Seven Up!
A solid set of seven GEVO locomotives pulls the MRVPT out of Hallawell siding after meeting the Amtrak Cascades #507. The complete consist is UP 5443, 5407, 5364, 5418, 5393... (more)

Teamwork
Portland & Western crewmen pause from their work and wave to crew of the UP Albany Roustabout as it rolls by at restricted speed. In the background, the yard crew engi... (more)

Centerbeam Attacks Covered Hopper
On the morning of May 21, 2010, the UP MPDPW manifest train derailed as it was arriving at Albany yard. An empty centerbeam, the 15th car from the end... (more)

Chasing the Pot of Gold
The Portland & Western Eugene Hauler arrived at Albany yard with 102 cars behind UP 8105, 8014 and NS 9682. Here the train has re-entered the UP Brooklyn ... (more)

A Rainbow of Schemes or Merger Schemes
The Portland & Western 663 power has a remarkably colorful consist with five paint schemes on six locomotives! Here the 663 power is... (more)

Portland & Western crews flew black flags this week to honor their fallen brother, Ronald Lee Langlois, who met a tragic end while working a nighttime yard switch job in Eugene, Oregon.

Amtrak Coast Starlight #11-22 is on final approach to Albany, soon to pass beneath the Highway 99E overpass in sunset light. At right, UP 1235 GP39-2 sits quietly waiting for another day in... (more)

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.

Amtrak no. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, pauses at the station in Albany, Oregon, at twilight on Veteran's Day 2009, running one hour and ten minutes late.