A Rail grinder leans through the cut below The Discovery Center as it heads east toward The Dalles. The hills of the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge are visible in the background.

The mid-day job emerges cab forward out of the forest about 2 miles out from its return destination in Shelton.

Peninsular Railway & Lumbermen's Museum was invited to place its Simpson Railroad SW900 and caboose 201 (ex CWWR 597) on display at Green Diamond Resources' industrial park during Olympus Rally we... (more)

A southbound baretable follws the Williamson river in a canyon just north of Calimus. 8929' Mount Scott is seen the background.

After delivering a log train to the Dayton dry sort the 1200 will tie onto the rear of the return job to Shelton which is waiting just out of the picture frame to the right with the 1201 on point.

Some nice evening light to catch a westbound at The Dalles Dam along the Columbia River.

"Highball The Dalles" Eastbound K-Line with an ACe leading, heads out of The Dalles, Oregon on UP's Portland Sub in the early evening.

By the time these lupines fade the railroad may be gone. The end is near for Simpson Railroad operations. The owner, Simpson Lumber, LLC, has sold the mills in Shelton to Sierra Pacific Industrie... (more)

Albany & Eastern's Mill City local crosses Thomas Creek near Scio, Oregon beside the historic Gilkey covered bridge headed for Lebanon. The job is operated by a one-man crew with a remote control ... (more)

A pig train under a star filled sky passing through the community of Castella at 8:00 PM nears its crew change point in Dunsmuir, a few miles north of here.

After losing comm on the mid train and rear DPUs and sitting at Winton for several hours, this loaded grainer finally is on the move up the hill again. A cloud of smoke accompanies the 4991's exi... (more)

Stick and Josh crew up to shove a few center beams around the property. Here they have just set one around the corner and are returning on the house track.

A muddy pond just west of the small Columbia River town of Mosier provides a reflective scene for this eastbound Z train.

An ore train pulled by the railroad's 1909-built ALCo consolidation rolls past the NN freight house during the first day's activities of the "Winter Steam Spectacular 2016" photographers... (more)

At the vast dry sort facility located at the west end of the railroad a Simpson conductor guides the 1200 to a hook with the waiting 1202 after the train had delivered logs to be cold decked. Ano... (more)