When my father went on business trips to San Jose in the late 1970s, the Western Pacific F7s were a favorite target. On this day he didn't get an F7 on the lead, but GP40 3501 - GP20 2008 - F7(a)... (more)
A baretable with a pair of CNW GEs heads west down the SP Brooklyn Subdivision.
Fall color is in full tilt on top of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state as MILW 177 exits Snoqualmie Tunnel after making its eastbound climb up from Cedar Falls, WA. The train will continue to Ot... (more)
A very rare visitor, an Amtrak Cascades F59PHI, came to Washington on its way to North Carolina for a temporary assignment filling in on Piedmont trains after its career in the Pacific Northwest w... (more)
NP 1735 now serves as seating for the Mount Hood Brewing Company in Portland. Located right off the Oregon Pacific track to Milwaukee and the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, the caboose was appar... (more)
The Willamette & Pacific yard crew is setting up the day's train to Toledo. After they add the caboose to the rear, the power will be added to the head end of the train.
Alaska Railroad Alco MRS1 1601 works the roads yard in Anchorage in the summer of 1980. At the time there were several of these former US military units running. there low clearance profile is cle... (more)
The Spirit of Washington dinner train crosses the Wilburton Trestle near downtown Bellevue. For 1994, this was as close as you could get to a classic 1950s domeliner in the Northwest.
Weyerhaeuser's inbound Woods Railroad train passes a freight car repair facility near the Longview mill.
After spending most of it's life inside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, NKP 190 is front and center. A true classic, 1 of 2 that were brought back from Mexico. The locomotive looks a little out o... (more)
Locomotives lay over at Washington Central's terminal in Yakima during June 1993.
CORP #2067 is just starting the climb past Edgewood on her way south to Weed, CA with a short 11 car train.
Power for Willamette & Pacific's Eugene Hauler crosses over Burlington Northern's former Oregon Electric. Today, both lines are united under the Portland & Western banner.
CORP #2067 is south bound nearing Weed, CA winding 11 cars through the valley just south of Gazelle.
The 708 waits for its outbound crew to take the train to Cadiz.
