A BNSF intermodal heads north out of Portland, en route to the Columbia River Gorge and points east.

The Empire Builder's consist pulls out of Portland Union Station to be wyed for the return trip east

Definitely the highlight of the Portland railroad community was the two former SP/SSW geeps handling the local out of Barnes Yard this year.

SP 4449 and SP&S 700 sit side by side at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OR.

SP 4449 sits on display at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OR.

An Albina Yard switch job pulls forward with a large cut of cars.

PORTLAND OR Oct 2 1978 — Burlington Northern GP35s 2540 and 2335 are about to roll by Portland Terminal S2 40. My photo.

The Empire Builder races a stack train out of Portland

Ex-SP 9721 works thru the industrial maze in the Port Of Portland....

Just about everything in this image either doesn't exist anymore, or is no longer located in the state of Oregon. The unlikely combination of an F40, a PA-1 and an RSD-5 sun themselves on a spring... (more)

The Coast Starlight and the Portland section of the Empire Builder sit side by side at Portland Union Station.

The cleanest set of UP power i've seen in years comes in the form of two North Little Rock repaints. These have the smaller flag on the nose and lack the winged shield.

UP 1124 and 1076 perform an extra switch for Toyota.

With matching scarlet & gray power, the Kenton Local ducks under Interstate 5 on its way back to Barnes.

YBA55 spotting tank cars at Kenton. I was hoping to get a shot here showing off the matched scarlet & grey consist, but they ended up shoving back to the main instead of pulling forward, resulting... (more)