An extra Newberg Turn takes the connecting track from the Tillamook Branch to the Newberg Branch in January 1993. In less than two months, this traffic will be handled by the new Willamette & Paci... (more)

The Clackamas Switcher is running eastbound on the Tillamook Branch during a cold winter day. The large white apartment building in the background was originally built as a substation for SP's Red... (more)

SP 7345 leads an eastbound manifest train out of San Timoteo Canyon and is nearing the summit on Banning Pass.

Here is an example of CTC on a branchline. After taking cars to Port of Tillamook Bay, the eastbound Clackamas Switcher passes the end of CTC on the Tillamook Branch at Greton. From here west to ... (more)

It's the day before Thanksgiving as an early morning sun rises over the Bakersfield yard, which has SP, Conrail, HLCX and Rio Grande locomotives. With the SP being power hungry, just about any po... (more)

The head brakeman takes in the sights as Southern Pacific's Toledo Hauler rolls through the campus of Oregon State University.

SP 8732 is in run 8 and producing lots of exhaust as it pulls an eastbound manifest train up Banning Pass. The further the train got in to San Timoteo Canyon, the better the sky became as it got ... (more)

A Southern Pacific freight train, with SP SD45 9090 on the head end, holds the main at Bealville, in California’s Tehachapi Pass, on March 19, 1978. While the westbound waits for its meet with ... (more)

In the early days of Amtrak, formed in 1971, the trains consisted of a hodge-podge of passenger cars from a variety of railroads. It took a while for all the cars to be repainted into Amtrak pain... (more)

On a hot, muggy August day, Southern Pacific SD45R 7406 brings an intermodal train into Tucumcari, New Mexico. Tucumcari used to be the interchange between the SP and the Rock Island. When the R... (more)

Power for SP's Willamina Local heads up the spur to Willamina Lumber Company so it can switch out the plant. A log truck on Main Street is taking another load of raw material to the mill.

A westbound SP drag with a nice mix of power meets the northbound Coast Starlight in Portland's southeast suburbs.

UP 3367 leads a doublestack train westbound off of Cajon Pass and into the San Bernardino yard. Included in the consist are two CNW units.

A cold front has deposited snow on the floor of the Tualatin Valley, a rare sight. The Newberg Turn is running extra today, preparing for the climb over Rex Hill.

The Newberg Turn passes a Little League softball game on a sunny Northwest spring day.