Taken on a typical dreary Oregon day from the overlook at Ruthton Park. There is lots of poison oak up there. The wait in the rain was worth it for this shot. Awaking early, I was hoping for blue ... (more)
Amtrak glides thru the old SP yard in Oakridge, amid some assorted snow-fighting equipment, and a long line of lumber cars that have been stored there for quite some time. Looks like some MOW wor... (more)
A UP stack train snakes its way up the Columbia River Gorge, thru vineyard and orchard, village and hamlet.
Army train headed south thru the UP Yard in Eugene.
Old SP caboose sitting "high and dry" in Cottage Grove.
"Let there be light, and there was light". The clouds parted to allow a brief ray of sunshine to light up this old caboose.
Having just descended the Cascade summit, UP 5156 eases thru the yard at Oakridge, passing an old caboose, and some snow fighting equipment. The Oakridge yard is a quiet place today, not even a sh... (more)
Sept. 2006, we have the priviledge of seeing two UP Heritage units, 1983 and 1996, make a visit to Eugene, Or. Oddly enough, the SP Heritage unit is bringing up the rear in this consist.
On a beautiful summer day, a bicyclist and the the photographer pause to admire the CORP log train, as it idles at the local Amtrak station. Upon clearance from dispatch the train will continue so... (more)
Under typical ominous Oregon skies, the WPPR local sits idle, while the local log train loiters in the background.
UP rumbles up the grade thru Oakridge, on it's way to Klamath Falls via the Cascade Summit.
"Luck is better than any plan"
Nearing the last light of day, a UP stack train pulls and pushes it's way eastward up the Columbia River, paralleling I-84.
"Where's the snow?"
A beautiful spring morning finds some HLCX power meandering through the "metropolis" of Eugene, Oregon.
