VANCOUVER WA July 7 2011 — Under a cloudy sky and with diesel exhaust blowing up and to the right Portland & Western GP39-2 2317 (former Santa Fe 3616) proceeds north at the Amtrak station. The ... (more)
The daily 663/664 rolls past the Oregon Rail Heritage Center and local residents of Portland.
A Portland & Western local starts its journey back to Oregon as it departs Vancouver Yard for the bridge over the Columbia River. Today, this scene would look slightly different, as the searchligh... (more)
As folks sit at a crawl in work hour traffic, Portland & Westerns 664 makes good time leaving Vancouver for Albany today.
The Portland & Western's Vancouver, WA-bound train passes the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, where the SP 4449 is seen still steaming after its adventure on the same railroad.
Portland & Westerns 663 has been using the Cornelius Pass line somewhat frequently this last year due to major delays with UP on the Willsburg line. The crew died on Sunday, taking said route goin... (more)
Winterail 2017 brought lots of train buffs to the central Willamette Valley this year in Corvallis. Around 10 people or so gathered at the Lake Oswego bridge to shoot 663 following the event.
The sun sets on the Portland & Western Vancouver to Albany mixed freight.
Willamette Crossing
On a bright Tuesday morning, a Portland & Western train passes a blackberry farm on its way along the railroad's Oregon Electric District, as a trio of former Santa Fe GP39-2s leads the train east... (more)