This is the section of track where the Oil cars from the Mosier incident on June 3rd "accordioned" and caught fire. The track sections were brought from Portland and The Dalles with UP ... (more)

A collection of used and abused EMD products that have remained at Balmer Yard for sometime. The SD9s were originally kept near the military base but had been moved recently to the roundhouse area... (more)

Looking very fancy, SP 4449 rolls over the Deschutes River and the twin bridges north of Maupin.

Following a low-speed derailment that knocked a couple cars on the ground. The lead has taken the upright portion of the train to Union Station and now the ground crews go to work on the downed c... (more)

UP reposition auto racks twist and roll down the Cuesta Grade.

The Louisiana Steam Train Association yard in Jefferson (West of New Orleans) Houses some interesting equipment. Before becoming under ownership of the Bisso Towboat Co, The locomotive was built b... (more)

Rerouted 663 takes its train over Dick Road and the Massive Holcomb Creek Trestle.

Coming back from Oakland, OR, i made a quick stop in Albany as there is always something interesting to look at. Here, the vintage SP SD7 sits idle on this 1st Saturday of 2019. The old workhorse ... (more)

This former set of F7 A and B units sits with other first generation power, awaiting and uncertain future.

UP stored power consisting of mostly dash-9s and SD9043MACS. 9766 was formally CNW 8662 and was recently repainted.

The golden hour approaches as former BN 429 sits in Tacoma, as it has for about 8 years. This unit was involved in some sort of accident in the 2000's and was at CEECO before they closed. It seems... (more)

This large cut of cars from Albina yard makes it's way to the BNSF yard in the northwest side if the city

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The Guadalupe turn heads south with some new decals

I counted five SD9s that day at Balmer Yard in Seattle. Pretty remarkable that these are still on property and at least one is working the Yard. This unit was built for the Colorado & Southern in ... (more)