Just out of Union Pacific's Albina Yard, this Southern Pacific train is entering the interlocking at the east end of the Steel Bridge. It will enter home rail a few hundred yards ahead.

At the upper limit of tidewater, the Toledo Hauler heads for the coast along the Yaquina River.

With the Rose Festival fleet berthed at the Willamette River seawall, the northbound Mount Rainier arrives at Portland. The train originated in Eugene, and will continue on to Seattle. Locals like... (more)

The Spokane Portland & Seattle 700 enters Southern Pacific rail at East Portland after a test run to Wishram, Washington on Burlington Northern.

A grain drain descends the grade out of the Tehachapis on a warm summer afternoon.

A large Mount Rainier train heads north through Oregon's Willamette Valley.

The McCloud River 25 performs a photo runby at Lake Britton on Labor Day Weekend 1982. The bridge and locomotive would be featured a few years later in the film "Stand by Me."

Operating on an excursion for Great Western Tours, McCloud River 25 has stopped at Bartle to take water. Unfortunately, the tank isn't cooperating, and a US Forest Service pumper truck will soon ... (more)

A westbound in the Willamette Valley passes the passenger station in Salem, with power typical of the late 80s.

About ten miles out of Alturas, an eastbound train on the Modoc Line rolls at track speed. When the train reaches Likely, the climb to Sage Hen summit will begin.

Less than 100 miles into its trip to Los Angeles, the Pacific Coast Express rolls through a frosty morning in the Willamette Valley.

A decrepit Colorado & Southern caboose is used by BNSF as a shoving platform at an industrial park in Washougal, Washington. The park is near the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge.

Willamette & Pacific's Toledo Hauler arrives at its namesake, with a leased set of Southern Pacific power.

Amtrak Cascades trains 518 and 517 meet in front of the station at Vancouver, Washington.

An eastbound manifest rolls through the Butte Valley, in the shadow of Mount Shasta. The Friendly Southern Pacific has just a little over a year of independence remaining.