Engine engine number nine.... Tucked away in stall #1 of the WW&F Shops is a long-term project that is about to come to fruition. The locomotive seen here is an 1891 product of the Portla... (more)

Another record crowd turned out for the 2012 edition of the WW&F Museum's annual Victorian Christmas event. With gloomy skies prevailing and rain showers turning to snow squalls, it would h... (more)

Dreaming of a White Christmas. Every year, on the Saturday before Christmas, the WW&F hosts its annual Victorian Christmas event. While everyone hopes for a snowy scene, the reality is tha... (more)

Steamscape: Inspiration Point. The White Pass Rotary Fleet claws its way past Inspiration Point en route to another day of operations to clear the line for the opening of the tourist season... (more)

Steamscape: Ptarmigan Point. After a very stubborn drift delayed them for nearly 30 minutes, the White Pass Rotary Fleet finally rounds Ptarmigan Point, on the western shore of Lake Fraser... (more)

Somewhere around here, there's a railroad. A White Pass "Cat" cuts down the deep snow pack to a level that will allow the line's rotary snow plow to operate without continuously stalling o... (more)

Forward! After a brief break to allow guest photographers to snowshoe ahead of the train, White Pass Superintendent Ed Hanousek motions to the Engineers on the pusher locomotives to resume ... (more)

Nothing happens without water. White Pass Fireman Jeremy Simmons oversees the watering of Rotary Plow #1 during a brief servicing stop at Glacier Siding. Back when steam was the primary mo... (more)

When you guys are done, could you do my driveway? Retired crew member Mike O'Daniel leads the charge as the White Pass Rotary Fleet impacts an 8-foot drift in front of the station building ... (more)

Majestic! That was about the only word I could come up with to describe this extraordinary scene of a steam-powered rotary snow plow and two pusher engines going full tilt in the pristine ... (more)

"Fellas, we're lookin' at some real Canadian Concrete up ahead!" White Pass Manager of Train Operations, Mark Schaefer (red jacket), holds a brief conference with the crew of Steam Locomoti... (more)

Alone, unloved and unwanted. Gen. Douglas MacArthur once said that "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." That pretty well describes what's happening with this old gal. You are lo... (more)

A little bit of color along the Powder River. The chilly nights are quickly turning the green leaves yellow on Oregon's Powder River as the Sumpter Valley Railway's afternoon mixed brings a... (more)

Sumpter Power: Plymouth #110. The primary yard goat around the Sumpter Valley Yard in McEwen, Oregon is this 10-ton Plymouth Gas Mechanical Switcher. The build date of this powerful little... (more)

Sumpter Power: Mikado #20. The Sumpter Valley Railway's "other" Mikado is this 1920 Alco 2-8-2, which carries the line's number 20. The 20 and its sister engine, the 19, were identical loc... (more)