This yard is the main interchange between the Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, and the Southern Pacific railroads. Also, the BN's intermodal loading and unloading takes place there, and it is the point of origin for cars built by Gunderson. The Portland Terminal Railroad also serves the Union station. There was a lot of activity to watch there, and everyone enjoyed the morning. On that tour, I met Peter and Yvette Atkinson from the Isle of Man, and Graham Morfoot from Spalding, England and gave them the address of The Train Shop in Santa Clara, California, which might be able to help them mail order things for their U.S. prototype railroads.
People are so friendly here.
When I returned to the hotel, I found that Barb had discovered a couch in the middle of the lobby that gave her leg just the right support. It became known as Barbara's couch, and her friends all stopped by to say hello. Regrettably, she decided that the tours would be too hard on her knee, and we turned in all of her ribbons and our dinner train tickets. While lounging on her couch, Barbara had made a date for us to have dinner with PCR trustee Bill Scott, Long Beach Convention Chairman Wil Seaver et al at the Crossing, a railroad theme restaurant across the river in Vancouver, Washington. Monday afternoon, I hung around the convention.