Pumpkin spice season is upon us. The PNWR Toledo Hauler curves off a small trestle into a labyrinth of trees and leaves. For the most part, this year's fall colors in the northwest have been annih... (more)

The consist of the Toledo Hauler catches some sun west of Eddyville.

On what was originally intended to be a transcontinental railroad, the Toledo Crawler splits a country road as it heads through the mountainous Oregon wilderness on its run to Albany.

The tracks flow through and follow the form of the landscape, and trees crowd around the right of way on this age-old and little known line in Oregon's coast range mountains.

Wearing the same paint it did on the day it left the EMD factory, PNWR 2306 leads the Toledo Hauler east through the autumn leaves minutes after dawn, with a healthy-sized train of loaded boxcars ... (more)

The throaty sound of 4 geeps splits the silence of the forest, as PNWR's Toledo Hauler approaches the small town of Summit, in the Coast Range mountains.

PNWR's Toledo Hauler rolls through the Oregon State campus in downtown Corvallis. I would imagine that the orange and black locomotives are popular with OSU fans.

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Engineer R.L. talks on the radio as he shoves a head-end cut of cars into Ashahr siding. The Portland & Western Toledo Hauler had an unticketed rider on th... (more)

Portland & Western crews flew black flags this week to honor their fallen brother, Ronald Lee Langlois, who met a tragic end while working a nighttime yard switch job in Eugene, Oregon.

Low fog hugs the foothills of the Coast Range as the eastbound Toledo Hauler passes by Ashahr siding. Notably, this train's power consist has the class leaders of the PNWR fleets of GP39-2 and GP... (more)

The eastbound Toledo Hauler crosses the Mary's River in the foothills of the Oregon Coast Range a few miles west of Philomath, Oregon. The complete power consist on this day was 3002, 102, 101, 3... (more)

The yellowing of the tree leaves and the wisps of fog in the air prove that another Winter is soon to come. The PNWR 3002 leads the eastbound Toledo Hauler through the curves and past the Harris ... (more)