Highball for Sumpter. Less than an hour after sunrise, a Sumpter Valley mixed train heads west at Hawley Spur, on a pleasant fall day. Backlit situations can be difficult for many photogr... (more)
Morning mixed to Baker. A morning mixed train from Prairie City to Baker City passes a short work train at Hawley Spur, about 4 miles east of Sumpter. The power on the mixed is Sumpter Va... (more)
Sumpter Valley Sunrise. The first golden rays of sunlight stream across the Powder River Valley in tiny McEwen, Oregon, finding the Sumpter Valley Railroad's two steamers sitting at McEwen ... (more)
Sumpter Valley Railway freight train opens cylinder cocks as it departs McEwen with a short freight bound for Baker City just before dawn.
In Reality, this is a scene from the annual Sumpter Va... (more)
Frosty McEwen sunrise. The first rays of golden sun bathe the Powder River Valley, in Eastern Oregon, illuminating the altocumulus overhead and back-lighting the Sumpter Valley Railroad's l... (more)