Building and defending America as the USS Bunker Hill passes Albina Yard following the end of the cities Fleet Week 2017.

B yard is full of activity on a Thursday afternoon.

Most likely a Eugene-Portland lumber drag rolls into Albina Yard. This shot was taken from the Fremont Bridge during the city's Bridge Pedal event.

#1000! For my first thousandth uploaded, here's a personal favorite. Going back up to Portland from the Sacramento area, i decided to take the coast instead of the valley to see some of the landlo... (more)

After UP has been repainting the holdouts from the mergers and its own fleet aggressively the last few years, this patched Souther Pacific motor is a welcome sight. Former SP 280 has been hanging ... (more)

With a load of steel and excavators, BNSF 1562 switches out Greene Transfer & Storage in N Portland.

Logs on Logs as the Harbor Turn rolls over the Holcomb Creek road. This train usually passes over this bridge and back in the night making a pretty rare day run due to track work.

UP 4266 rolls the Lake Transfer with special guest UP 1076, a former SSW GP60. The area has once again been inundated with smoke from the numerous wildfires in the region.

I got to witness a pretty interesting move as the Willbridge yard switcher picks up a car from a chemical distributor in the NW industrial district. I had long thought this area was no longer in u... (more)

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

I dedicate this to Jeremiah Lietke who was able to attend the Bridge Pedal due to a case of strep throat. The annual event allows thousands of people to ride on the Fremont Bridge and a handful o... (more)

The main terminus of the Northwestern Pacific was the yard at Eureka where the railroad meets the sea. The railroad once hauled forest products until washouts along the Eel River canyon landlocked... (more)

Portland & Westerns "Harbor Turn" rolls up downtown Hillsboro. This run is usually nocturnal, so it's pretty cool seeing a predominately log train run the route in the day.

On Pearl Harbor day 2017, a white faced BN SD60M idles on the turntable track with a GP39.

An extra Albina-Tigard transfer rolls out of Albina Yard, seen from the city's Bridge Pedal event. This usually doesn't run on Sunday, making this a rather interesting catch.