Because the mainline was flooded at Oregon City, Southern Pacific's hot LABRF detours on Willamette & Pacific. The train is nearing Ashahr siding on the outskirts of Corvallis.

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)

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)

A week before Willamette & Pacific took over operations on the Toledo branch, the Toledo Hauler passes the Naval ROTC barracks on the Oregon State University campus.

This logging Mikado, a Baldwin product of 1922, has been a longtime fixture at Avery Park in Corvallis, OR. The smokebox had been decorated with a wreath for Christmas.

A former SP geep with an intact light package awaits work at a mill south of Corvallis.

The Toledo Hauler is just about finished with it's journey from Toledo to Albany, as it rolls through the campus of the Oregon State University in Corvallis. The regular appearance of this train... (more)

Chasing the Toledo Hauler... From inside the historic covered bridge at Chitwood, OR. Click Here for a shot of the Tol... (more)

AERC 1750 delivers a loaded box car to Western Pulp Products just moments before sunset on February 01, 2012. It was the first car to this customer since the Willamette & Pacific Railroad embargo... (more)

Unticketed Passenger
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)

PNWR 3300, 2315 and 2313 lead the northbound PNWR "Westsider" past Ashahr siding and a farmer's field sprouting a winter cover crop. In the background is Logsden Ridge along the western edge of O... (more)

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 Albany Day Switcher makes a rare road trip out of the Albany yard to Ashahr siding, where it has just finishing assembling a unit train of 89 empty covered hoppers. In the coming days, the PNW... (more)

The Albany Day Switcher makes a rare road trip out of the Albany yard to take a unit train of 45 empty covered hoppers to Ashahr siding. In the coming days, the PNWR Corvallis Local job will take ... (more)