OCSRR 2-4-4-2 No.7, the Skookum rolls out of Niles Canyon and into Niles Junction, passing NCRR 2-6-6-2 No 4 being serviced during a Pete Lerro Photo Shoot.

The 2-4-4-2 No. 7 The Skookum, rolls out of Niles Canyon into Niles Junction with a Photo Freight during a Pete Lerro Photo Shoot.

Portrait picture of the Columbia River Belt Line #7 "Skookum", built 1909 by Baldwin Locomotive Works.

The Columbia River Belt Line #7 "Skookum" is leading an excursion train on the Niles Canyon Railway.

Climbing up Niles Canyon, eastbound OCSRR 2-4-4-2 no. 7 the Skookum, rolls past the Steps, a popular photo spot on the Niles Canyon Railroad during a Pete Lerro Photo Charter.

Special guest locomotive "Skookum" No.7 splits the wigwags at Brightside near Sunol, Ca. during one of the late-2021 weekend steam events.

The 2-4-4-2 Skookum No. 7 doubleheads with Clover Valley Lumber Co. 2-6-6-2 No.4 and a photo freight opportunity during a Pete Lerro Niles Canyon Shoot

Being a saturated steam locomotive, the Skookum puts on quite the show this cold December morning. Today she will head a photo freight charter. Here, she's backing into her train to get the day st... (more)

Columbia River Belt Line #7 "Skookum" Leads its Train Past the Sempahore Signals as it makes its way into Sunol Depot During the Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Excursions.

The Pacific Locomotive Association. Here, the crews from the Pacific Locomotive Association (dba, the Niles Canyon Railway) pose with the two big articulated locos that performed this day f... (more)

Double-headed, compound, articulated Mallets. Here's a head-on view of Columbia River Belt Line #7 "Skookum" and Clover Valley Lumber Company #4 charging westbound with a mixed freight in t... (more)

A rare event in the 21st century. There are not many articulated steam locomotives left in running condition in the year 2020. You can pretty much count them on one set of fingers. So ... (more)

Skookum with a string of empties. Columbia River Belt Line #7 "Skookum" charges compass west up the hill at Vallejo Mill (MP 30.3) with a string of empty log bunks destined for a ... (more)

Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum". Here's a close-up, low-angle view of "Skookum" as she brings her newly turned log train onto the wye in the Niles Yard. N... (more)