Amtrak's northbound Mount Rainier makes its station stop at Salem on a spring morning. The train originated in Eugene a few minutes before sunrise. It will terminate at Seattle during lunch hour.

The Newberg Turn crosses a timber trestle on Rex Hill that had recently suffered a fire. You can see the scorched trees and burned trestle timbers near the rear unit. This scenic line is currentl... (more)

A northbound UP train bound for Eugene rolls through the east Cascade forest at Kirk, Oregon.

Power for SP's Corvallis Local lays over at the modest yard in Corvallis, Oregon.

Power for SP's Toledo Switcher and Toledo Hauler is parked at the depot in Toledo. Shortline startup Willamette & Pacific was just eight days away.

Fresh from painting at the Brooklyn Roundhouse, WPRR 1801 crests Rex Hill, SP's unknown summit.

After switching out the steel mill on the north side of town, power for the Mac Switcher returns to the depot for tieup. At the time, there were several wig wags in downtown McMinnville.

Bound for McMinnville, the outbound Whiteson Flyer departs Newberg, namesake of the Newberg Branch.

The outbound Toledo Hauler has just emerged from tunnel 24, and is crossing a trestle that spans the Yaquina River. Southern Pacific would operate the Toledo Branch for only eight more days befor... (more)

An extra Newberg Turn on Southern Pacific's Newberg Branch enters its namesake city on a clear winter Sunday. Startup of the Willamette & Pacific, which would end SP movements into Newberg on th... (more)

Southern Pacific's Whiteson Flyer arrives at Newberg on a sunny winter Saturday. Smurfit Newsprint's ex-Rock Island switcher is waiting for empties. Once the SP train completes its setout, the swi... (more)

Looking like an SP local train in the late 1950s, an tourist train on POTB rolls northward in summer 1991.

Shortly after the Yreka Western activated steam locomotive 19, it poses in Montague with the Blue Goose excursion train. The steamer had been relocated to Yreka from Oregon, Pacific & Eastern at C... (more)

The McCloud River's Hill Job is arriving at the Signal Butte switchback, led by SD38 MR 38. Out of sight around the curve, SD38-2 MR 39 is shoving the rear of the train up the grade. Once the MR... (more)

The McCloud River's Sierra Job has just crossed Lake Britton, and is now crossing CA 89 on the climb away from the lake. It is returning to McCloud after switching out the big Sierra Pacific sawmi... (more)