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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., August 18, 1966, page 4

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TO BE GIVEN AT MARYHILL CEREMONY SEPT. 3

One of the last of the big steam locomotives to be given by a railroad for public display in the Northwest will be dedicated in a ceremony to be held at Maryhill, Saturday, Sept. 3, at 11 a.m.
In a public ceremony at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Maryhill Park, John J. Budd, president of the SP&S Railway, will hand over title to No. 2507 to Klickitat county, for its permanent display at the entrance to the park. It will be dedicated as a monument "to the days of steam locomotives and to the men who operated them."
U.S. Rep. Catherine May who was instrumental in securing the locomotive for this location will follow Mr. Budd as speaker of the day. On the platform also will be officers of the county and of the AP&S railway, plus a few outstanding pioneers of the area.
A picnic dinner will be held at the part immediately following the presentation (at approximately noon). Coffee and punch will be served by Goldendale Jaycees and the Jaycee Wives.
The locomotive was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at Eddystone, Pa., and was delivered to the Great Northern Railway, Nov. 2, 1923. One of 28 in its class, it was immediately placed in service on the GN's Oriental Limited, the deluxe train of its day. The operation proved a success and paved the way for the first of the luxury "Empire Builders" which became the company's top train in 1929.
These locomotives distinguished themselves in hauling the fast mail and celebrated "silk trains" of the early 20th century years.
No. 2507 is 102 feet long, and stands nearly 16 feet from rail to top of stack. It's combined weight (engine and tender) is 694,0650 pounds. Its drivers are 73 inches in diameter.
For the benefit of persons who wish to travel to this historic event by train, an excursion extra will run from the 10th and Hoyt Street terminal in Portland, leaving there at 7:30 a.m. (DST) for the trip up the scenic Columbia Gorge, to arrive at Maryhill at 10:15 a.m. It will depart for Portland at 3:00 p.m. arriving in time to connect with Northern Pacific's No. 407 for Seattle or other trains leaving Portland that afternoon.
For tickets on this excursion, write to Sunset Tours, 400 Beaverdam Road, Beaverton, Ore. 97005. Fare will be $5.50, children under 12 for half price.
Maryhill Park, a development of the Army Engineers on the pool of The Dalles dam, is immediately upstream from the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge across the Columbia on Highway 97 and may be reached readily from either U.S. Interstate Highway 80 on the Oregon Shore of the Columbia, or its parallel, U.S. 830 in Washington.
The Maryhill Museum of Fine Arts and the unique war memorial, Stonehenge, the John Day and The Dalles federal dams nearby, headline a long list of local points of interest to be seen on a trip to this historic event.