The Lake Yard transfer arrives at its namesake and gets ready to do its work.

Star of the Old SP. Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449 shows off the stars on her drivers while sitting on display in the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

With the temperature hovering just above 40 degrees this morning, a dramatic display of steam power unfolds as SP 4449 departs the Oregon Rail Heritage Center for a run south down the Oregon Pacif... (more)

As SP 4449 simmers in the cold, December air, a light rail vehicle passes by overhead. I wonder if anyone aboard noticed the 80-year-old steam locomotive below them.

SP 4449, a 1941-built product of the Lima Locomotive Works, is still able to bring Portland to a stand still as the 80-year locomotive puts on a show of steam power as it departs the Oregon Rail H... (more)

Photo taken at night of the UP "Pacific Northwest Special" from Council Bluffs to a series of public relations stops in Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

Led by 1124, YBA55 crosses the Peninsula Junction diamonds, surrounded by dystopian-looking torn up code lines probably left in their current state in order to allow double stack clearance.

A tastefully patched espee GP60 leads YBA55 back west to home in golden light.

North Portland looking as it would've 25 or so years ago, as the Lake Yard transfer passes through

A UP intermodal bound for Tacoma picks up speed at Willbridge, leaving the rose city in the rear view mirror. Leading today's train is a former Southern Pacific AC4400CW, one of around 10 left on ... (more)

Former Southern Pacific class GS-4 #4449, a 4-8-4 "Northern" is seen on display at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland. The locomotive was built by the Lima Locomotive Works ... (more)

The Oregon Rail Heritage Unit excursion train rolls past former Northern Pacific caboose 1735, which now serves as seating for the Mount Hood Brewing Company Tilikum Station. Locomotive 100 was bu... (more)

An SD40N/slug combo brings a cut of double stack cars up the Brooklyn Yard lead.

The Amtrak funeral train of retired Talgo equipment passes the driving range at Eastmoreland Golf Course in Southeast Portland, Oregon. The cars are destined for Southern California.

A westbound Union Pacific train on the Kenton Line is rolling to a stop at Champ siding in Northeast Portland.