Doyle L. McCormack is a railroad preservationist, and is well-known among the railfan

Railfan

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 community.

McCormack is a retired Union Pacific

Union Pacific Railroad

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 locomotive engineer who is now the president of the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation

Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation

The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Composed of several all-volunteer groups dedicated to maintaining vintage railroad equipment, the ORHF is committed "to secure a permanent home for the City of Portland’s steam...

, an organization working to build a permanent home for the steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland

Portland, Oregon

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. McCormack is known for his work on the restoration and operation of Southern Pacific 4449

Southern Pacific 4449

Southern Pacific 4449 is the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad's GS-4 class of steam locomotives. The GS-4 is a streamlined 4-8-4 type steam locomotive...

, Delaware & Hudson ALCO PA

ALCO PA

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 18, as well as other noted vintage steam and diesel-electric locomotives.

He first came to Portland in 1974, from Ohio, to help restore SP 4449 to operating condition for use as the American Freedom Train

American Freedom Train

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 during the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations

United States Bicentennial

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 in 1975-76, and he resettled in Portland in 1978.

Although mainly involved with full-size locomotives, in 1982 McCormack helped restore the Washington Park & Zoo Railway's 5/8-scale steam locomotive, No. 1, the Oregon, to operating condition by fabricating a new solid-steel frame to replace the 1959 locomotive's original frame, which had repeatedly broken.

He is probably best recognized from his cameo appearance in the 1986 film, Tough Guys

Tough Guys

Tough Guys is a 1986 comedy starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach and Dana Carvey. It was directed by Jeff Kanew.Lancaster and Douglas made several films together, including I Walk Alone , Gunfight at the O.K. Corral , The Devil's Disciple , and Seven Days in May , becoming something...

, as the engineer of the steam locomotive hijacked by the Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

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 and Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

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characters.