Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 departs Albany, Oregon under turbulent, showery skies. It's certainly a great time to be riding the train in the Willamette Valley as the Fall colors approach their pea... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 makes a station stop at Albany, Oregon. One of the more famous (in Oregon) "old heads" of the former Southern Pacific, Bob Melbo, looks on as Terry Teeter loads baggage... (more)

UP's manifest from Albina yard in Portland to Portland & Western RR at Albany arrives on the Pass track shortly after sunrise. At left, a five locomotive power set for the PNWR "Eugene Hauler" id... (more)

PNWR 1852 SD9 leads the PNWR Westsider across the recently constructed viaduct in North Albany. The complete power set includes PNWR 1852 SD9, PNWR 3052 SD40-2 (in SD45 shell), PNWR 2302 GP39-2 a... (more)

PNWR 1852 SD9 leads the PNWR Westsider out of Albany yard and across the Brooklyn Sub mainline to the PNWR Toledo District. The four-unit power set is as diverse as it gets, with PNWR 1852 SD9, P... (more)

UP 4853 was involved in collision with semi-truck trailer loaded with grass seed at Halsey, Oregon on 2009-August-25. UP 3919 and UP 1240 were also involved and received minor damage. Hours after... (more)

UP 5462 (and 5449) sits at the Albany train station for several minutes while a manager confers with the crew in the cab. Soon this southbound empty ballast train will be back on the move and des... (more)

UP 5462 and 5449 lead a southbound empty ballast train past Albany train station and Albany yard. The train had stopped at depot for several minutes while a manager conferred with the crew, a now... (more)

AMTK 509 P32BWH and AMTK 113 P42DC lead the Coast Starlight #11 at Albany station during the peak of a 8-day heat wave. At the time of this photo, Salem and Eugene were at or near their record hi... (more)

Just arrived in the yard, the crew of Portland & Western’s “Toledo Hauler” prepares to cut the power off of the train and take it to the engine house. Today’s power is GP40P-2 3002 “Cla... (more)

Two workers take a break from building a track-side fence to watch a slow manifest freight pass through their Form B limits. Perhaps they noticed the dirty GE ES44AC leading fairly clean EMD powe... (more)

PNWR 2005 and 2301 lead the southbound "American Turn" over the Calapooia River bridge. Though the shot appears to be in the wilds, the scene belies the fact this place is at the western edge of ... (more)

PNWR 2005 and 2301 lead a four-car train over the Highway 34 grade crossing. I was rather surprised that no westbound traffic stacked up at the crossing and blocked the view of the train.

UP 8512 and 5055 lead a 57-car northbound MCOHK on a sunny morning. 29 cars were lumber loads... is construction, and the economy, beginning to rebound?

The Toledo Hauler, led by Portland & Western's 1803 GP9E, crosses what is left of the original wood trestle in North Albany. In the background at right is the pile driver used to reconstruct the ... (more)