A couple of SD40-2's move light to Willbridge Yard. They will probably be added to the Pasco bound manifest. Most of the power from Pasco, Wa comes west to Vancouver, Wa for servicing.

Kind of the "Huff & Puff" of the Portland area, the dynamic green duo of BNSF 1779 and 1948 move into the position to take the Lake Transfer to Portland. Someone dubbed "Lake Transf... (more)

The vibrant late afternoon sun does a great job of putting a spot light on the Toledo Hauler, which is tied down just outside of Albany.

The scarlet paint of former SP 9721 has held up pretty dam well over the years. Notice the sad heart on the left flank of the nose.

Back to Basics. On a fine Portland Sunday we see typical power at Willbridge Yard. GN 3613 was built as BN 388 in 1972. It was repainted into BNSF H1 colors and has spent the majority of its time ... (more)

Some mainline UP GE and EMD power sits with yard and a local power behind the Albina Engine house. UP 1204, a former MKT GP39-2 does its best impression of a steam engine today.

663 heads back to Albany after picking up its train in Vancouver. The trio of former ATSF keeps has unfortunately been broken up after running together for a couple of weeks but 2312 still retains... (more)

The Green is good on this matched couple of Burlington Northern SD40-2s leading the daily Lake Yard Transfer. The train will switch a cut of cars out before proceeding over the Willamette to Willb... (more)

This appears to be Union Pacific's Waste Management train from Seattle out to a massive landfill located a few miles south of Arlington, Oregon. The rear DPU's bring up the end of this four engine... (more)

On my way to the derailment in Mosier, i made a short stop in Hood River to snap this photo of the an assortment of passenger equipment. The former ATSF (i believe?) dome car now has some ugly wha... (more)

Slowly passing the derailment site (left of the overpass in the background) this 3rd eastbound within a half an hour crosses Mosier Creek. Besides the June 3rd derailment, Mosier also has a set of... (more)

This is the section of track where the Oil cars from the Mosier incident on June 3rd "accordioned" and caught fire. The track sections were brought from Portland and The Dalles with UP ... (more)

Trains are rolling again following the Oil train derailment on June 3rd. Here we see an empty Canpotex potash train rolling slowly past the charred oilcans heading back to Canada from Rivergate in... (more)

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)

A maintenance train with a couple loads of ballast and some flat cars with track sections heads to the Moiser, Or. The train is en route following a derailment of an oil train that has stopped all... (more)