On Labor Day 1988, an eastbound SP drag takes siding for Amtrak 11 on the south side of Albany. At the time, it was common for SP to use first generation power on trains in the Willamette Valley b... (more)

After switching out the Port of Tillamook Bay interchange, the Clackamas Switcher is returning to Brooklyn Yard. The train is passing the junction with Burlington Northern's former Oregon Electric... (more)

The outbound Whiteson Flyer is a couple of miles into its trip to McMinnville as it crosses Milwaukie's Kellogg Lake. The original Pacific Highway once went under the steel span at left. Lead moto... (more)

Viewed from the US 20 overpass, the outbound Toledo Hauler passes the Gates Lumber Company sawmill west of Corvallis. In less than a year, this trackage would be leased to Willamette & Pacific. Th... (more)

After switching a small yard, UP's North Line Local departs Benson for Lordsburg, NM.

Arrival in the Hollister yard, at one time the track went as far as Tres Pinos

Southern Pacific tunnel motors lift a 98 car manifest toward the summit at Cajon.

Eastbound reefers from the San Joaquin have crested Cajon Summit, and are now dropping toward Colton.

After performing some work on the Tillamook Branch, the Clackamas Switcher is returning to Brooklyn Yard in Southeast Portland.

The Toledo Hauler is passing through the Oregon Coast Range, heading to the massive Georgia Pacific mill at its namesake.

A westbound train of single stacked containers passes the Oregon City Municipal Elevator on Labor Day 1994. The new SDs pulling the train were delivered at the beginning of the summer. Note the pl... (more)

A Southern Pacific intermodal train approaches the port of Long Beach.

SP 8236 and SP 8249 are part of five units up front as they thunder past with the eastbound Southern Pacific Oil Can train. In the distance, a Santa Fe intermodal is approaching. By the time the ... (more)

SP 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, 174 and 168 up Cajon Pass. Seeing three Milwaukee Road engines on a single train was rather rare in SoCal, so we ended up chasing this power consist all day.

As an eastbound Southern Pacific manifest trains crawls uphill towards Caliente, Cotton Belt 7266 is running long hood forward back to Bakersfield after helping a train up Tehachapi Pass.