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.

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)