The deadline at Schellville as 2021 comes to an end. What a sight for 1st generation and SP fans after so many years.

This large cut of cars from Albina yard makes it's way to the BNSF yard in the northwest side if the city

The Moo Cow painted 101 now spends its life on the remainder of the Tillamook Branch. It serves patrons of the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, firing up occasionally for the evening dinner train fro... (more)

Off Property. Portland & Western has "transferred" their aging former SP GP9 to the Olympia & Belmore Railroad. Built in 1957 as SP 5738, this unit has apparently been really showing its... (more)

Port of Tillamook Bay revisited. Nearly a decade after the washouts that severed the lines connection out of Tillamook, former SP 5418 shows its SP heritage as the POTB plain peels.

A former ATSF GP30 rebuild leads four other EMD products and a large cut of empties west after bringing a healthy train from the Coast.

A closer look at the Brooklyn switcher. The locomotive looks something like a GP40X but it along with the slug, UPY 3002 were rebuilt in 2013 from two former Cotten Belt GP40's by RELCO Locomotive... (more)

Lonely MCR 37 awaits pickup in Mount Shasta. The unit was brought here in October to be taken away from the defunct operation along with two of 38s on the property. After struggling with brush and... (more)

Welcome to the new age! The butt end of BNSF 1550, a 1954 built former GN SD9 sits on the turntable track with a former ATSF GP39-2.

Wondering where the 90s went? Well there is a solid string of these beasts in Dunsmuir waiting for another boom like we saw in 2014.

On the last day of 2015, PNWR 1501 works the Albany yard on a chilly morning. Built in 1952, the vintage 1st generation locomotive still works former SP tracks.

Looking right at home, The former Cheyenne Steam Shop switcher is sitting with its futuristic (though sidelined) genset replacements, awaiting delivery to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Built fr... (more)

This former NP F9 has been exposed after the second unnecessary staircase was removed. From what i know, this may be the only locomotive currently adorning SPS colors and is located at Columbia Go... (more)

One of many former BN SD9s that made in onto the BNSF roster is now landlocked on the POTB in Tillamook. The locomotive was built for the Colorado & Southern in 1959 and sold to the POTB in 2002.... (more)

This former Milwaukee Road GP9 rests at a yard outside of Prineville. It looks as if the unit has been retired for the more modern SW1500 the railroad acquired in 2014. COP 985 retains its origina... (more)