Amtrak 501 rolls into Portland Union Station with the new Seahawks Cab Car. Are you ready for some football?

A lone former ATSF GP60B sits without a cab unit in Vancouver.

Trains and rain are rare in San Luis Obispo, CA. Today, a NB work train shuffles cars around the SLO Yard, which at this point has been turned into a lake.

4449 started four days of running the Fallbridge Sub to Wishram and back to Vancouver. The special was for documentary an was a complete surprise to many.

The "other" P&W, Central Oregon & Pacific's (CORP) recently acquired SD70M-2s sit in Lake Yard after coming from the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad. These units are now in the "other... (more)

Another shot of the BNSF ballast train anchoring down the new bypass track to the Fallbridge Subdivision reveals the water soaked Vancouver yard.

Revisiting the Schellville deadline last month, some changes have taken since i was there in December. The caboose along with Tri-City Railroad VO-1000M, that was once working Mare Island has move... (more)

Wasting away at the air museum.

The only surviving Daylight diesel sits nose to nose with ATSF 347C during the Worlds Strongest Man Tournament which is being held in Old Town Sacramento.

RPCX 2970 is a former Long Island railroad car that had been in service for San Luis & Rio Grande in Colorado. Following a truck vs train collision in 2006, you can still see the impact spot on th... (more)

#1000! For my first thousandth uploaded, here's a personal favorite. Going back up to Portland from the Sacramento area, i decided to take the coast instead of the valley to see some of the landlo... (more)

A small pocket of sun illuminates BNSF 1746. This unit has been working Vancouver regularly since i've moved to the north west and sports some unique burn marks from apparently the dynamic brakes.... (more)

The new Charger locomotive has made it down to Portland and is sitting on the lead track for Union Station.

UP 96 releases billows of white smoke after moving the NP sleeper car "Travelers Rest" out of the heritage center. The car will taken by the Portland & Western down to Albany to be used ... (more)

You don't see these things whizzing by on the mainlines most days. A former BN American derrick, i believe a 25 ton? Rolls down the tracks. Note the creepy dolls on the bumper!