A westbound grain train nears Bingen, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge. The Oakways were fairly rare birds on the old SP&S.

An eastbound BNSF train nears Lyle, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge. Despite the early November date, a fair amount of fall color remains on the trees.

Nine months after the merger of Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, along the Columbia River it didn't look like anything had changed. A westbound stack train nears Bingen on the Fallbridge Subdivi... (more)

Two empty grain trains await their turn to depart eastward on a fall afternoon.

Long before anyone ever heard of "Tiger King," a tiger-striped GP50 leads an autorack train west through the Columbia River Gorge.

Heading to the Washington Central, SP 4449 rolls east on Burlington Northern's former SP&S mainline.

Amtrak's northbound Mount Rainier makes its station stop at Salem on a spring morning. The train originated in Eugene a few minutes before sunrise. It will terminate at Seattle during lunch hour.

The Newberg Turn crosses a timber trestle on Rex Hill that had recently suffered a fire. You can see the scorched trees and burned trestle timbers near the rear unit. This scenic line is currentl... (more)

A northbound UP train bound for Eugene rolls through the east Cascade forest at Kirk, Oregon.

Power for SP's Corvallis Local lays over at the modest yard in Corvallis, Oregon.

Power for SP's Toledo Switcher and Toledo Hauler is parked at the depot in Toledo. Shortline startup Willamette & Pacific was just eight days away.

Fresh from painting at the Brooklyn Roundhouse, WPRR 1801 crests Rex Hill, SP's unknown summit.

After switching out the steel mill on the north side of town, power for the Mac Switcher returns to the depot for tieup. At the time, there were several wig wags in downtown McMinnville.

Bound for McMinnville, the outbound Whiteson Flyer departs Newberg, namesake of the Newberg Branch.

The outbound Toledo Hauler has just emerged from tunnel 24, and is crossing a trestle that spans the Yaquina River. Southern Pacific would operate the Toledo Branch for only eight more days befor... (more)