Portland & Western's 663 train departs BNSF's Vancouver, Washington yard in summer 2009. The iconic triple searchlight signals were replaced a few years later.

Pulling a very long cut of nothing but grain hoppers, the Portland & Western's 663 Job waits to head over the Columbia Draw along the Amtrak platform.

On a bright Tuesday morning, a Portland & Western train passes a blackberry farm on its way along the railroad's Oregon Electric District, as a trio of former Santa Fe GP39-2s leads the train east... (more)

A Rainbow of Schemes or Merger Schemes
The Portland & Western 663 power has a remarkably colorful consist with five paint schemes on six locomotives! Here the 663 power is... (more)