Western Pacific/Sacramento Northern influenced 44-ton switcher with a former SP SD-9

After waiting for UP track crews to clear the switches of N Portland Junction, PT 1201 rolls a train into Barnes Yard in front of Mount Hood.

Two H2 Dash9s lead a westbound grainer at Home Valley.

Helpers sit south of the San Luis Obispo station as the oilcans pass by on their way to San Ardo.

Route of the Empire Builder now serves the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad on the former SP Tillamook Branch.

UP 1117 shoves the classic SP caboose through Lompoc up to Imerys mineral plant.

Surfin' Gaviota Trestle

Helpers

Power for the Albina-Lake Transfer moves past the UP signal department and a CA-11 bay window caboose. A Tidewater barge navigates the Willamette.

Some Tacoma Rail switchers in the late afternoon sun with Mt. Rainer

A former BNSF switcher now works daily shuffling grain and scrap metal cars around the Great Western Malting silos in Vancouver. Apparently, the aging locomotive was built for the Northern Pacific... (more)

Metrolink at Los Angeles

MH 88 has had its reporting marks changed to SDCX, for a leasing group called Sandton Rail. Iowa Pacific and Mount Hood Railroad have been in the news for financial reasons and hopefully they can ... (more)

A weekend Amtrak California train passes two stored dash-8s in Oakland. The last time i recall these units being used was during the aftermath of the Montecito Fire in 2018. Heavy rains following ... (more)

Albany & Eastern's distinct 1st generation pair heads to Lebanon with a load of empties from Albany.