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 W.H. Eccles Lumber Company 2-truck Heisler No. 3 casts a perfect reflection in one of the many man-made lakes along the line as it leads a freight westbound past the Elkhorn Range... (more)

A 2-truck Heilser from Eccles Lumber Company sits idle along with Sumpter Valley Railway's 2-8-2 No. 19 after a day of hauling both freight and lumber in eastern Oregon. Part of a railfan photogr... (more)

W.H. Eccles Lumber Company's two-truck "Hustler"

Whoops, did I say "Hustler"? I meant Heisler! In a Railroad: W.H. Eccles Lumber Company
Locomotive: Steam 2-Truck Heisler
Location: McEwen, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: SVRy 3
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 21, 2018

The crew for Sumpter Valley's No. 3 prepare their small freight train for a trip east at sunrise while No. 19, with a sole passenger car prepares for a later departure, also eastbound, to Baker Ci... (more)

Having quenched her thirst at the end of a long day, the crew of Sumpter Valley's 2-8-2 No. 19 prepare to vacate the track by the water tower to allow No. 3, the railroad's 2-truck Heisler, to do ... (more)

Heading west to Prairie City. With morning servicing complete, W.H. Eccles Lumber Company Heisler #3 heads west out of McEwen with a short mixed train, bringing loggers to their camps in t... (more)

Sumpter Valley Sunrise. The fireman on Eccles Lumber Company Heisler #3 stands atop the tank on his locomotive as the first rays of the October sun come bursting over the hills to the east ... (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 2-Truck Heisler steam locomotive #3 puts on a great show on this beautiful Fall morning with cold temperatures. She departs McEwen with an early morning service headed for... (more)

Sumpter Valley Railway's 2-Truck Heisler steam locomotive #3 hauls an early morning mixed train headed for Sumpter, OR. This Heisler locomotive was built in 1915 and restored to operating conditio... (more)

Sunrise in McEwen on a gorgeous Fall day. Sumpter Valley's Heisler #3 is ready for departure with a local mixed train headed for Sumpter. The rising sun nicely illuminates the plume.