A tastefully patched espee GP60 leads YBA55 back west to home in golden light.

The tracks flow through and follow the form of the landscape, and trees crowd around the right of way on this age-old and little known line in Oregon's coast range mountains.

Wearing the same paint it did on the day it left the EMD factory, PNWR 2306 leads the Toledo Hauler east through the autumn leaves minutes after dawn, with a healthy-sized train of loaded boxcars ... (more)

An eastbound garbage train in the Columbia River Gorge.

An eastbound garbage train in the Columbia River Gorge.

A southbound FedEx repositioning train leaving the Columbia River Gorge.

Coos Bay Rail Line's southbound Hauler heads for Coos Bay; the hoppers on the head end are headed to add ballast to the currently out-of-service portion of the line between Coos Bay and Coquille, ... (more)

"I don't like sand." But on the coast, it's just a fact of life. The northbound Coos Bay Hauler, sporting just a single MP15DC today, rolls north towards Hauser along the famous Orego... (more)

The afternoon Cascades service from Eugene to Seattle nears Junction City, Oregon. It is passing the water tower for the new Oregon State Hospital, which opened a few years ago. The hill in the di... (more)

Union Pacific's Heppner Local passes the elevators at Lexington, Oregon on the Heppner Branch. The now-abandoned line ended service early in summer 1994.

The outbound Heppner Local rolls through Cecil, Oregon on the Heppner Branch. Service on the now-abandoned line ended a little over three months later.

Over four hours late, the northbound Coast Starlight glints the sunshine of a late summer evening in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

The southbound Coast Starlight passes a Union Pacific train tied down in Alford siding, near Harrisburg, Oregon. The next station stop for the Amtrak train will be at Eugene in about 20 minutes.

A Pasco to Fresno manifest crests Lava Hill south of Bend, Oregon. Just ahead is the north switch of aptly named Lava siding.