The train crew tried to get the dispatcher to call the local police on us.
Wearing the same paint it did on the day it left the EMD factory, PNWR 2306 leads the Toledo Hauler east through the autumn leaves minutes after dawn, with a healthy-sized train of loaded boxcars ... (more)
A lone ATSF Dash 9 sits on the team tracks at Vancouver on an early fall night.
An abandoned Northern Pacific boxcar slowly succumbs to nature.
North Portland looking as it would've 25 or so years ago, as the Lake Yard transfer passes through
An extra Portland to Pasco manifest glides along Horsethief lake, outside of Wishram.
At last light, a BNSF grainer races along the Columbia river towards Kalama.
A UP intermodal bound for Tacoma picks up speed at Willbridge, leaving the rose city in the rear view mirror. Leading today's train is a former Southern Pacific AC4400CW, one of around 10 left on ... (more)
The throaty sound of 4 geeps splits the silence of the forest, as PNWR's Toledo Hauler approaches the small town of Summit, in the Coast Range mountains.
Trains and trees, Oregon at its finest
An aggregate train cruises across the Tonquin Pond bridge, bound for Hillsboro. Second out is an EMD SD9 of 1955 vintage, originally being a Southern Pacific unit.
A grain train exits a tunnel as it heads towards Vancouver, and ultimately Tacoma.
A Grain train exits one tunnel and enters the next.
Even with WES service being reduced heavily, the RDCs still get a chance to stretch their legs occasionally.