage car was lengthened by eight feet (2.4 m) to take a steam generator for train heating, and was followed by an added diner/lounge car.
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The Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001 [4] and serves areas surrounding downtown Portland. The 3.9-mile (6.3 km) NS Line runs from Northwest Portland to the South Waterfront via Downtown and the Pearl District .
The City Repair Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon.Its focus is education and activism for community building. The organizational motto is "The City Repair Project is group of citizen activists creating public gathering places and helping others to creatively transform the places where they live."
The Portland Building, alternatively referenced as the Portland Municipal Services Building, is a 15-story municipal office building located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built at a cost of US$29 million, it opened in 1982 and was considered architecturally groundbreaking at the time.
North Lombard Transit Center: Portland: N Interstate and Lombard 2004 Oregon City Transit Center: Oregon City: 1035 Main St. 1991 [4] Parkrose/Sumner Transit Center: Portland: 9481 NE Sandy Blvd. 2001 Rose Quarter Transit Center (originally called Coliseum TC) Portland: 47 NE Holladay St. 1986 Sunset Transit Center: Beaverton: 10470 SW Barnes ...
Construction of the building was commissioned by the Neighbors of Woodcraft (NOW), a non-profit fraternal benefit society based in Oregon since 1905 and operating in several western states, [4] [5] for use as a national headquarters and clubhouse. [6] The building was completed in May 1929 and dedicated in June.
For almost 20 years before it became a transit center and MAX station, the site was already in use as a TriMet park-and-ride lot. TriMet's proposal to build the facility, with 288 spaces on a 3.6-acre (1.5 ha) lot, was approved by the Multnomah County Planning Commission in September 1983, [1] and the lot opened for use in summer 1984.