Log train over Alameda Creek. Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7 "Skookum" hauls her demonstration log train over Farwell Bridge, crossing Alameda Creek on a sunny, February morn... (more)

"Skookum" struts her stuff. When the very unique Columbia River Belt Line #7 "Skookum" emerged from her near total restoration in late 2018, she had issues. It was as if she enjoyed being ... (more)

Pulling eastbound up Niles Canyon, No. 7, Skookum rolls through the bridge at Farwell in the heart of Niles Canyon during Pete Lerros Niles Canyon Photo Shoot

No.7, Skookum rolls out of the lower west end of Niles Canyon during Pete Lerros Niles Canyon Photo Shoot

The Engine and Train Crews of 2-4-4-2 Skookum No. 7 from the OCSRR and Clover Valley Lumber Co. 2-6-6-2 T No. 4 of the NCRR pose with their Locomotives after a job well done, during a Pete Lerro p... (more)

The 2-4-4-2 Skookum No. 7 from the OCSRR and Clover Valley Lumber Co. 2-6-6-2 T No. 4 of the NCRR doubleheading westbound out of Sunol during a Pete Lerro productions photo shoot.

The eastbound 2-4-4-2 Skookum No. 7 from Oregon, pulls empty log cars uphill through the heart of Niles Canyon during a Pete Lerro productions photo shoot.

The Skookum No.7 visiting the NCRR from Oregon struts it's stuff pulling flats into Sunol during the Lerro Productions photo shoot at the NCRR.

Checked on No. 7 The Skookum now located on the Niles Canyon Railway while I was up there. The steam shop door was open and it was getting some sun and waiting to get back out on the rails. No 3 w... (more)

Maintenance on a steam engine is a full time even on the all volunteer Nile Canyon Railway. No.7 the 2-4-4-2 Skookum is getting taken care of as it rests in the Steam Shop at Btightside Yard.

Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2 7 (better known as "Skookum") shows off its profile just after sunrise.

Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2 7 (aka Skookum) lays down the perfect plume while on a photo runby northeast of Wheeler.

Skookum (Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2 7) takes an empty log train through the woods. (In reality, suburbia and U.S. 101 are just off to the left).

Skookum (Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2 7) rolls across a timber bridge that looks like it can barely support the wight of the locomotive near Wheeler.