For a change of pace, a pair of SD75Ms run the Lake Transfer from Vancouver instead of SD40-2 power. The duo will most likely take a train to Pasco,WA from here, as they are typically based out of... (more)

The "other" P&W, Central Oregon & Pacific's (CORP) recently acquired SD70M-2s sit in Lake Yard after coming from the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad. These units are now in the "other... (more)

UP 1995 takes a train north after arriving from Eugene this morning.

The return trip of the two SP dpus started this morning. They were broken up and UP 6290 is on the head end. Heads up points east!

A real surprise to have two patched SP motors on a train these days. After the word got out that they were out from Los Angeles, many ventured out to catch the UP 6290 and UP 6236 duo. The train i... (more)

CP Heritage 7011 brings up the rear DPU on this empty UP oil train. It's headed to Eastport, ID to interchange with the CP.

Socially isolating myself by watching a baby Q-Train from either Seattle or Tacoma enter Lake Yard for unloading.

Local celebrity UP 1124 still retains a good coat of SP paint with the addition of classic SP road grime on the nose. The locomotive has bounced back to the Barnes Yard assignment and switches ind... (more)

A northbound MILW trackage rights train was crossing the Steel Bridge into Portland Union Station.

a recent recovery of some old digital files brought back some images of mine from 2018! Including the Lerro Productions charter at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Oct, 2018. Center stage... Sou... (more)

There's Something You Don't See Everyday. It's your typical, June afternoon in Portland as...wait...SP 4449 running tender-forward on the mainline? That's right, the 1941-built product of L... (more)

The 4 O'clock run of the Oregon Rail Heritage Center's Holiday Express on the last day of this year's season.

Cascades Train 508 is getting ready to depart north to Seattle (right side train), while another Cascades train set awaits its next assignment at Portland's Union Station.

The inaugural 2019 Holiday Train steams past the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge in southeast Portland.

Working in industrial northern Portland, Oregon, is GN 3613, a BNSF Railway Sw1000 that, as of December 29, 2014, began wearing the railroad’s obsolete “GN” reporting mark. (The GN mark is ... (more)