Autumn arouses an otherwise drab Judkins siding as the northbound Coast Starlight rolls through the north switch.
“The Medford,” CORP’s train from Roseburg to Eugene passes through Judkins before it travels up the WP to the yard for the night. The new Interstate 5 southbound bridge, still in its infanc... (more)
Summer is here in the Pacific Northwest and so is the UP Heritage, Rio Grande. Both are long overdo and very welcome.
Everybody and everything deserves a day off now and then. A rare sunny day in the Pacific Northwest finds these two old timers basking in the late afternoon sun. Up front is 1803 wearing tradtio... (more)
The slug is ex L&N slug 2204 , nee Monon NW2 15.
Union Pacific's daily Roseville to Portland manifest eases through downtown Eugene, Oregon, under threatening November skies. Four locomotives lead the 72-car train, which is about to cross Washin... (more)
UP Inspection train makes it way thru downtown Eugene
The summer sun is sitting low and 1433 is going slow. Headed through the grassfields of Junction City on it's way to Eugene.
This is the only one of the six-axle Alcos I ever saw with the hump control "thingy" (technical term, I could have just called it a generic "doofer").
Containers zoom through Lincoln St. crossing in Eugene, Oregon.
UP 1996 and some of Union Pacific's heritage passenger fleet participate in an Operation Lifesaver special at Eugene, Oregon.
"Where's the snow?"
"Have locomotive... Will travel" Wire Pacific Western Railroad, Eugene, Oregon.
Old Glory flies high and proud, as HLCX 3856 slinks thru the old industrial area of Eugene, on her way to perform another nights work.
Look closely and you can see the conductor staring glumly out his window, as his train glides thru Glenwood. Soon he will have to exit his warm cab and work another cold damp day in the northwest... (more)