The Vancouver-Lake Yard transfer rolls over the Willamette after waiting for a barge to pass under the lift-span.

Doing a cab-forward impression, SP 4449 moves out to wye the consist at BNSFs Rivergate yard lead for the Bend excursion.

Amtrak's Train #508 crosses the lower deck of the Steel Bridge, one of the many iconic bridges of Portland, Oregon. This impressive crossing is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts i... (more)

A BNSF GEVO shows signs up an accident with a truck in California as it awaits its next assignment across from the Willbridge Yard Office.

The Portland Terminal's AM Yard Job works Lake Yard with an ex-SP GP60 for power.

A rebuilt SD40-2 duo switch the west end of Albina Yard.

Continuing along with the SP-themed uploads, practically spotless UP 1996 awaits deployment in Guilds Lake Yard.

Morning switch job.

Opened in February of 1886, the Romanesque Revival union station in Portland Oregon still stands proud, still serving passengers 121 years later.

Interestingly enough, i found this GP60M sitting alone in Lake Yard. These units are typically found in the southwest but this one got away from the typical service area. Looks better in red & sil... (more)

A Portland Streetcar on the B Loop emerges from the long Broadway Draw Bridge.

A Portland Streetcar on the A Loop heads onto Broadway Bridge.

Locomotives wearing paint schemes from two different mergers are seen at the Brooklyn Yard engine servicing facility.

Doyle McCormack's beautifully restored Nickel Plate PA1 actually began life as a Santa Fe unit, then served under the Delaware & Hudson and the NdeM. She is now proud blue and white (with table an... (more)

The railroad gods have blessed the Lake Transfer with a former BN 60M. For as long as fellow contributor Jeremiah Lietke and i can recall, the Lake Transfer has ran with an SD40-2 combo with the o... (more)