Westbound ballast train east of Huntington, Oregon.

Westbound Z train at Sago, heading towards La Grande, OR

The Olympic Torch unit rolls past the Oregon Rail Heritage Center on a trip to Eugene.

Still wearing the patriotic colors of The Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad, PNWR 1201 sits with stacks capped in Albany Yard. This unit is suppose to be trimmed from the Portland and Western roster.

Coming back from Oakland, OR, i made a quick stop in Albany as there is always something interesting to look at. Here, the vintage SP SD7 sits idle on this 1st Saturday of 2019. The old workhorse ... (more)

My last shot of the year was this CN grainer running down crossing alley in Portland.

Westbound manifest train. Apparently UP has now stored most of these locomotives.

Black Widow Reflections. Catching a pocket a sunlight between runs out of Lebanon, LLW 5399 glistens on the point of its colorful Candy Cane Express train as it casts a reflection in a near... (more)

Westbound stack train.

With a load of happy children and their parents aboard, the last run of the Candy Cane Express for the day departs Lebanon for a trip down part of the Santiam Branch.

Sam. What can I say? In the world of preservation railroading, there are a few folks who just have "the look". Sumpter Valley Engineer Sam McCloskey is one of those guys. Pos... (more)

Blue hour in McEwen. As the blue hour fades to black, Sumpter Valley's two steam locomotives sit tied down at the McEwen Tank, all prepped and ready for an early morning departure to the we... (more)

Approaching Sumpter. The fall colors are shining brightly in the afternoon sun as Sumpter Valley's Mikado #19 hustles west toward nearby Sumpter, with a log train.

This stretch of track ... (more)

Gold country narrow gauge. One of the real gems in preservation railroading struts its stuff for the cameras as Sumpter Valley's Mikado #19 makes an eastbound run out of Sumpter, headed for... (more)