Forests and farmland. For over a century, the primary products of the land in western Oregon have been timber and agricultural products. In this scene, the two pursuits cross paths on a misty morning as a farmer, surveying his recently harvested cornfield, gives a hearty wave to the crew of Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205, as they haul some heavy timber across the Thomas Creek Trestle, on the Mill City Branch of the Albany & Eastern Railroad, in West Scio, OR.
A look at steam operations on Oregon's Albany & Eastern Railroad, headquartered in Lebanon, OR, and featuring Santa Maria Valley Railroad Locomotive #205.
