The following was just posted on the Altamont Press Newsline site--is this an outing for 4449? She'd be perfect for it in her current AFT paint scheme. Hmm, how about a nationwide tour??? (I know, I'm dreamin') But what "435-ton steam locomotive" is going to do it?
S'
David Dewey

Artrain: Group plans events, looks for additional sponsors

A national art gallery on steel wheels will make its only Oregon appearance, in Hillsboro in late June, pulled into town by a historic 435-ton steam locomotive.

Artrain USA will bring to town an exhibit called "Artistry of Space," featuring work by Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell, Peter Max and Robert Rauschenberg. The exhibit is NASA's collection and includes 78 pieces from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Hillsboro will be the only stop between Wishram, Wash., and Sacramento, Calif., on the exhibit's Western tour.

"It feels like a coup," said Barbara Hanson, president of Hillsboro Community Arts and a member of the committee hosting the visit. Hanson heard about the exhibit and lobbied to make Hillsboro a stop.

The committee also hopes to get astronaut Alan Bean, the lunar module pilot of Apollo 12 and the fourth man to walk on the moon, as a keynote speaker and presenter the first weekend of the exhibit. Bean also is an artist who paints space scenes.

June 29 to July 4 The exhibit will arrive on the Portland & Western Railroad tracks on June 28. It will be open from June 29 through July 4 on the tracks on Southwest Washington Street west of Adams Avenue, next to the Washington County Jail. - David R Anderson, The Oregonian courtesy of Brandon Thompson




djdewey@cncnet.com

Art Train is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan

It's the only moving art museum in the country --

I don't think it's every been pulled by steam, using the RR's move it by diesel gratis.

This exhibit is well worth seeing if you're in the area -- (or if it comes to your area)

I think a complete schedule is on their website

URL is:

http://www.diamondbullet.com/Artrain/.

Bob H

Heavenrich@yahoo.com

According to the Friends of 4449 web page (link below):

"Locomotive Weight: 475,000 lb. Locomotive & Tender Weight: 865,758 lb"

Using my calculator, that comes out to around 432 tons.

Roll on 4449!

Regards,
Burlington John

(photo was taken by me on March 22nd at the Brooklyn Rounhouse in Portland)

Official 4449 Web Page

cbqjohn@msn.com

Has the Artrain ever been pulled by steam before?

Hmmmmm.....

Smokebox

Well, I can't say for sure about "pulled" by steam, though it has encountered steam. I am sure of a meeting with a hot PM #1225 and the train did spend a week at Steamtown in steam season.

Anywhere else?

Rob

trains@robertjohndavis.com

Does any one out there have pics of the Artrain?

Smokebox

> Does any one out there have pics of the
> Artrain?

> Smokebox

To answer the original question, yes! I was the one that sent in the article to Railroad news. I am not sure why the article got cut short when they put it up. Here is the important segment that was left out.

June 29 to July 4 The exhibit will arrive on the Portland & Western Railroad tracks on June 28. It will be open from June 29 through July 4 on the tracks on Southwest Washington Street west of Adams Avenue, next to the Washington County Jail.

The five cars of Artrain will be pulled into Hillsboro by Southern Pacific locomotive No. 4449. Built in 1941, No. 4449 spent most of its working life on Southern Pacific's Coast Daylight passenger run in California before it was retired in 1957. It was donated to Portland in 1958 and restored in 1974 to pull the American Freedom Train during the U.S. Bicentennial. The locomotive will remain with Artrain for the length of the show.

Three-year circuit Artrain was founded in 1971 by the Michigan Council for the Arts, based in Ann Arbor. The mission of the nonprofit is to enrich lives and build communities through the arts. The train gets a new exhibit about every three years, the time it takes to make it around the country.

Brandon



bhthompson@earthlink.net

What scheme will she be painted in, a Monet , Van Gogh , Picaso inspired job. Just had to go there first!

L L W 7817

I heard there is a Nickel Plate inspired scheme that may be applied. It uses much of the blue that is already in place, so it will be pretty easy.

Yeh ! And in that fantasy 25717 has an E Diamond on it. I was just thinking of an interpretive Monet " Water Lilies" theme. You know, suck in the art crowd to preserve and fund this funtional sculpture idea. Then again , Nickel Plate Rules, SuuWeeeet!

L L W 7817

BTW

Artrain's correct URL is below , Smoke !

It is http://www.artrainusa.com/

L L W 7817e

http://www.artrainusa.com/

> What scheme will she be painted in,

Black. Artsy Fartsy folk prefer the mono-drab individualistic uniform that re affirms their totally bizarre sameness. Black top. Black slacks. Capuccino. Ciao!

Nice to know that steam locomotives have been "cool" before black paint was "in".

staybolt@bellsouth.net