On a foggy morning at Smith Lake, 2-4-4-2 Baldwin steam locomotive from 1909 called "Skookum" is pulling a string of empty log-carrying wagons to Salmonberry, OR.

An eastbound freight with three units on the head end and three DPU's on the tail end grinds up the grade between Tunnels 17 and 16 on the ex-SP Cascade Line.

Four units on the head-end and manned pushers on the tail-end of an eastbound (railroad westbound) freight grind upgrade on their climb of the SP's Cascade Line from Oakridge to Cascade Summit.

Former SP 3859 drops its train in Portland & Westerns Albany yard.

Rumbling across 2nd Nehalem. At a stately pace, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 rumbles across the 2nd Nehalem River Bridge about a quarter mile south of the little town of Mohler, Oreg... (more)

Top Ten of 2018. Here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from 2018.
7. The sun has just barely made an appearance in the eastern Oregon sky as W.H. Eccles Lumber Com... (more)

The last bit of snow for the Columbia River Gorge. The UP ran a bunch of trains both ways this day including this westbound grain train rounding Mitchell Point.

A northbound weekend Amtrak Cascades service train makes its way towards Portland on a beautiful clear Oregon morning.

While the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad is known for its steam locomotive operations, it also has Oregon's only operating F unit. The former Great Northern 274 reposes outside of OCSR's enginehous... (more)

The Coast Starlight entered Oregon a couple of miles back. It will pause for a crew change at Klamath Falls in a little over 20 minutes. Private car "Silver Foot" is on the rear of the ... (more)

Southern Pacific had a long spur in Roseburg it used to switch out a sawmill and other industries. The Rice Hill Rocket job backs up the spur in September 1989, passing the mill's log deck.

In winter, the Rogue Valley is often socked in with thick fog. This westbound on the Siskiyou Line has just climbed out of the gloom as it approaches Ashland.

At home in the woods of Oregon. One hundred and ten years after she was built, Columbia Belt Line Railway #7, "Skookum" is back at home in the woods of Oregon looking as good as t... (more)

One of the three SP SDP45s that received the SPSF "Kodachrome" paint scheme lays over at Ashland.

Waking up sleepy Garibaldi. After sitting for six decades as a pile of rusty parts, Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" lets the residents of the Oregon Port of Garibald... (more)