Engineer Sam McCloskey leans out of the cab to get a view around the bend as he brings No. 3, a 2-truck Heisler, east bound through Sumpter, OR en route to McEwin with a small mixed train.

Heisler Locomotive Works 2-Truck Heisler

The fastest of the geared steam locomotive designs, yet has the same low-speed hauling ability of other geared locomotives such as the Shay... (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)

Sumpter Valley's narrow gauge 2-8-2 No. 19 leads a small freight eastbound past yet another man-made lake en route to McEwin, and eventually - had this scene been captured between 1920 and 1940 -... (more)

Heisler Hogger, Sam McCloskey. As I visit the various preserved steam operations around the US, each railroad seems to have at least one engineman or fireman who has really mastered the &q... (more)

Fall color along the Powder River Valley. By mid-October, the nights along Eastern Oregon's Powder River get pretty chilly and the change of season brings some interesting color to the lan... (more)

Sumpter Valley's 2-8-2 #19 hauls a mixed freight eastbound past one of many man-made lakes along the ROW in Sumpter, OR.

Sumpter Valley's #19 hauls a mixed freight eastbound out of Sumpter, bound for McEwen. Sumpter Valley Railway is a tourist line today, but operates on the rebuilt right of way of the original Sum... (more)

Sumpter Valley Railway's Heisler #3 from 1915 and her mixed train throw a massive reflection on a pond located about half a mile from Sumpter, OR.

In the beautiful late afternoon light, Sumpter Valley Railway's Heisler #3 from 1915 hauls a mixed train headed for Sumpter.

Sunrise in McEwen, OR. Eccles Lumber Heisler #3, a wood-burning 2-trucker built in 1915, is ready for a day of service on the line.

Eccles Lumber Heisler #3, a wood-burning 2-trucker built in 1915, is seen at night in McEwen.

Sumpter Valley Railway's Mikado steam locomotive #19 built by Alco in 1920, is leaving McEwen with a beautiful plume on an early October morning.

Sumpter Valley Railway's Mikado steam locomotive #19, an oil-burning Alco built in 1920, is leaving McEwen with a beautiful plume on an early October morning.

Sunrise in McEwen. Sumpter Valley Railway's two steamers are ready for a new day of service on the line: Eccles Lumber Heisler #3, a wood-burning 2-trucker built in 1915, and Sumpter Valley Mikado... (more)