When Portland & Western started operating, they inherited a GM Parts Distribution Center as a customer on the former Oregon Electric. The light rail project to Portland's west suburbs was built on... (more)

Portland & Western's OE Hauler switches out the yard at Tigard on a summer morning.

The Clackamas Switcher is running eastbound on the Tillamook Branch during a cold winter day. The large white apartment building in the background was originally built as a substation for SP's Red... (more)

Portland & Western's first locomotive leads the inaugural PNWR train out of Newberg in August 1995.

Here is an example of CTC on a branchline. After taking cars to Port of Tillamook Bay, the eastbound Clackamas Switcher passes the end of CTC on the Tillamook Branch at Greton. From here west to ... (more)

The head brakeman takes in the sights as Southern Pacific's Toledo Hauler rolls through the campus of Oregon State University.

Appearances can be deceiving. After a derailment near Toledo was blamed on leased SD9s, Willamette & Pacific borrowed a set of Southern Pacific GP40s and slugs for its Toledo Hauler until its ex-A... (more)

Power for SP's Willamina Local heads up the spur to Willamina Lumber Company so it can switch out the plant. A log truck on Main Street is taking another load of raw material to the mill.

A westbound SP drag with a nice mix of power meets the northbound Coast Starlight in Portland's southeast suburbs.

A cold front has deposited snow on the floor of the Tualatin Valley, a rare sight. The Newberg Turn is running extra today, preparing for the climb over Rex Hill.

The Newberg Turn passes a Little League softball game on a sunny Northwest spring day.

The sixth eastbound train on the Modoc Line after the SP/DRGW merger descends Viewland Hill near Wendel, California. Mothballed between Wendel and Alturas, California in January 1987, the Modoc wa... (more)

One of the first eastbound trains on the Modoc Line after the SP/DRGW merger nears a crew change at Wendel, California.

A westbound officer special on the Siskiyou Line climbs the 3.6% grade between Ashland and Siskiyou Summit. Aboard are Oregon's two United States Senators and the Congressman for this district.

Westbound on the Newberg Branch, the Whiteson Flyer is entering Newberg, Oregon at Springbrook siding.