After a meet with AMTK 14 at Serrano Siding where the crew change took place, the Talgo Funeral trains continues south. The two sets are headed for scrap in LA. WSDOT retired all of the Series 6 t... (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.

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.

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)

Ever so often PNWR 1854 gets taken off the Rock Train for service. When this happens the unit needs to be dropped back off at Woodburn, OR to reunite with train. With a little divine intervention,... (more)

After stalking this units movements around Albina for the last two weeks, i was finally able to catch a unobstructed shot of the Tier IV demo. Apparently 1502 and 1503 have both been pulled from s... (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)

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.

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.

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.

A year later without any snow on the ground, a conglomeration of EMD power gathers in Vancouver. BNSF 1550 is one of four SD9-3 rebuilds still working the BNSF, with a new coat of paint.

The eastbound Daylight special passes the reservation site at Cook under a subtle mist.

A heavy manifest slugs it's way up the Tehachapi Loop. The mid-train helpers can be seen beneath the lead locomotive.

One of Canadian Pacific's large SD70ACU class of SD9043MAC rebuilds leads a train past typical North Portland.

While #8 was never an original V&T locomotive, it did spend a year on the reborn Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, NV in the 1970's. Today, she wears the name of the Nevada State Rai... (more)