Led by a tunnel motor painted for the SPSF merger, a lumber drag begins the climb out of the Rogue Valley on the Siskiyou Line.

A City of Prineville freight arrive back at Prineville after a trip to the BNSF connection at Prineville Junction near Redmond, Oregon, on September 28, 2016. The train is powered by No. 989, a fo... (more)

A hot UP Z train curves through Jasper, southeast of Springfield in the foothills of the cascades. Soon it will reach Oakridge and "The big hill."

The UP Weyerhaeuser Local heads back towards the rest of its consist, after picking up a loaded centerbeam from the Swanson Group.

67 years young. PNWR 1852, SP 4397 in a past life, shuffles freight cars at the Albany "OE Yard" on a cold but sunny winter day. This locomotive, along with PNWR's other first generation... (more)

A Meeting of the Generations: Amtrak Cascades train number 508 arrives into Albany, Oregon with Non Powered Control Unit number 90252 bringing up the end of the train. As number 508 pulls i... (more)

Fall Arrival: The Portland section of the Amtrak Empire Builder approaches its destination of Portland Union Station as it passes BNSF's Lake Yard on a cool fall morning. Leading the train ... (more)

Lebanon, Oregon is named after Lebanon, Tennessee. One is home of the Albany and Eastern Railroad and the other is home to the Nashville and Eastern Railroad. Coincidence? Oh look, Christmas light... (more)

Portland Traction Co. SW1 number 100 a.k.a. "The Most Famous Diesel in the Northwest". Reckon that might be so, but that other locomotive behind it, the 1127 I think, well it's big in So... (more)

Eastbound manifest train approaching Oxman.

The 2022 Holiday Train has some new power this year with Polson Logging Company #2 on point. The train has previously been pulled by SP 4449. The smaller Mikado is more economical and does less we... (more)

Eastbound manifest train at Pleasant Valley.

Eastbound manifest train at east Encina.

Eastbound manifest train at east Quartz.

Timber! Just north of Bay City, OR and only yards from Tillamook Bay, Polson Logging Co. Mikado #2 eases past stacks of freshly cut timber on a little-used section of former Southern Pacifi... (more)