The Toledo Hauler, led by Portland & Western's pair of GP40P-2 locomotives and RPE4D road slugs, crosses the Willamette River bridge as a boat races upriver. Something of a rare shot as the eastb... (more)

Cadillac's galore! Four SP SD-9s sit out the evening at the Albany engine facility. I believe this facility now belongs to G&Ws Portland & Western RR.

PNWR 3001 leads the Toledo Hauler across the Willamette River bridge shortly after sunrise.

UP 5399, 8242 and 5462 lead a northbound manifest enroute to BNSF's Lake Yard in Portland, Oregon. Also note the classic Southern Pacific concrete phone booth at the far right.

The American Turn heads south along Water Avenue near Pine Street with a single box car. The consist is PNWR 2304, PNWR 1804 and CPAA 211225.

The UP Albany Roustabout power (UP 553, 309) sits idling the day away as BNSF 5343 leads Amtrak Cascades #504 on Christmas Day.

BNSF 5343 C44-9W leads and AMTK 169 P42DC pushes Amtrak Cascades #504 as it departs Albany station on December 29, 2008. During the final two weeks of December, and even into January, unusually h... (more)

Amtrak #504 heads north with substantial substitute motive power provided by BNSF 4081. This was the fourth northbound Amtrak Cascades in three days which had BNSF locomotives on the point.

An all orange-and-black consist of PNWR 2315, 2313 and 1804 lead a southbound Albany Hauler past the historic Avery Mill along the Willamette River on an unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon in mid-... (more)

Union Pacific power makes a rare appearance on the Albany & Eastern Railroad. UP 4718 and 9588 are pulling a loaded rail train east to Lebanon, Oregon where this power will be removed and two GE ... (more)

SP 4449 departs Albany Yard after spending a week in the Portland & Western engine shop to have a main bearing replaced on the #2 driver. At far right is the Albany Amtrak station.

The northbound PNWR Albany Hauler, enroute to the OE Yard, passes the historic Avery Mill on Albany's historic waterfront. The Avery Mill building was constructed in 1866, and presently is home t... (more)

Birds take to the air as PNWR 2303 and 2305 lead the Portland & Western "Albany Hauler" past a Willamette Valley cattle farm.

"Stacks and Racks." UP 8358 leads an empty autorack unit train past a stack of straw bales at MP 687, just south of CP VP 687 Hallawell.

LLW 5399 gets its first revenue service in daily lease to the Albany & Eastern Railroad. Here it is moving west enroute to Albany yard with an outbound train to interchange with Portland & Western... (more)