Transfer job In Guadalupe. This train will be taking cars to Santa Maria, which is off the mainline and connected by the Santa Maria Valley Railroad to the interchange at Guadalupe.

A usually nocturnal Albina-Albany transfer leaves Albina yard around noon. The former KCS locomotive was originally built for CNW as a SD45 but was rebuilt to SD40 specs for Kansas City Southern.

SP 4449 was fired up for the ORHF 10th celebration as OPR 100 leads excursions in the background. Follow me @j.po_railphotos for more photos and videos or trains!

The Holiday Express has some nice winter sunlight on this cold December morning.

Holy Toledo! The Toledo Hauler moves into Albany Yard, across the UP main on a warm spring late afternoon.

Some of the forlorn equipment left on the Northwestern Pacific.

A late running Northbound Starlight enters San Luis with 5 private cars, Hear we see the Palm Leaf bringing up the rear

NVRR 72 soaks up some sun after a California shower in Napa.

I was able to find much on this locomotive besides that it seems to have most likely worked at the ARCO refinery in Blaine, Wa. UPY 1147 still awaits a future in its SP patch-job paint.

A Portland Western transfer leaves Albina Yard. The lead unit is a former Cotton Belt SD45 (SSW 9153), that eventually went on to the SP rebuild program before becoming under ownership of Genese a... (more)

A special full of chartered cars heads south.

Two of UP's newest motors hang out behind the Albina shops on a cold and hazy September morning.

MCVX 911119 is a classroom designed to instruct emergency responders the appropriot way to handle potential incidents involving Oil trains. The coastline will potentially pick up more oil traffic,... (more)

One of the new CP heritage units made a surprise visit leading in Oregon! The trailing CP unit was taken off in Eugene and 7014 lead, most likely to Portland where cab signals are required on the ... (more)

UP 1117 leads a decent set of loaded cars of the Lompoc Branch.