On a beautiful Spring morning, "Skookum", a 2-4-4-2 Mallet Baldwin steam locomotive built in 1909, is pulling a string of empty log-carrying wagons along Nehalem Bay, at the mouth of the... (more)

Into the hole at Wheeler. Clearing the line for an SP Freight, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" hauls her string of empty log bunks into the hole at Wheeler. The Sko... (more)

SKOOKUM, one of the most unique American steam locomotives gracing the rails of the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

Polson Logging Company's 2-8-2 No. 2 blows for the crossing just ahead of the station stop in Wheeler, OR.

Wheeler lies at the edge of the Pacific on Nehalem Bay roughly 85 miles west of Portl... (more)

Crew Portrait: Wheeler, OR - 10-18-18

This photograph features the crews of both the McCloud River Railroad and the Polson Logging Company captured at a meet in Wheeler, OR in the early p... (more)

Meet me in Wheeler. A gentleman in his Model T Ford pauses at a grade crossing in downtown Wheeler, OR, as Polson Logging Co. #2 passes by, in the process of doing some local switching.

This shot was pure luck. I was headed for the Portland airport but had enough time for a few pix before I left so I chased. A few miles back the 2 was in dense morning fog, but as I drove toward... (more)

A portrait of former McCloud River Railroad Prairie steam locomotive #25 captured at full speed at Fishery point near Wheeler, OR on a foggy October morning. A 1/15th pan shot. Photo charter on th... (more)

A portrait of Polson Logging Co. Mikado steam locomotive #2 crossing the wooden trestle at Fishery point near Wheeler, OR with a train bound for Salmonberry, OR. Photo charter on the Oregon Coast ... (more)

The morning fog is slowly disappearing, Polson Logging Co. Mikado steam locomotive #2 is crossing the wooden trestle at Fishery point near Wheeler, OR with an empty log train bound for Salmonberry... (more)

The Nehalem River makes for a scenic backdrop for a mixed train led by McCloud River Railroad's 2-6-2 No. 25 as it near Wheeler, OR, with a mixed freight. Part of a Lerro Productions charter at th... (more)

McCloud River Railway 2-6-2 No. 25 runs along the Nehalem River with a mixed train near Wheeler, OR, with a mixed freight. Part of a Lerro Productions charter at teh Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad w... (more)

The folks who make the photos possible. A photo album depicting the pretty scenes along the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad would not be complete without a portrait of the folks who made the 2... (more)

A race to Wheeler!

An intrepid young man, donned with protective headphones, cycles at a vicious pace, an attempt to pace Polson Logging Company's 2-8-2 No. 2 as it charges north... (more)

Polson Logging Company's 2-8-2 No. 2 catches a reflection at low tide leading a string of empty log cars north over the Fishery Point Bridge in Wheeler, OR. Part of a Lerro Productions charter on... (more)