Coos Bay Rail Line's southbound Hauler heads for Coos Bay; the hoppers on the head end are headed to add ballast to the currently out-of-service portion of the line between Coos Bay and Coquille, ... (more)

"I don't like sand." But on the coast, it's just a fact of life. The northbound Coos Bay Hauler, sporting just a single MP15DC today, rolls north towards Hauser along the famous Orego... (more)

Elma is the headquarters of the Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad. On this day, a GP38 lettered for the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad sits near the maintenance facility. Both railroads are owned ... (more)

"A Classic Race at the Antique Machinery Association"

The race is on as former Hawaii Railway Company "2-4-2" steam locomotive #5 overtakes a classic McCormick Fa... (more)

The afternoon Cascades service from Eugene to Seattle nears Junction City, Oregon. It is passing the water tower for the new Oregon State Hospital, which opened a few years ago. The hill in the di... (more)

Amtrak 503, the morning Cascades train from Seattle to Eugene, arrives at Oregon City, Oregon. The cab car leading the train was painted for use with the Talgo Series 6 trainsets, which were retir... (more)

Perched above the tracks, CSCD 1002 leads the southbound Oroville local towards Wenatchee Washington on a warm spring day.

CSCD 1002 leads the southbound run of the Cascade and Columbia river railroad, next to highway 97 on a warm spring morning.

The throaty sound of 4 geeps splits the silence of the forest, as PNWR's Toledo Hauler approaches the small town of Summit, in the Coast Range mountains.

With the second and third Tacoma Narrows Bridges looming in the distance, an afternoon Cascades skirts the shores of Puget Sound. Within the next few weeks, all Amtrak traffic should be re-routed... (more)

Bayview Properties' EMD SW8 1001 sits at Wellcox Yard in Nanaimo along with SRY GP9 108. The developer plans to relocate 1001 to Victoria where it will be utilized for promotional purposes and the... (more)

Great Northern 274 Built in 1950 for the Great Northern Railroad EMD F7A continues a life 70+ years later pulling tourists between Garilbaldi and Rockaway, Beach, along the Oregon Coast... (more)

An aggregate train cruises across the Tonquin Pond bridge, bound for Hillsboro. Second out is an EMD SD9 of 1955 vintage, originally being a Southern Pacific unit.

Great Northern F3A-B 354C at Seattle's King Street Station in September 1963. Photo from my collection, no photographer's name listed

Oregon Eastern recently acquired a former Hudson Bay Railway GP39-3 (ex-SP GP35) from Western Rail, Inc. in exchange for three of their four GP7s - the fourth was retained as backup power for when... (more)