The Harbor Turn makes its return trip from Harbor through the farmland between North Plains and Hillsboro, in the blistering heat that we've been experiencing recently.

Oregon Forest. On the morning of March 27, 2022, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044), former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built do... (more)

Broadside view of SD9 PNWR 1854 leading out of Salem, OR.

It's clamming season in Garibaldi as the 12pm Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad train to Rockaway Beach steams past.

Passing Through Portland. On March 28, 2022, Amtrak Train 11 (Coast Starlight) was crossing the Steel Bridge in Portland, Oregon with Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built ... (more)

AMTK 500 is being helped after have issues with the lead Charger locomotive. The goat boat leaders are starting to make a return to the rails with installation of PTC. I didn't expect my first cat... (more)

Two of Portland & Western's ex-ATSF GP39-2s spend a Sunday afternoon laying over at the former Oregon Electric terminal in Eugene. The PNWR 2313 is somewhat notable, as it still carries its origin... (more)

Ever so often PNWR 1854 gets taken off the Rock Train for service. When this happens the unit needs to be dropped back off at Woodburn, OR to reunite with train. With a little divine intervention,... (more)

Amtrak 508 has just started its 310 mile trip from Eugene to Seattle as it passes the water tower at the new Oregon State Hospital. Local icon Spencer Butte looms in the distance. This is the only... (more)

49 gets towed into position for a charter along the Oregon Pacific in Portland.

The sole Talgo set currently in operation on Amtrak's Cascades service is parked at Eugene, awaiting a 4:30 pm departure for Seattle as train 508.

A Union Pacific intermodal cruises along the Columbia River with sun flowers in the foreground.

The consist of the Toledo Hauler catches some sun west of Eddyville.

Harrisburg Bridges. Union Pacific Railroad constructed its new bridge over the Willamette River in Harrisburg, Oregon during five 30 hour outages between 2013-2014, replacing a 1906 span wi... (more)

Stormy skies and their results. The last of the former Southern Pacific SD9s for the Port of Tillamook Bay slowly rots around the remains of other locomotives and railcars that have found new liv... (more)