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Washington Park and Zoo Railway |
97221 Portland, OR, United States of America (USA) (Oregon ) |
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SW Zoo Parking Rd
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| Floor area | only roughly guessed: 10 000 m² / 107 639 ft² |
Museum typ
Mine- & Parc Railways
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Opening times
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Winter 10am - 4pm, grounds open until 5pm Spring 9am - 4pm, grounds open until 5pm Summer 9am to 6pm, grounds open until 7pm Fall 9am to 4pm, grounds open until 5pm; details see WWW |
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Status from 02/2013
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Zoo: Adults (12–64): $11.50; Seniors (65 and up): $10; Children (3–11): $8.50 Railway: full line $5.00; short "Zoo Loop" $3.50; Zoo admission is also required. |
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| Homepage | www.oregonzoo.org/visit/washington-park-and-zoo-railway | ||||||||
oregonzoo.org 
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| Description | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Washington Park and Zoo Railway is a narrow-gauge recreational railroad in Portland, Oregon's Washington Park. It has a track gauge of 30 inches (762 mm) and rolling stock built to 5/8 scale. It provides transportation between the Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Arboretum, International Rose Test Garden, and the World Forestry Center. The extended line is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long. There is also a 1-mile (1.6 km) loop within the zoo grounds. The railroad is operational year-round (except in January and part of February, when it is closed for required maintenance), but the extended line is used only on weekends in the spring and daily only in summer months. Special events occur during the Christmas holidays. The 35-40 minute round-trip Washington Park route runs on weekends from mid-April until Memorial Day and then daily through Labor Day. This run goes through the woods of Washington Park and the grounds of the Oregon Zoo. The Washington Park station is a short walk from the International Rose Test Garden and Portland Japanese Garden. The line includes a section of 4.5-percent grade. In the off-season, weather and business permitting, the 10-12 minute Zoo Loop trip runs. This run goes through the Oregon Zoo grounds only. The Washington Park trips that operate during spring and summer months also cover this section. The Zoo Loop is mostly a one-way loop, whereas the two-way 2-mile line through Washington Park is single-track but equipped with a few sidings to allow trains running in opposite directions to pass. This allows up to three trains to be in operation at once Rolling stockAs of 2010, Washington Park and Zoo Railway has three trains in normal operation: The Zooliner, 4-4-0 No. 1 Oregon (steam train) and Oregon Express. Two of them (the Zooliner and 4-4-0 No. 1, Oregon) are scale replicas of real trains. In addition, there are two small switcher locomotives that are used for non-passenger purposes. Most regular service, including all non-holiday weekday service, uses only the two diesel trains. The steam train operates on only a few weekends per year and for special events. In the 1980s, two of the three trains were equipped with wheelchair lifts to allow mobility-impaired persons to board the train, and in 2005 these lifts were upgraded so as to better accommodate heavier electric wheelchairs.The ZoolinerThe Zooliner is a 5/8-scale replica of the diesel-powered Aerotrain, which is famous for its unusual shape that was influenced by automobile designs of the period when it was built, considered futuristic at the time. The Zooliner was built in 1958. The Zooliner is powered by a 165 horsepower (123 kW) diesel engine with hydraulic transmission, which is WP&Z Railway locomotive No. 2. The brakes are pneumatic, the same as on its full-size namesake. The train includes four or five streamlined passenger coaches pulled by matching locomotive No. 2.4-4-0 No. 1, Oregon4-4-0 No. 1 Oregon is a 5/8-scale replica of a classic American 4-4-0 steam locomotive of the 19th century. It was built in 1959 by the Oregon Locomotive Works. It is a scale copy of the 4-4-0 locomotive, Reno, of Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad (built by Baldwin Locomotive in 1872). Unlike the original, No. 1 Oregon uses oil as a power source, but it is still a real steam locomotive. It weighs about 8 tonsOregon ExpressThe train now known as the Oregon Express is the only one that is not a copy of a real train. Its diesel locomotive is WP&Z No. 5. It was built in 1959 by Northwest Marine Iron Works/H. HirschbergerOther locomotivesLocomotives 3 and 6 are small industrial diesel locomotives, not normally used for passenger service. They are used for track maintenance and switching. |
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