Gallery
A Nostalgic Look at the Brooklyn Roundhouse
History
- 1870s - First presence of Oregon and California RR at Brooklyn.
- 1912 - Southern Pacific builds "old" roundhouse with 12 stalls.
- 1948 - The four-stall roundhouse "annex" is built.
- 1956 - Old roundhouse taken out of service
- 1959 - Old roundhouse and backshop (locomotive repair shop) razed.
Photos
Photo montage by Art Burkhalter.
OR&N 197, SP&S 700, and SP 4449 at back of roundhouse, Oct 2002.
Photo by Terry Thompson.
Snow at Brooklyn Jan 2004. Photo by Terry Thompson.
Washing the 700 Dec 2004. Photo by Terry Thompson.
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (sorry,couldn't pass it up) tells of a protagonist who thrives in adverse circumstances, which seems to be this tree's story as well. It's just east of the ice house and appears to be a Paulownia or Empress tree notable for extremely large leaves (which haven't arrived yet in this springtime photo). April 2005. Photo by Terry Thompson.
Night photo shoot for NRHS convention July 2005. Both the SP 4449 and SP&S 700 were fired up; at this moment it was the 700's turn to be photographed on the turntable. The person directing the shoot tells photographers when to open their shutters, then assistants "paint" the locomotive with light from handheld flashes. Photo by Terry Thompson.
SP 4449 and SP&S 700 steamed up for NRHS convention roundhouse tours July 2005.
Photo by Terry Thompson.
UP mothball fleet in the Great Recession Jan 2009. This lineup of maybe 30 or 40 locomotives went past the roundhouse well beyond Holgate Viaduct in the distance. Photo by Terry Thompson.
Door hinge at Brooklyn roundhouse. Photo by Terry Thompson.
Spare tires for SP 4449 drivers are 80 inches in diameter. Years of subsequent rain have washed
it off, but at one time it bore the legend in soapstone "INFLATE TO 10,000 PSI".
Photo by Art Burkhalter.
These were guides for helping wheelsets make 90 degree turns when moving between roundhouse and backshop. Photo by Terry Thompson.
Photo by Art Burkhalter