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)

Drone shot of Polson #2 leading the St Patricks Day train on a very warm late winter day. The temperature hit 68, a beautiful Saturday for a train ride.

The 2022 Holiday Train has some new power this year with Polson Logging Company #2 on point. The train has previously been pulled by SP 4449. The smaller Mikado is more economical and does less we... (more)

Polson Lumber 2-8-2 2 emerges from the forest north of Mohler with a freight train in tow.

Polson Lumber 2-8-2 2 crosses marshland near Wheeler with a mixed freight consist.

Top Ten of 2018. Here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from 2018.
4. The Lerro Productions' October charter on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad was meant to be the... (more)

This shot was pure luck. I was headed for the Portland airport but had enough time for a few pix before I left so I chased. A few miles back the 2 was in dense morning fog, but as I drove toward... (more)

A lot of very nice pictures have been posted here from the Lerro Oregon Coast Scenic Railway charters a couple of weeks ago. In sorting through my stuff to see what might be a little different I ... (more)

The Heisler locomotive was the last version of the three major types of geared steam locomotive (with Shay and Climax). This three-tuck 75 ton Heisler was built in 1918 for the Hetch Hetchy Railro... (more)