Timber! Just north of Bay City, OR and only yards from Tillamook Bay, Polson Logging Co. Mikado #2 eases past stacks of freshly cut timber on a little-used section of former Southern Pacifi... (more)

Garibaldi after hours. With the day's operations and post-arrival servicing complete, Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad power sits parked outside the engine house, bedded down for the night. On... (more)

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the canyon we go.... Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 and crew run along the shoreline of the Nehalem River in Wheeler Heights, Oregon, en route to the Nehalem ... (more)

Steaming into Wheeler. Polson Logging Company #2 and her short freight train put the finishing touches on a bucolic scene as they enter the little seaside village of Wheeler, Oregon on a ch... (more)

Morning freight to Hillsboro. There's still a chill in the calm morning air as the crew of a beefy logging Mikado takes a cut of well-used freight cars up the SP Tillamook Branch, bound for... (more)

Yard moves. The early evening sun drops below a dark cloud deck as Polson Logging Company Mikado #2 drops her freight consist in the south Garibaldi Yard and heads to the engine shop for wa... (more)

Symmetry in motion at Smith Lake. The morning mist has begun to give way to filtered sun as Polson Logging Co. Mikado #2 hauls a mixed freight north along the causeway at Smith Lake, just n... (more)

Caboose hop at Smith Lake. With the Skookum Locomotive still experiencing intermittent technical issues, the folks from the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad elected to have all 3 of their opera... (more)

An Oregon Log Hog in its natural environment. The crew of Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 pose with their unusual 2-4-4-2 "log hog" during a brief servicing stop in the Nehale... (more)

Reflection at Smith Lake. A calm and chilly morning finds the crew of Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" hauling a string of empty log bunks north across the causeway a... (more)

Rumbling across 2nd Nehalem. At a stately pace, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 rumbles across the 2nd Nehalem River Bridge about a quarter mile south of the little town of Mohler, Oreg... (more)

At home in the woods of Oregon. One hundred and ten years after she was built, Columbia Belt Line Railway #7, "Skookum" is back at home in the woods of Oregon looking as good as t... (more)

Waking up sleepy Garibaldi. After sitting for six decades as a pile of rusty parts, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" lets the residents of the Oregon Port of Garibald... (more)

Skookum visits "Hawaii". Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7, "Skookum" sets a leisurely pace as she hauls her empty log bunks through Wheeler Heights, just outside the ... (more)

Into the hole at Wheeler. Clearing the line for an SP Freight, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" hauls her string of empty log bunks into the hole at Wheeler. The Sko... (more)