My 1986 favorite adventures were an Amtrak trip to the Expo 86 World’s Fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with outings to photograph Norfolk & Western 611 and Louisville & Nashville 152.
In May my Amtrak trip to Vancouver included my only trip on the Pioneer from Salt Lake City to Seattle.
In Vancouver I met up with the late Bill Surdyk to attended Expo 86.
A highlight of the event was the grand steam parade on May 26. The huge crowd witnessed a parade of 17 operating steam locomotives.
As for N&W 611, it operated between Bellevue and Buffalo in August 1986.
During October L&N 152 ran excursions on the former Louisville & Nashville in Kentucky and Virginia.
Article and Photographs by Edward Ribinskas

BC Rail (Canadian Pacific) Royal Hudson 2860 is shown as part of the steam parade along with Virginia & Truckee 22.

N&W 611 crosses the Nickel Plate trestle over the Grand River in Painesville during a journey to Buffalo, New York, on Aug. 1, 1986.

L&N 152 is negotiating a switchback at Hagans, Virginia during a trip from Harlan, Kentucky, to Appalachia, Virginia, on October 11, 1986.
Tags: CP Royal Hudson 2860, Edward Ribinksas photographs, Expo 86, Grand River trestle, L&N No. 152, Louisville & Nashville No. 152, N&W 611, Norfolk & Western 611, Painesville Ohio, steam locomotives, Vancouver British Columbia
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