The dip
The Harbor Turn makes its return trip from Harbor through the farmland between North Plains and Hillsboro, in the blistering heat that we've been experiencing recently.
A rare daylight appearance of the "Harbor Turn". The train died here last night and is now completing their run to Tigard, OR.
A rare daylight appearance of the "Harbor Turn" carries empty log cars back to reload from the Albany & Eastern and fresh cut lumber from Banks, OR.
This former SP SD45 carbody looks pretty magical as it rolls past the little community off Roy Road in the Tualatin Valley.
The Harbor Turn returns from Harbor Siding and enters the open fields of the Tualitin Valley.
The OE express runs south to Albany over the Tualitin River.
The OE express runs south to Albany
The Monday-Friday OE Express runs south to Albany after waiting for 663 and the Rock train to enter Tigard Yard. The SD45 carbody looks very rugged with the SP light fixture.
Portland & Western's nocturnal Harbor Turn (featured in an article in Railfan & Railroad earlier this year) ferries logs and lumber products from the lower Willamette Valley to a reload facility a... (more)