Less than ten blocks from the mainline, an extra West Stayton Local heads east through Southeast Salem on the Geer Branch. The track would be leased to the new Willamette Valley Railway at the end... (more)
A few weeks before the trackage was leased to the Willamette Valley Railway, an extra West Stayton Turn rolls east on the Geer Branch. This line through the suburbs of the state capital is now aba... (more)
An extra West Stayton Local negotiates the connection between the Geer Branch and the West Stayton Branch at Geer, Oregon. The train was taking a mechanical refrigerator car to spot at Stayton on... (more)
Until the mid 1990s, it was common for Southern Pacific to run roadfreights in the Willamette Valley with solid sets of first generation power. A set of valley power pulls a westbound toward Eugen... (more)
Towing a mechanical refrigerator car that will be spotted on speculation at Stayton, the West Stayton Local passes through Macleay, Oregon on the West Stayton branch. By the end of the month, oper... (more)
An extra West Stayton Local passes a Christmas tree farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. A mechanical refrigerator car is being taken a packing plant in Stayton to spot on speculation of getting a ... (more)