Portland’s oldest MAX train retired after nearly 4 decades

(Portland Tribune) — It’s been 39 years and 2.2 million miles traveled for this TriMet MAX train. Now, it’s ready to roll into retirement.

TriMet is donating its Type 1 vehicle, the “101,” to the Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks, which will preserve the first MAX train car manufactured. It will join a large collection of electric trolleys and streetcars, and will stay in motion.

“As soon as the first Type 1 light rail vehicle started operation in 1986, we were making plans for the museum to acquire one upon retirement,” Greg Bonn, the museum’s former director and son of its founder, said in a statement.

A celebration on Tuesday, July 8, marked the pioneering train’s retirement.

The car will be transported later this month, TriMet said in a news release, giving it a new home about 38 miles south of Portland and keeping it in the Willamette  Valley. Other Portland vehicles there include cars from the Mt. Hood, Broadway, Council Crest and Portland interurban systems.

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