A special train for the Genesee & Wyoming Board of Directors crosses the Willamette River. At the time, the trackage was still operated by Southern Pacific as part of its Tillamook Branch.

Five months after leasing many Oregon branchlines from Southern Pacific, the Genesee & Wyoming Board of Directors tour their new property.

A special passenger train for the Genesee & Wyoming Board of Directors is deadheading over Rex Hill. The corporate officials will board the train in Milwaukie for a trip to Albany, via McMinnville... (more)

On the Fourth of July 1993, the first ex-Santa Fe GP39-2 painted for Willamette & Pacific crosses Oregon Highway 99W in Rickreall. The train of three passenger cars was being taken to storage in ... (more)

While Willamette & Pacific's black widow unit switches out the steam-powered sawmill at Dawson, a log truck delivers another load of raw material.

On the longest Saturday of 1995, Willamette & Pacific's Westsider rolls north through the Willamette Valley. Normally a night job, the train could be photographed returning to McMinnville in the s... (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)

Willamette & Pacific GP9 1801 handles switching chores under a marine sky at Eugene, OR. Operated by the Portland & Western, the unit wears the former Southern Pacific's black widow color scheme, ... (more)

During summer 1995, Willamette & Pacific hauled logs from a reload on the Toledo District. The log train was loaded on main track, and had to be clear of the Toledo Hauler by early afternoon. Here... (more)

The first ex-ATSF GP39 painted for new owner Willamette & Pacific shows off in downtown McMinnville on the Fourth of July 1993.

When Willamette & Pacific received 17 GP39s that had come off lease to Santa Fe, the new shortline put the units to work as soon as possible. Units renumbered in WPRR's 2300-series were equipped w... (more)

Two of the first ex-ATSF units repainted by Willamette & Pacific lay over at WPRR's Albany Yard.

In October 1995, Willamette & Pacific ran SP 4449 over its lines to promote the new Portland & Western startup. Whenever possible, the steamer was used to move revenue freight cars. One side of 44... (more)

In the mid-1990s, some of the best railfanning in the state of Oregon happened Tuesday and Thursday mornings. That was when Willamette & Pacific's Corvallis Local went to the steam powered sawmill... (more)

Willamette and Pacific Railroad (WPRR) EMD GP9E (SP Black Widow) with loco, 3 freight cars, and caboose propel the Dawson Hauler with caboose leading to the last steam-driven lumber mill in the US... (more)