Two BN SD60Ms have the day off as a variety of Geeps switch the Tacoma Yard.

SPS 700 was fired up in honor of Chris Mclarney, a key member of the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association. After blowing steam at AMTK 11, the 700 put on a good show on the Oregon Pacific Oa... (more)

Former SP power beautifully restored rides the Sweet Home Branch. The train switches out empties for lumber loads on the Albany Eastern.

After always following in consist, i was finally able to catch the new Tier IV demonstrator upfront in Albina Yard.

It was one for the books as SP 4449 ran to Tigard via Milwaukee on the UP and Portland & Western. The run was for the Tigard Yard commemoration and had some important people from Genesee & Wyoming... (more)

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.

Union Pacific's latest heritage unit, the Abraham Lincoln 1616 to honor the 16th US President, takes a spin on the turntable during it's unveiling on National Train Day.

Locomotives that once pulled the California Zephyr rest at the Portola Railroad Museum.

BNSF 6111 sits with "Stu's Caboose", a heritage caboose that typically is found in use as a shoving platform in Seattle, in the Vancouver Yard. The pair were here for a car show event th... (more)

SP 4449 rolls over the Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge over the Willamette River, towing the train use to carry the Chairman of Genesee and Wyoming.

Some interesting units are hanging around behind the Albina engine house. UP 8949 has the new HTCR-6 trucks that are on the new EMD Tier IV demonstrator. UP 4058 is a recent repaint out of North L... (more)

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)

January had a lot more snow last year versus the practically no freezing temperatures we've had this year in Portland.

While two of Portland & Westerns 1st generation power has been retired, PNWR 1801 still trundles along the Newberg Branch. This could possibly be one of the last runs on the line and for the locom... (more)

EMDX 1503, one of the new EMD SD70ACe-T4 demo units has maid its way to Portland. Unfortunately it wasn't leading, but UP 8949 is unique as the locomotive has the new HTCR-6 trucks.