Fall color along the Powder River. A westbound Sumpter Valley mixed train runs just above the placid Powder River on a cool fall afternoon.

Although the present-day Sumpter Valley Railr... (more)

Sumpter Valley's Crew. The crews of the two Sumpter Valley Fall Photo Trains pose with their locomotives just prior to a lunch stop in Sumpter, Oregon. From left to right: Lon Wall - Work ... (more)

Sumpter Work Extra. Eccles Lumber Heisler #3 hauls a short work train eastbound toward McEwen on a changeable fall day. In the consist this day are West Side Lumber "Coffin Tank"... (more)

Reflections of Gold Country Narrow Gauge. Sumpter Valley Mikado #19 throws a perfect reflection in the still waters of a lineside pond as she hauls an eastbound mixed toward Baker City. H... (more)

Sumpter Valley Railway #19 leads the first Christmas Train of the year into the Sumpter depot as a light snow falls.

Built for power more than speed. Eccles Lumber Company #3 hauls a short work extra eastbound out of Sumpter, toward Baker City on a sparkling winter morning in February.

Although she c... (more)

Winter morning on the Sumpter. A Lerro charter, and as usual he got us up way earlier than we wanted to get up, but it was worth it.

Sumpter's handsome Mike. One of the finest-looking narrow gauge locomotives still in operation, Sumpter Valley's #19 hauls a mixed freight eastbound out of Sumpter, bound for McEwen. Buil... (more)

"The Great Locomotive Chase." Engineer J.B. "Bret" Bane and Fireman Taylor Rush extract every bit of horsepower they can out of their 99 year-old Heisler, in an effort to keep their spacing... (more)

The Stump Dodger in its element. Because of the extensive gold dredging along the Powder River in the early 1900s, much of the 5-mile right of way of the current Sumpter Valley Railroad is ... (more)

Fresh from her 1,472-day inspection, and looking like a brand new locomotive, Sumpter Valley's 1920 Alco Mikado #19 charges west out of a rock cut with a freght bound for Sumpter, just a co... (more)

After spending the last 30 minutes chopping ice from the crossing, the crew of Sumpter Valley's Locomotive 19 slowly guides their 1920 Alco product across Saw Mill Gulch Road. The enginee... (more)

Ah, the joys of railroading in the winter. A plow extra crew from the Sumpter Valley Railroad is forced to stop and deal with ice jams in the flanges at a grade crossing just east of Sumpte... (more)

The lighting was changing continuously, and this was a grab shot. The original image is much more backlit. The painting-like "lighting" reflects some heavy handed use of Photoshop to lighten the ... (more)

Winter eruption. I've never seen a plume quite this dramatic. Needless to say, it was cold. A Pete Lerro charter.