An excursion on the Oregon Trunk is returning to Portland from Bend in fall 1995. This spot at the confluence of the White River is the only place in the Deschutes River Canyon where the peak of M... (more)

While on a public relations tour, SP 4449 - relettered for both Willamette & Pacific and Portland & Western - pulls a freight train for WPRR.

Built for Battle This westbound Soda Ash train was built in Pocatello to battle the grades of the Pacific Northwest. The train left the Wyoming Soda Mines 2x1. In Pocatello the train adde... (more)

A Willamette Valley Railway train departs Mount Angel on Presidents Day 1997.

On September 27, 2016, Portland & Western EMD GP39-2 No. 2307 leads the American turn northbound over a low ballasted deck wood trestle in the lowlands of the Willamette River at it heads to Harri... (more)

Former SP 9721 still looks pretty good for being 29 years old. The motor has been a classic fixture around the PNW, roaming between Seattle and Eugene and working many local jobs.

A southbound Willamette Valley Railway train departs Silverton on Presidents Day 1997. WVR had purchased the line from Union Pacific the previous year, so the old Southern Pacific mileposts were ... (more)

A hole in the clouds finds Willamette Valley Railway 2503 and train at Pratum, Oregon on a winter afternoon.

Another Meeting at Gilchrist Junction Klamath Northern's sole locomotive, GE SL-125 #207 slowly backs onto it's train at Gilchrist Junction. In the background, the UP local based in K-Falls pre... (more)

Meeting at Gilchrist Junction A Union Pacific manifest streaks past as the Klamath Northern freight arrives at Gilchrist Junction. The KNOR will soon interchange their lumber loads here, leavin... (more)

On Veterans Day 1996, a Willamette Valley Railway train passes the former depot at Mt. Angel. The GP35 had recently been acquired by WVRD, and was subsequently transferred to Albany & Eastern.

Under a typical threatening Oregon sky, a Willamette Valley Railway GP35 goes around the wye at Geer, just over six miles east of Salem.

An empty CP oil train from Tacoma leaves Portland after stopping in Albina Yard. CP 7015 is 2nd in consist as it snakes around the east bank of the Willamette, near the Steel Bridge.

Portland & Western’s American turn crosses 5th Avenue at Junction City, Oregon, while street running on Holly Street, on September 27, 2016. The local is operating on the OE District and is head... (more)

On Presidents Day, a Willamette Valley Railway train passes a dairy near Mt. Angel. In a few years, those trees in the foreground will be ready to be cut as Christmas trees.