On another smokey morning (they were all smokey days on this trip to the Pacific Northwest), a pair of Portland & Western GP39-2s (PNWR 2304 and 2302) have rolled into the small yard in Eugene to ... (more)

Clear Tops at Cut Bank. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549 (WEBX 801... (more)

A Very Old and Rare Great Northern EMD NW3 # 181 sits Preserved near yhe old station at whitefish. There were only 7 of these built all for the GN three were later sold and served other companies... (more)

Northern Meet. On August 4, 2021, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549... (more)

An FXE powered repo train passes a homage to the 1984 Olympics in Compton as they approach CP-Alameda for a PHL recrew.

The Empire Builder passes a westbound BNSF manifest on the Fallbridge Subdivision at Washougal, Washington. The train is just 29 miles from its terminus at Union Station in downtown Portland. Inst... (more)

With its double line paint job complimenting the steep tracks on the east leg of the former SP wye tracks at Weed, CORP 2067 pauses in between moves.

Passing The Poplar. On August 2, 2021, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549 (W... (more)

43172 passing Sprey Point.

Crossing the Old Santiam Highway grade crossing, Santa Maria Valley Railroad 205 leads an appropriately named Santiam Excursion Train south toward Sweet Home where it will run around its tr... (more)

Thundering upgrade along the South Santiam River, Santa Maria Valley 205 begins the climb into Sweet Home. Having enjoyed a mild "up and down" run since departing Lebanon earlier in the ... (more)

Santa Maria Valley Railroad 205, a 1924-built product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, gleams in the rare, winter sunlight near Liberty, Oregon as it hustles a four-car train south. Enjoying a new... (more)

Having arrived at the southern end of the Sweet Home Branch in the branch's namesake town, Santa Maria Valley Railroad 205 pauses during the run-around of its train for some photos with this vinta... (more)

Santa Maria Valley Railroad 205 gets some smoke on the stack as it departs Lebanon, Oregon, in a dramatic scene with a four-car, holiday-themed train. Built in 1908, the depot seen to the right of... (more)

Tacoma's Union Station, with its Federal Courthouse addition, still has rail service of a sort. Sound Transit's Link Light rail passes by on Pacific Ave and makes a stop at the adjacent Washingto... (more)