The throaty sound of 4 geeps splits the silence of the forest, as PNWR's Toledo Hauler approaches the small town of Summit, in the Coast Range mountains.
With the second and third Tacoma Narrows Bridges looming in the distance, an afternoon Cascades skirts the shores of Puget Sound. Within the next few weeks, all Amtrak traffic should be re-routed... (more)
Bayview Properties' EMD SW8 1001 sits at Wellcox Yard in Nanaimo along with SRY GP9 108. The developer plans to relocate 1001 to Victoria where it will be utilized for promotional purposes and the... (more)
Great Northern 274 Built in 1950 for the Great Northern Railroad EMD F7A continues a life 70+ years later pulling tourists between Garilbaldi and Rockaway, Beach, along the Oregon Coast... (more)
An aggregate train cruises across the Tonquin Pond bridge, bound for Hillsboro. Second out is an EMD SD9 of 1955 vintage, originally being a Southern Pacific unit.
Great Northern F3A-B 354C at Seattle's King Street Station in September 1963. Photo from my collection, no photographer's name listed
Oregon Eastern recently acquired a former Hudson Bay Railway GP39-3 (ex-SP GP35) from Western Rail, Inc. in exchange for three of their four GP7s - the fourth was retained as backup power for when... (more)
Former Southern Pacific class GS-4 #4449, a 4-8-4 "Northern" is seen on display at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland. The locomotive was built by the Lima Locomotive Works ... (more)
The Oregon Rail Heritage Unit excursion train rolls past former Northern Pacific caboose 1735, which now serves as seating for the Mount Hood Brewing Company Tilikum Station. Locomotive 100 was bu... (more)
Even with WES service being reduced heavily, the RDCs still get a chance to stretch their legs occasionally.
Corp GP38-2 waits over the weekend for Monday with extra power and cars for distribution at the railyard in Roseburg.
Corp GP40-2 No. 2110 pulls a lumber load through Keller Lumber Mill in Roseburg Oregon.
A southbound Chehalis and Western train crosses the famous Tacoma Trestle in Tacoma Washington.
The one and only G&W heritage unit.
Seemingly out of place on the Oregon coast, GN 274 trundles through the beach town of Rockaway with the dinner train in tow. This locomotive was restored by Doyle McCormack, and is now owned by OC... (more)