And steam off!!! Under overcast skies, SP&S 700 with Daylight SP 4449 starting off the day as #2 depart Portland on the beginning leg of their doubleheader excursion. We are RR eastbound passing u... (more)

Restored GN F7 274 sits on the tracks just to the north of the Brooklyn roundhouse, coupled to Doyle McCormick's Nickel Plate painted RSD-5 324.

F40PHR 231 sits in the summer sun next to the Brooklyn Roundhouse in Daylight paint. During my visit, the trucks were being painted silver. Looking good, Chris!

Morning northbound Cascade 500 pushes out of Union Station, with the cab control car on the south end for a change.

Amtrak train 500 is being pushed by the 461. The building on the left is the unused VC tower. In it's hayday, it controlled movements in and out of the depot.

F-PNWR-08 arriving UP's Brooklyn Yard with a BNSF crew to do a mainline swap with a Portland & Western crew, yours truly doing the ground work.

Waiting for the highball to Railfair.

It's new daylight paint job

I don't know any of the details surrouding this LRV-pickup truck collision other than to say the LRV came out on top. The incident occurred directly outside my hotel room at Portland Internationa... (more)

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After the Holiday Express, both the 4449 & 700 get a little rest.

SP&S 700 runs excursions along the east bank of Willamette River from Oaks Park on the Portland’s Historic Oregon Pacific Railroad to celebrate the "50th Anniversary - Farewell to Steam Excursio... (more)