On a warm June morning, former SP 9721 is sorting cars for the Portland Terminal in Guilds Lake Yard. UP 1124 has been assigned to the Eugene area for some time and hopefully will be working Portl... (more)
Portland Terminal S1 1006 and a pair of Maine Central GP7s pass the night at the Rigby Yard engine terminal in South Portland, ME, which was also shared with the Boston & Maine. The PT's fleet of ... (more)
In a scenario repeated countless time in railroading they are waiting, and talking "footboard talk", 99.9% of the time about something other than their occupation. The sun is high and warm and h... (more)
Portland Terminal Railroad Company S4 44, photographed in Portland, Oregon, on September 12, 1982, was originally NPT 44 (built in January 1954). In 1982 PTRC performed industry switching for Uni... (more)
A real curiosity anywhere.
Something curious even then, especially in the Northwest.
A stack train heads East in the early morning.
from the vestibule of the departing Coast Starlight
