Polson 2 comes to a rest at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center following its first trip down to Oaks Park and back as part of today's Holiday Express operations.

Polson 2 leads the 2025 edition of the Holiday Express into Oaks Park as the locomotive crew starts to work the 2-8-2 for the short climb up to the halfway point before turning around to head back... (more)

Polson Logging #2 gets the second Holiday Express of the day underway as it leads this year's seven car train and ex-BNSF 3613 across the South East Tilikum Way grade crossing adjacent to the Oreg... (more)

A MAX light rail vehicle rounds the corner outside of Portland Union Station

A passenger train headed south is decorated for the holiday with the classic tower in the background. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Southern Pacific GP9's 3593 and 3598 rolling by Portland's Amtrak Union Station with their consist of box cars and hoppers on November 14, 1971. Electro-Motives GP9 became the SP's basic four... (more)

A throwback to 2023. This was the celebration for the completion and restoration of the Brooklyn Yard turntable. SP 4449 takes a spin around.

My personal favorite part of National Train Day was seeing SPS 700 under steam again. This was the first time seen under power since the rebuild, which started in 2015. Hopefully we'll get to see ... (more)

Union Pacific's latest heritage unit, the Abraham Lincoln 1616 to honor the 16th US President, takes a spin on the turntable during it's unveiling on National Train Day.

As UP 1616 starts to head for the switch to the mainline, Polson Logging Co. #2 heads back into the gates at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

After a day on display for National Train Day begin, a freshly painted UP 1616 was pulled off the turntable and turned over to a UP crew. While getting ready to depart a UP manifest passes behind.

Hours before the festivities for National Train Day begin, a freshly painted UP 1616 sits on the turntable outside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

Hours before the festivities for National Train Day begin, a freshly painted UP 1616 sits on the turntable outside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

KCS power has become very common on grain and potash trains following the KCS-CP merger. The variety of these "Southern Belle" units adds a bright and colorful touch to the typical drear... (more)

Back in 1978 Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt four GE U25B's with Sulzer prime movers. They gave it a nice flashy daylight type paint scheme never to be repeated. The horsepower was uprated to 2800 and th... (more)