Fresh from painting at the Brooklyn Roundhouse, WPRR 1801 crests Rex Hill, SP's unknown summit.

The group riding the first run of Willamette & Pacific's black widow GP9 poses for a photo during a stop at Newberg.

The Corvallis Local rolls down the lower Westside District along the Finley National Wildlife Refuge. This trackage is now abandoned.

On a clear spring morning, the Corvallis Local shoves two chip cars up the Dawson District. The bright orange rail cars will be spotted at the Hull-Oakes steam-powered sawmill. Today, this tracka... (more)

After painting at Brooklyn Yard in Portland, WPRR 1801 makes its first run on home rails, with a vintage Southern Pacific caboose.

Willamette & Pacific's black widow GP9 switches out the Hull Oakes steam-powered sawmill at Dawson. Although the mill is still in operation, it has been converted to electricity. This trackage is... (more)

While Willamette & Pacific's black widow unit switches out the steam-powered sawmill at Dawson, a log truck delivers another load of raw material.

Willamette & Pacific GP9 1801 handles switching chores under a marine sky at Eugene, OR. Operated by the Portland & Western, the unit wears the former Southern Pacific's black widow color scheme, ... (more)

During summer 1995, Willamette & Pacific hauled logs from a reload on the Toledo District. The log train was loaded on main track, and had to be clear of the Toledo Hauler by early afternoon. Here... (more)

In the mid-1990s, some of the best railfanning in the state of Oregon happened Tuesday and Thursday mornings. That was when Willamette & Pacific's Corvallis Local went to the steam powered sawmill... (more)

WPRR rests in the yard, and a caboose sits in the background.

Willamette & Pacific "black widow" GP9 no. 1801 leading the Portland & Western Railroad's American Turn into American, Oregon. The train serves several customers between Albany and Junction City o... (more)

Portland & Western Railroad's American Turn crossing Cartney Drive just north of Harrisburg, Oregon. Leading the train is Willamette & Pacific's "black widow" GP9 no. 1801. The train serves severa... (more)