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 #2 strolls toward Oaks Park in some rare, warm winter sunlight with this year's Holiday Express. The steam locomotive crew got to have a little fun at the half way point of every trip as th... (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)

Polson Logging #2 leads an empty log train into the Coast Range on a sunny October day.

While exploring the Oregon Coast on vacation, we stumbled upon the small town of Garibaldi. We had made a "wrong turn" into town and moments later stumbled upon the crew at the Oregon Co... (more)

This was to be a Skookum shot, but with her the eccentric problems, she didn't make it out this far. The Polson Lumber company #2 made for a nice substitute on a beautiful day along the Oregon Co... (more)

Polson Logging Co #2 leads a chartered photo freight across the 835 bridge at the mud flats near Wheeler, OR.

Morning mists rise from Smith Lake as Polson #2 chuffs smartly across the fill with empty log cars in tow.

The last run-by of the day has been completed and the double header train has been transformed into a train with a single locomotive (McCloud #25) and a light engine move of the Polson Lumber Co #... (more)

Steam on the Shore: At sunset, a doubleheaded steam freight train plies along Oregon's Pacific Ocean coast north of Garibaldi. This was a static pose staged for a Lerro Productions photo ch... (more)

1918 or 2018? Polson Logging Company's #2 Crossing the Stasek Slough just north of Tillamook Oregon. A photo charter over the Oregon Scenic Railroad, formerly the Port of Tillamook Bay RR.

Polson Logging Company's #2 at another rare location these days. Crossing the Nehalem River near Mohler. A photo charter over the Oregon Scenic Railroad, formerly the Port of Tillamook Bay R... (more)

Polson Logging Company's #2 at the Smith Lake "reflecting pond". A photo charter over the Oregon Scenic Railroad, formerly the Port of Tillamook Bay RR.

Railroad: Polson Logging Co
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockaway Beach, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: #2
Train ID: N/a
Photo Date: May 19, 2018

Polson Logging Company's #2 is back at what it was meant to do, hauling a logging train. A photo charter over the Oregon Scenic Railroad, formerly the Port of Tillamook Bay RR.

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