The GE GEVO's smoke it up as the Portland & Western Eugene Hauler departs U.P. Albany yard enroute to Eugene, Oregon via trackage rights on Union Pacific's Brooklyn Subdivision. Of note, t... (more)

"A Perfect Nine" or "Triple EMD Trios" UP 4385 leads an EMD trio of two SD70Ms and an SD70ACe (UP 8514) on a northbound baretable. In the yard, the PNWR Eugene Hauler power, at left,... (more)

"Aspects of Agriculture in Albany" A flat car of John Deere tractors awaits unloading from the Team Track dock at Albany yard. In the background, a pair of covered hoppers loaded with fer... (more)

PNWR 1853 says farewell with the sounds of metal popping and clanging as workers use torches to cut the remaining hulk into pieces. 1853 was an SD9M after being modified in 1995 from SD7 SP 1532 ... (more)

The southbound Union Pacific local job "Albany Roustabout" passes the historic train order pole outside the Albany Amtrak station on a cold and frosty morning just minutes after sunrise, at 08:13 ... (more)

PNWR 3300, 1801 and other PNWR locomotives sit around the W&P engine shop on a cold and frosty morning.

PNWR 3300, 2315 and 2313 lead the northbound PNWR "Westsider" past Ashahr siding and a farmer's field sprouting a winter cover crop. In the background is Logsden Ridge along the western edge of O... (more)

Three units of power from CORP Job #506 (Glendale - Roseburg) sits on a spur track at Roseburg Forest Products lumber mill. From left to right, CORP 3818 and 3819, "The Twins," and CORP 3804.

On Veteran's Day, flanger SPMW 329, an old veteran of the Southern Pacific, made the journey from Albina yard to Eugene. Here at Shedd siding, UP 5291 and SPMW 329 will soon meet Amtrak #14. SPM... (more)

Low fog hugs the foothills of the Coast Range as the eastbound Toledo Hauler passes by Ashahr siding. Notably, this train's power consist has the class leaders of the PNWR fleets of GP39-2 and GP... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 departs Albany, Oregon under turbulent, showery skies. It's certainly a great time to be riding the train in the Willamette Valley as the Fall colors approach their pea... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 makes a station stop at Albany, Oregon. One of the more famous (in Oregon) "old heads" of the former Southern Pacific, Bob Melbo, looks on as Terry Teeter loads baggage... (more)

"This is Wishram" BNSF 1074, 5373 and 764 will lead an eastbound manifest once a crew arrives. BNSF 5462 and 5288 are rear DPUs on a westbound Pasco to Barstow manifest, also waiting for ... (more)

Amtrak Cascades #504 meets the UP Inspection Special at Millersburg siding. In the background is International Paper's Containerboard Mill at Millersburg, which, only two days prior, was announce... (more)

A UP Inspection Special blasts past MP 698 between Jefferson and Millersburg, Oregon. Above the engineer is a white antenna that provides a wireless video feed to the theater car, providing a vid... (more)