Skookum visits "Hawaii". Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7, "Skookum" sets a leisurely pace as she hauls her empty log bunks through Wheeler Heights, just outside the ... (more)

Into the hole at Wheeler. Clearing the line for an SP Freight, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" hauls her string of empty log bunks into the hole at Wheeler. The Sko... (more)

Entering the Nehalem River Canyon. Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7, "Skookum" hauls a string of empty log bunks back up into the Nehalem River Canyon en route to a logging ope... (more)

Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" After years of restoration efforts, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7, the "Skookum" was finally able to perform for a Trains Magazine photo ... (more)

Blue hour in McEwen. As the blue hour fades to black, Sumpter Valley's two steam locomotives sit tied down at the McEwen Tank, all prepped and ready for an early morning departure to the we... (more)

Approaching Sumpter. The fall colors are shining brightly in the afternoon sun as Sumpter Valley's Mikado #19 hustles west toward nearby Sumpter, with a log train.

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Gold country narrow gauge. One of the real gems in preservation railroading struts its stuff for the cameras as Sumpter Valley's Mikado #19 makes an eastbound run out of Sumpter, headed for... (more)

On the dark side with Sumpter's "Stump Dodger." Sumpter Valley Railway's 65-ton Alco Mikado #19 highballs east out of Sumpter Oregon, headed for Baker City with a fresh load of l... (more)

Fall color in the Powder River Valley. Sumpter Valley Railway Mikado #19 hauls a short log train east out of Sumpter on a colorful fall day, with an eventual destination of Baker City, som... (more)

Westbound on the "Stump Dodger." A Sumpter Valley freight hustles westbound in the Powder River Valley, just a mile or so out of Sumpter. The manifest today is mainly logs, wit... (more)

Sumpter's "Stump Dodger" plies its trade. Sumpter Valley Mikado #19 demonstrates the line's "raison d'etre" as she hauls loads of logs out of the forests in Eastern Ore... (more)

Waking up tiny McEwen. With loud hiss from her cylinder cocks and a throaty bark from her stack, Sumpter Valley Railway #19 pulls away from the water tank in the tiny hamlet of McEwen, Ore... (more)

Steam and Sun at Sumpter Valley. A sunny, cold fall morning finds a Sumpter Valley Log Train pulling away from the McEwen Tank, leaving billowing clouds of steam in her wake. She's headed... (more)

A rather cold golden hour. The warm glow of the freshly risen sun does its best to mask the fact that it's a chilly 20 degrees F in beautiful (but remote) McEwen, Oregon. Which clear skie... (more)

Sunrise on the "Stump Dodger" With her conductor guarding the rear platform, a Sumpter Valley Freight backs to the McEwen Water Tank for servicing, just moments after sunrise. T... (more)