Climbing the 1.5% grade from South Junction to Madras with just "some" help from the assisting Amtrak P42.
Just starting it's return trip from Bend to Portland, OR. Freezing a.m. temps resulted in lots of steam!
Returning to Portland on a crisp Central Oregon fall morning.
Deschutes Steam Special - SP 4449 led 12 beautiful cars through the scenic Oregon Trunk on a two day excursion. Great weather, wonderful people, amazing crew and a a beautiful train provided for a... (more)
While Y'all were getting yer steam on in the Midwest and Texas chasing UP 844, not to be outdone, we in the Pacific Northwest had a little steam show of our own. The Friends of SP 4449 operated t... (more)
Swifties
High above the confluence of the Deschutes and Columbia rivers a train from Bend approaches OT Junction while a UP goes by on the south shore of the Columbia. We needed a train on the ex-SPS on th... (more)