PORTLAND OR Aug 20 1981 — Portland Terminal S4 43 goes about its switching duties at Lake Yard. Alco built the unit for North Pacific Terminal (b/n 79560) as NPT 43 in March 1952. When the line ... (more)

PORTLAND OR May 22 1984 — Portland Terminal S2 39 sits at the engine facility. The unit was built in 1949 for Northern Pacific Terminal as NPT 39. It became PTRC 39 when the railroad changed its... (more)

The railroad that never was - a westbound lead by a tunnel motor wearing the SPSF scheme is about to pass the only caboose Southern Pacific painted for the never-consummated merger.

Roughly fifteen minutes out of Klamath Falls, the southbound Swift RoadRailer train rolls through the Klamath Basin.

Siskiyou Line SDs lay over at the Medford depot on a Saturday afternoon.

Sunset on the Albany & Eastern. As the early October sun dips below the hills to the west of Tallman, OR, Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 brings several loads south out of Albany to the ... (more)

Last light at Tallman. Just minutes before sunset, a local freight highballs toward Lebanon, OR, passing through the tiny hamlet of Tallman, with perhaps 3 miles left to go in its journey.... (more)

Destination Mill City. Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 rumbles across the timber portion of the South Santiam River Trestle, heading compass east toward the Mill City Branch of the Alban... (more)

Not a good time to leave for work. With her both her bell and whistle sounding loud warnings, Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 proceeds cautiously down West Olive Street in Lebanon, OR, w... (more)

Pumpkin spice season is upon us. The PNWR Toledo Hauler curves off a small trestle into a labyrinth of trees and leaves. For the most part, this year's fall colors in the northwest have been annih... (more)

Street running in small-town America. In the early morning mist, the crew of a local freight carefully makes its way down a residential street in a small town in the Pacific Northwest.

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Forests and farmland. For over a century, the primary products of the land in western Oregon have been timber and agricultural products. In this scene, the two pursuits cross paths on a m... (more)

Steaming into Lebanon. Just after noontime on a sunny fall day, Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 rumbles past the former Southern Pacific passenger and freight depot in downtown Lebanon, ... (more)

SP SD9E 4363 at Eugene, Oregon in July 1991. The 4363 holds the honors as being the first high-hood SD to be repainted in the red/yellow bonnet scheme in 1986.

A log hog in the fog. Just after first light, Santa Maria Valley Locomotive #205 sets off out of Lebanon, OR on the Mill City Branch of the Albany & Eastern Railroad, headed east with some ... (more)