Two of Portland & Western's ex-ATSF GP39-2s spend a Sunday afternoon laying over at the former Oregon Electric terminal in Eugene. The PNWR 2313 is somewhat notable, as it still carries its origin... (more)
Amtrak 508 has just started its 310 mile trip from Eugene to Seattle as it passes the water tower at the new Oregon State Hospital. Local icon Spencer Butte looms in the distance. This is the only... (more)
The sole Talgo set currently in operation on Amtrak's Cascades service is parked at Eugene, awaiting a 4:30 pm departure for Seattle as train 508.
The Coast Starlight arrives at Vancouver, USA on a summer evening. As hard as it seems to believe, lead unit AMTK 10 was a quarter century old last September.
Midway through its trip from Eugene to Seattle, Amtrak Cascades train 500 enters Vancouver, Washington. The train has just crossed the Columbia River.
Running about 20 minutes late, Capitol Corridor train 545 highballs Emeryville. It is a Sacramento - Oakland schedule that will terminate at its next stop in Jack London Square. Of note is the ref... (more)
An empty westbound garbage train approaches a crew change at Vancouver, Washingon.
A westbound rolls through suburban Vancouver, Washingon. The crew will finish their trip from Pasco in another nine miles, at BNSF's terminal downtown.
A northbound manifest in Oregon's Willamette Valley rolls slowly up the mainline at Shedd siding, as an opposing southbound train takes siding.
Union Pacific's Reno Local is nearing the intermodal terminal on the Reno Branch.
The Toledo Patch is approaching the Union Pacific mainline after receiving authority to cross over into PNWR's Albany Yard.
The Gorge Local heads east on Easter Sunday.
On the way to Winterail, we spotted UP's Woodland Local parked near I-5 about halfway between West Sacramento and Woodland. The crew was having dinner at the Elkhorn Saloon as a crop duster worked... (more)
The Toledo Patch rolls through Nortons at 10 mph on PNWR's Toledo District.
High above the Cold Spring Valley, the Reno Local heads south on the Reno Branch.
