The Scandia Limited - August 10, 1969

Ex Canadian Pacific Mountain Obs 598 on the Scandia Limited, at Junction City, Oregon - August 10, 1969

You can't go to a bargain matinee at the movies for $6.95 anymore.

Note the alternate Skandia spelling.

Scandia Limited trip notes.

25 minutes off of the carded time out of Salem , but only 15 minutes late into Jct. City  on the trip down.

Crossing the Willamette River near Harrisburg, Oregon

I got the chance to ride this excursion twice, in 1968, and 1969. I was living in Corvallis then, and boarded both times at Salem, so the scenic delights of Cornelius Pass were not experienced, but a very good time was had on both trips. I have some Kodacolor prints that I will post when I find them. I felt then, and still do, that I was a very lucky lad to have rode two thirds of Canadian Pacific's Mountain Observation fleet, the other being the Pacific Railroad Society's 599. The Scandinavian Festival at Junction City, Oregon still goes on to this day, sans excursion trains.