When Willamette & Pacific received 17 GP39s that had come off lease to Santa Fe, the new shortline put the units to work as soon as possible. Units renumbered in WPRR's 2300-series were equipped w... (more)
In October 1995, Willamette & Pacific ran SP 4449 over its lines to promote the new Portland & Western startup. Whenever possible, the steamer was used to move revenue freight cars. One side of 44... (more)
In the mid-1990s, some of the best railfanning in the state of Oregon happened Tuesday and Thursday mornings. That was when Willamette & Pacific's Corvallis Local went to the steam powered sawmill... (more)