SP 4449 and Amtrak P42 #202 as the northbound train was being built at Union Station in Portland, Oregon.

After a lot of work done on the 4449 including some painting and a good scrubbing, she is ready for a busy couple of weeks including Tacoma NHRS and Wishram turns. For more info about our upcoming... (more)

Steam and the City. With downtown Portlland, OR as a background, SP 4449 pulls one of the 2010 Holiday Express trains for the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. The trains are a yearly event, and fu... (more)

Travelling through the "urban canyon" along the Willamette River in Portlland, OR, SP 4449 pulls one of the 2010 Holiday Express trains for the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. The trains are a y... (more)

northbound train departing Portland, OR at Willbridge Jct.

In a modern city. Pedestrians, cars, bikes, and streetcars just become part of the urban life in Portland. On a wet New Years day, a woman crosses the streetcar tracks with hardly a glance ... (more)

These 2 Amtrak Veterans are finally side by side again, they may not be in their orignal colors but it's still pretty cool to see them together again.

Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation's Holiday Express operated the first two weeks in December this year. There are lots of "Santa Trains", but not many of them use 4-8-4's, and only one has world fam... (more)

SP4449 leads ORHF's annual Holiday Express both weekend this year, not that I'm complaining.

Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! As a colorful sunset lights up the Portland sky, one of numerous MAX trains cross the upper deck of the Steel Bridge. In the background are the Broadway bridge and th... (more)

7400 arrives into Albina Yard on it's 1st cross country journey on a rainy and dreary afternoon, but not even the cruddy weather can take away the beauty of the engine and what it represents. I mu... (more)

Now that’s a curve! CLD Pacific Grain’s trackmobile pulls four newly-unloaded covered hoppers around the loop track at CLD’s O-Dock on the Willamette River in downtown Portland... (more)

The last southbound Cascade creeps across Portland's Steel Bridge on its way south to Eugene.

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The faces of Beauty, 1988, a 90MAC and Mt. Hood