The Holiday express makes a run by before reversing back up he line.

Former Tacoma Railroad 2006 has been repainted on the yard tracks outside of the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. The locomotive was from former Milwaukee Road heritage, built in 1956.

CP 9712 seems to have had a fender bender. Notice the cation tape on the front railing and the missing snow plow.

A very short JB Hunt stack train enters Lake Yard in Portland. The train includes BNSF 615, former ATSF 615 which has undergone the Dash-9 rebuild program.

TR 4002 sits at the west end of the large Tacoma Railyard

I found this locomotive sitting in the Rail heritage/ Oregon Pacific yard in south Portland. The unit was repainted in a temporary paint booth. I haven't found any info on the locomotive, but i as... (more)

A usually nocturnal Albina-Albany transfer leaves Albina yard around noon. The former KCS locomotive was originally built for CNW as a SD45 but was rebuilt to SD40 specs for Kansas City Southern.

A relatively new Tier IV locomotive is starting to show some grime after making back and forth trips between Oregon and California this winter.

Portland Western 663 heads across the Lake Oswego Railroad bridge on route to Willbridge Yard in Portland.

UP reposition auto racks twist and roll down the Cuesta Grade.

Former ATSF SD40-2 in heritage I colors leads a former BN SD40-2 to the Willbridge transfer train. The body shape and lines of a SD40 duo look refreshing compared to the standard power of orange G... (more)

South bound Amtrak Cascade train enters Portland Union Station.

Morning power on the servicing tracks behind the Albina engine house.

Three new Aces fly along the Columbia River

Breaking up a train in Vancouver