Reflection at Stasek Slough. Polson Logging Mikado #2 poses on the wooden trestle over Stasek Slough, on her way north from Tillamook to Garibaldi over the former SP line that is now known... (more)

Charging through Garibaldi. Polson Logging Company Mikado #2 leads an early evening freight double-header past the fish pier in the resort town of Garibaldi, Oregon, as she makes her way n... (more)

"She said yes!" ===== My brother recently popped the question in front of Southern Pacific 4449 Daylight during a Peter Lerro charter shoot. Fun fact, she got him the H.O. model for Ch... (more)

"Skookum" ======= Former Whitney Company 2-4-4-2 "Skookum" was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1909. It was retired and abandoned deep in the forest following a d... (more)

Extreme Atmosphere

Looming out of the thick coastal fog, and doing its best to add to it, McCloud 25 emerges from the murk.

Southbound Inspection Train on the Trunk.

Passing The Three Graces. Engineer Jim Abney eases Polson Logging Co. Mikado #2 past the off-shore rock formation known as The Three Graces, just moments before sunset on a cool October ev... (more)

Relecting on the 106 years since she emerged from the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Polson Logging Company Mikado #2 hauls a string of empty log bunks across the sturdy wooden trestle over Stas... (more)

Entering Wheeler

With all its locos facing north, it can be a challenge getting a nicely lit smokebox on the Oregon Coast Scenic. If you get to Wheeler early enough, it can be... (more)

A Trio of Log Hogs. The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad celebrates the roll-out of "Skookum" with a 3-engine line-up featuring 3 different types of oil-burning, logging locomotives, steamed up... (more)

Out of the Fogg

Polson Logging No 2 runs over Stasek Slough at Tillamook, with a plume worthy of a Howard Fogg painting.

Steam on the Sloughs

McCloud River Railroad 25 manages to catch the sunlight, even on the smokebox door, as the Oregon sun sinks into nearby Tillamook Bay.

"Skookum" After years of restoration effort in the shops of the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, the completed Columbia River Belt Line Locomotive #7 "Skookum" sees the light of day for the fi... (more)

The Strong One: In Garibaldi, Oregon, a railroading oddity sits on an unusually sunny Fall day. This is the "Skookum", a very rare 2-4-4-2 type steam locomotive. It was the first ... (more)

Basking in the Oregon sun

McCloud River Railroad 25 enjoys the warmth of the setting sun and ocean breezes, waiting patiently for the photographers to finish their last shots on... (more)