During switching around Ranier and Avon, OR we took a short lunch break and I grabbed this shot during that time.

Eastbound POTB train FX-4414-20 passes through the small town of Manning, just west of the Portland & Western interchange at Banks.

POTB's Hill Train is seen arriving Batterson.

V/Line's mighty A Class fleet is no longer in every-day service, but they are stored indoors and operable for emergency or testing purposes. They are also periodically started to keep them lubed ... (more)

The southbound run of the OE Express passes under the old SP, now P&W's Westside District, Tualatin River bridge. The blue cards in the 3606/3604 say they are SD45-2's.

An empty rail train passes through Newberg on it's way back to Independence.

A testament to this mountain grade. Lots of E and F knuckles sit atop the Continental Divide, while a broken reminder hides below them.

While waiting for USG to finish loading their cars for us, we took a break in Rainier for lunch.

MMID 306, the only blue & orange MMID with the "flying meatball" GWI logo, and 4 of her "unpatched" sisters, shoving 40-some empty jimmies up the lead to the Lehigh Cement plant. While not nearly... (more)

"The Ghan" luxury passenger train rolls gingerly across the bridge at Yorkeys Crossing as the sun sets on their first day heading towards Darwin as the Flinders Ranges towers above.

One of two POTB GP9's sits at Buxton.

BN GP30 carbody leads the Pacific Pride (more commonly known now as the "Pac Ride"), a bluebonnet GP30u and a green GP38-2 on the empty Interbay garbage train.

Waiting for a crew to take it east, NYS&W train SU-100 sits in Kirkwood, NY with 3 of the ex-QCM MLW/ALCOs, 2 NYS&W SD45s and an NYS&W GP20 for power.

An empty rail train passes through Dundee on it's way back to Independence. The concrete building to the left of the enginge is a hold over from when the SP's "Red Electrics" operated trolley ser... (more)

BNSF GP28M 1521, in a special Operation Lifesaver paint scheme, await it's next call of duty by the Willbridge Yard office.