The southbound Coast Starlight arrives in Albany
Train 11 (Coast Starlight) departs Albany, OR with one of AMTRAK's "charger" locomotives near Queen Avenue.
The End of an Era. Three or Portland & Western's high hood, first generation EMD power has been retired at this date. Only SD9 1852, still in Southern Pacific paint, continues to work the Oregon E... (more)
Last of its Kind: Portland and Western number 1501 was one of the last SD7 locomotives in regular freight service in North America. It was built in November of 1952 as Southern Pacific numb... (more)
PNWR 2307 at Albany, OR.
The fog is coming.
Albany. On the March 28, 2022, Amtrak Train 11 (Coast Starlight) stopped at Albany, Oregon with Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome 313 (WEBX 801044), former... (more)
GP9E 1801 bask in the sun at the shops. The unit is on borrowed time on the PNWR since their parent company, Genesee and Wyoming, has agreed to get rid of older locomotives to comply with the clea... (more)
67 years young. PNWR 1852, SP 4397 in a past life, shuffles freight cars at the Albany "OE Yard" on a cold but sunny winter day. This locomotive, along with PNWR's other first generation... (more)
A Meeting of the Generations: Amtrak Cascades train number 508 arrives into Albany, Oregon with Non Powered Control Unit number 90252 bringing up the end of the train. As number 508 pulls i... (more)
A northbound manifest in Oregon's Willamette Valley rolls slowly up the mainline at Shedd siding, as an opposing southbound train takes siding.
The Toledo Patch is approaching the Union Pacific mainline after receiving authority to cross over into PNWR's Albany Yard.
Portland & Western 1501 switches cars at the south end of Albany yard. The 69-year old SD7 is one of the oldest locomotives still working regularly in Oregon.
