An old Northern Pacific trestle hides in the trees on Mullan Pass. This is some of NP's original crossing over the top of the pass prior to the opening of Mullan Tunnel.

SP's Hillsboro Roustabout heads for the mill at Seghers. The train is traveling on the north end of the old Westside Branch. This line once hosted interurban service.

PNWR 2307 leads its local north from Junction City, OR crossing a ballasted deck wood trestle over Ayres Lane en route to Harrisburg, OR where the train will do some switching before returning sou... (more)

Less than two months after the Willamette & Pacific started operations, five leased SP 'Cadillacs' tote the McMinnville Hauler west near Cipole. Since track speed was a uniform 10 MPH from McMinnv... (more)

Seeing Through the Ties the Long Way I think photos where you can see through the ties the long way are really neat. I remember that the first shot I took with that phenomenon was a ... (more)

The cab on U53 crosses the bridge over Callahan Creek at the west end of Andover on its return to Andover Yard. U53 had spent the morning loading commercial cars at Wentz. After weighing, U53 will... (more)

A string of boxcars stretching to infinity follows a Yolo Short Line locomotive heading for West Sacramento.

BN's Albany to Pasco roadfreight is just a few miles into its trip. This long timber trestle spans the floodplain on the north bank of the Santiam River.

An NRHS excursion from Portland to Astoria stops for a photo runby on the ex-SP&S line to Astoria. The lead GP38 was ordered by SP&S and delivered to BN.

ETWNC 12 leads the train over the "dead horse trestle" at Tweetsie Railroad. #12 celebrated its 100th birthday this february

SP 4449 rolls over the Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge over the Willamette River, towing the train use to carry the Chairman of Genesee and Wyoming.

The Harbor Turn rolls over Holcomb Creek Trestle with the usual pair for former SP SD45 carbodys on point.

Fishery Point: Crossing Nehalem Bay. Belching a plume of oily smoke, the former McCloud River Railroad Locomotive #25 hauls a local mixed train across the little bridge at Fishery Point, en... (more)

Logs on Logs as the Harbor Turn rolls over the Holcomb Creek road. This train usually passes over this bridge and back in the night making a pretty rare day run due to track work.

Far from its original duties on the point of Amtrak passenger trains, DLMX 644 leads a freight train over the massive timber trestle near Helvetia. This rural scene is less than ten miles from dow... (more)