Relegated to yard and transfer service, a pair of SD60s switch Albina Yard before heading out with the Lake Transfer.

The Portland & Western's Vancouver, WA-bound train passes the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, where the SP 4449 is seen still steaming after its adventure on the same railroad.

Amtrak 509 brings up the tail of Train #507 as it crosses the Willamette River on a gorgeous late spring afternoon.

It is true that even railroaders can have the energy and impulse to be comical after a day's work. Such was the case after the 4449's spur of the moment run on the Portland & Western to Tigard. Th... (more)

After carrying several distinguished Genessee & Wyoming corporate figures on a run between Milwaukie and Tigard, the SP 4449 leads its short consist of four passenger cars tender first back to the... (more)

The conductor of a UP intermodal gives a wave as his train heads past CP East Portland.

The Union Pacific's Lake Transfer diverges at CP East Portland after receiving permission from the dispatcher to cross the Steel Bridge. To my right was fellow RailPics contributor J.PO.

Amtrak Cascade's Mt. Bachelor talgo set stretches across the Steel Bridge as it prepares to head south for a journey down UP's Brooklyn Subdivision.

One of Amtrak's newer Talgo sets embarks on its journey south to Eugene, crossing the Steel Bridge as it does so.

An unusual load appeared today on the Union Pacific's Brooklyn Subdivision in the form of former Yreka Western 19. Despite this being a rare ride for the former McCloud engine, it certainly is not... (more)

On a gorgeous spring afternoon along the Columbia River, two consecutively-numbered UP motors and a CEFX unit lead a Canadian grain train towards points west.

An OPR excursion train heading to Oaks Park is seen just south of its departure station at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

The old and the new in focus. Originally opening in 1896, Portland, Oregon's Union Station has hosted a variety of railroads and their interesting motive power over the years, and today, it got a ... (more)

A BNSF coal train skirts a curve east of Washougal as it heads west down the Fallbridge Subdivision on a nice winter day.

With brand new loaded hoppers in consist, a BN grain navigates its way past the neighborhoods of East Vancouver on a snowy January day.