With the Elkhorn Range as backdrop, Sumpter Valley 2-8-2 No. 19 casts a perfect reflection in one of the many man-made lakes along the line as it leads a freight westbound through Sumpter, OR.
Sumpter's "Stump Dodger" plies its trade. Sumpter Valley Mikado #19 demonstrates the line's "raison d'etre" as she hauls loads of logs out of the forests in Eastern Ore... (more)
Like father, like.....daughter? After firing Eccles Lumber Company #3 during most of the Saturday session of the Sumpter Valley Fall Photo Train, Fireman Jennifer Jenks watches as the last ... (more)
Sumpter Valley's narrow gauge 2-8-2 No. 19 leads a small freight eastbound past yet another man-made lake en route to McEwin, and eventually - had this scene been captured between 1920 and 1940 -... (more)