Look at that beautiful scenery, and there's a train too!

Under beautiful skies, UP 5390 casts a nice reflection in a local farmers pond as it pulls out of Eugene on it's way north to Portland. In the distant background rises Spencer Butte at 2055' elev... (more)

The flyover at Frost. Flying fast, and flying low.

The Great Journey West. Just like Lewis and Clark, a westbound UP stack train glides down the mighty Columbia River. Except Lewis and Clark did it over 200 years ago, and they did it the hard w... (more)

A GP 9 in a SP paint scheme sits in the Portland & Western yard in Eugene, Or

Some CORP power camps out in Creswell, Oregon. I spent almost an hour doing closeup photography on this train before I discovered this little foreground gem as I was driving away.

Look closely and you can see the conductor staring glumly out his window, as his train glides thru Glenwood. Soon he will have to exit his warm cab and work another cold damp day in the northwest... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight, still sporting some snow, makes it's descent from the snowy Cascade Summit. Next stop Eugene, home of the U of O Ducks.

Power here, power there, power everywhere. UP power glides down the Columbia. In the distant background is the John Day Dam generating electrical power, and wind turbines on the hill generating m... (more)

Everybody and everything deserves a day off now and then. A rare sunny day in the Pacific Northwest finds these two old timers basking in the late afternoon sun. Up front is 1803 wearing tradtio... (more)

Teamwork... Competitors UP and BNSF join forces today and lead this train down the Columbia River Gorge and into Portland, Or. The John Day Dam in the background, upper left, helps regulate the w... (more)

Sunset catches our train entering the yard under the signal bridge.

Searching for the summit in the early morning sun.