Haulin' heavy timber. In the fading afternoon light, Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 hauls a couple of flat-loads of heavy timber through the tiny hamlet of Crabtree, OR, on the Mill Cit... (more)

Crossing Thomas Creek. Residents of the tiny town of West Scio, OR stop to catch up with each other on the highway just north of the historic Gilkey Covered Bridge, as Santa Maria Valley Ra... (more)

Running West Olive St.: It's a tight fit. On a cloudy, misty morning, Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 steam cleans the resident's parked vehicles as she slowly makes her way down West Ol... (more)

Navigating Main Street America. In a scene from the early war years, the crew of Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 sounds a warning blast on their whistle as they slowly bring a local frei... (more)

At home in the woods of Oregon. Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 hauls a couple of loads of heavy timber across one of numerous wooden trestles on the Mill City Branch of Oregon's Albany ... (more)

Timber on the move. Santa Maria Valley 2-6-2 #205 is on the move with a load of heavy timber as she rumbles across the wooden trestle spanning the South Santiam River, headed north out of L... (more)

Goodnight Sun

Checks Location... Oregon, well, here's a locale I've never really shot. We're on Lerro Production's 'Oregon Steam 2022' safari as we catch the setting sun in Or... (more)

The Santa Maria Valley 205 is about to enter former Southern Pacific trackage in Lebanon, Oregon. It is returning from Waterloo siding on Albany & Eastern's former Oregon Electric line to Foster. ... (more)

The Santa Maria Valley 205 rolls past the site of a former plywood mill on the Albany & Eastern's former Oregon Electric line to Foster. Weldwood was the brand name for the plywood product produce... (more)

AERC 5935 with a 1 car train at the top end of the Albany yard.

After switching the Weyerhaeuser’s Santiam Lumber mill at Waterloo south of Lebanon, Oregon, an Albany & Eastern train heads back to Lebanon on the AERC’s Sweet Home branch on September 26, 20... (more)

A pair of Albany and Eastern GE B40-8s switch Weyerhaeuser’s Santiam Lumber mill south of Lebanon, Oregon, on the AERC’s Sweet Home branch on September 26, 2016. The train is powered by two GE... (more)

An Albany and Eastern train switches Weyerhaeuser’s Santiam Lumber mill south of Lebanon, Oregon, on the AERC’s Sweet Home branch on September 26, 2016. The train is powered by two GE B40-8sâ€... (more)

On September 27, 2016, an Albany and Eastern log train is passing milepost 693 and about to cross Lacomb Dr. north of Lebanon, Oregon. The train is returning from the Teevin Bros. log yard and rel... (more)