Even with WES service being reduced heavily, the RDCs still get a chance to stretch their legs occasionally.

The PNWR harbor turn pulls into Beburg siding to allow a WES commuter train to pass. This train has been making more frequent day runs recently due to crew shortages.

Portland & Western's OE Switcher enters the former Southern Pacific Tillamook Branch at St. Marys, exiting former Burlington Northern trackage. The CTC system between St. Marys and Greton had rec... (more)

Portland & Western's OE Switcher crosses SW Millikan way in Beaverton, on a spur that was used to service a GM parts distribution center. Both the GM facility and the spur are now gone.

Portland & Western's OE Switcher is shown in Beaverton, Oregon during July 1997. The train is running on the connection that was built between the former Oregon Electric and the Southern Pacific... (more)

When Portland & Western started operating, they inherited a GM Parts Distribution Center as a customer on the former Oregon Electric. The light rail project to Portland's west suburbs was built on... (more)

The geological features and the frequency of trains along the Columbia River make it a great destination for Photographers.

After switching out the Port of Tillamook Bay interchange, the Clackamas Switcher is returning to Brooklyn Yard. The train is passing the junction with Burlington Northern's former Oregon Electric... (more)

A Southern Pacific local heads west (timetable east, of course) on the Tillamook Branch in the southwest suburbs of Portland. A late winter storm has dumped some fresh snow on Mt. Hood.

It's just about dark as Westside Express Service DMU No. 1002 makes its final trip from the Beaverton Transit Center to Wilsonville, Ore., the last stop on the line and home of the railroad's shop... (more)

A southbound Westside Express Service train has just departed the Beaverton Transit Center and heads down the middle of SW Lombard Avenue.

A WES commuter train pulls up to the platform at the Beaverton Transit Center as it prepares to pick up passengers for the southbound commute to Wilsonville.

Tri-Met WES finally tests their newly aquirred RDC's bought from Alaska Railroad about a year ago to add to their 3 DMU cars for backup purposes. Ex-Alaska 711 and 702 now Tri-Met 1711 and 1702 ar... (more)

Tri-Met's New WES commuter trains finish their Last week of Testing before they Open on FEB 2nd. 2 single DMUs like this one and one DMU with a trailer unit will take commuters to their destinatio... (more)