Between the Branches of the Oregon Coast the Toledo Patch brings its 20 or so cars over a small bridge.

AMTK 465 rushes an Amtrak Cascades service train north towards its stop at Tacoma. Passengers enjoy views of Puget Sound from Nisqually into Tacoma as the train glides past Days Island. Unfortunat... (more)

SP 5100, a GE 70 tonner, was built in March 1949 and is seen here outside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OR. The railroad originally acquired about 20 of these switch engines from Ge... (more)

CFNW 106 & CSCD 1001 make a light engine move after arriving in Wenatchee with traffic generated on their former Great Northern Ry Oroville Branch. Rail America was acquired by Geneses & Wyoming i... (more)

Westbound grain train at Tokio.

Northbound passenger extra is meeting the special "Mapco Express" oil train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

"You gotta go to Alaska for a few days". "Oh, darn, alright but you own me." (Never let the good deal monitor know you might enjoy any trip, or you'll never go again. Anyway,... (more)

A special oil train with dignitaries, dubbed the "Mapco Express" pauses at Healy. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

CBRL's southbound Hauler rolls across the trestle at Saunders Lake County Park between Hauser and Reedsport, OR as a couple of local fishermen start their day, one from the boat and the other from... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 16 2021 — Northwest Rail Institute SW8 701 (b/n 15739) is a little worse for wear. At this time the loco is no longer in use and the institute appears to be closed. Note that it... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Jan 18 2014 — Sterling Bomba SW8 203 (b/n 15739) sits to the south of a Columbia Business Park warehouse. The locomotive was acquired by the Northwest Railroad institute. The unit w... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Dec 16 2008 — Columbia Business Center GE 80-ton CBCX 102 is tied down on a delivery track south of a steel fabrication facility. The area is what used to be a Kaiser Shipyard. GE b... (more)

BNSF ES44AC No. 5869 rolling stacks, departs Cooks Siding on the Fallbridge Subdivision along the Columbia River

BATTLE GROUND WA March 30 2004 — CBRR SW1200 211 awaits a crew to perform duties on the Clark County-owned railroad that stretches from Rye Junction (where it joins the Seattle Sub of the BNSF) ... (more)

Half of the entire Mount Vernon Terminal Railway can be seen in this photo. MVT primarily stores tank cars for the local refineries and offloads plastic pellets for a Boeing supplier. To the righ... (more)