Waking up tiny McEwen. With loud hiss from her cylinder cocks and a throaty bark from her stack, Sumpter Valley Railway #19 pulls away from the water tank in the tiny hamlet of McEwen, Ore... (more)

Sumpter Valley No. 19 leads a freight train east bound past the Elkhorn Range and on towards Baker City, OR casting a reflection in one of the many ponds that dot the line.

Steam and Sun at Sumpter Valley. A sunny, cold fall morning finds a Sumpter Valley Log Train pulling away from the McEwen Tank, leaving billowing clouds of steam in her wake. She's headed... (more)

A mixed freight pulled by Sumpter Valley Railway 2-8-2 No. 19 makes its way east through Sumpter, OR bound for Baker City. Part of a Sumpter Valley Railway Photographer's Weekend event.

A 2-truck Heilser from Eccles Lumber Company sits idle along with Sumpter Valley Railway's 2-8-2 No. 19 after a day of hauling both freight and lumber in eastern Oregon. Part of a railfan photogr... (more)

Sumpter Valley's 2-8-2 #19 hauls a mixed freight eastbound through Baker County, OR.

W.H. Eccles Lumber Company's two-truck "Hustler"

Whoops, did I say "Hustler"? I meant Heisler! In a Railroad: W.H. Eccles Lumber Company
Locomotive: Steam 2-Truck Heisler
Location: McEwen, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: SVRy 3
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 21, 2018

The crew for Sumpter Valley's No. 3 prepare their small freight train for a trip east at sunrise while No. 19, with a sole passenger car prepares for a later departure, also eastbound, to Baker Ci... (more)

Having quenched her thirst at the end of a long day, the crew of Sumpter Valley's 2-8-2 No. 19 prepare to vacate the track by the water tower to allow No. 3, the railroad's 2-truck Heisler, to do ... (more)

Heading west to Prairie City. With morning servicing complete, W.H. Eccles Lumber Company Heisler #3 heads west out of McEwen with a short mixed train, bringing loggers to their camps in t... (more)

A rather cold golden hour. The warm glow of the freshly risen sun does its best to mask the fact that it's a chilly 20 degrees F in beautiful (but remote) McEwen, Oregon. Which clear skie... (more)

Sunrise on the "Stump Dodger" With her conductor guarding the rear platform, a Sumpter Valley Freight backs to the McEwen Water Tank for servicing, just moments after sunrise. T... (more)

Sumpter Valley Sunrise. The fireman on Eccles Lumber Company Heisler #3 stands atop the tank on his locomotive as the first rays of the October sun come bursting over the hills to the east ... (more)

On the second day of the Sumpter's fall color photographers special, the 19 departs McEwen on a cool fall morning.

A frosty morning in McEwen. The frost on the ties and the hefty steam plumes are tell-tale signs that it's one of those very chilly fall mornings in Oregon's Powder River Valley. A few min... (more)