Having just crossed the Steel Bridge over the Willamette River (slightly visible through the tree above the train), a southbound Metropolitan Area Express (TriMet) Yellow Line train (Expo Center t... (more)

KCS power has become very common on grain and potash trains following the KCS-CP merger. The variety of these "Southern Belle" units adds a bright and colorful touch to the typical drear... (more)

Back in 1978 Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt four GE U25B's with Sulzer prime movers. They gave it a nice flashy daylight type paint scheme never to be repeated. The horsepower was uprated to 2800 and th... (more)

Power shuffles out of the Albina Mechanical shop. Taken from a top the Fremont Bridge.

UP 1921 leads UP 2170 (a standard cab SD60 in original paint) on the Lake-Albina Transfer. This shot was taken a top the Fremont Bridge. Every year, this bridge closes to pedestrians for the Bridg... (more)

SP&S 4-6-0 150 leads three cars at Portland Oregon in 1931. Otto's speed estimate was 20 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

A City Center bound Orange Line train slows for a stop at SE Bybee Boulevard while a southbound UP intermodal train gets underway out of Portland.

PORTLAND OR Aug 20 1981 — Southern Pacific SW1500 2645 handles a caboose hop at North Albina Avenue east of Union Pacific’s Albina Yard. Photo by Charles Stookey.

Northern Pacific train number 407 is seen departing Portland Oregon on July 29th 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The former NW Portland industrial switched that was based out of Willbridge Yard has been donated to the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. Following the abandonment of the spurs in the area, GN 361... (more)

SPS 866 has been parked in the NW Industrial area with other historical pieces of equipment for over a decade. After BNSF land locked the units by cutting switching in the area and lack of space a... (more)

UP GP7 no. 104 appears freshly repainted in the "We Can Handle It" slogan era of the 1970s at Albina Yard, Portland. These venerable Geeps were sometimes equipped with large snowplows fo... (more)

PORTLAND OR Aug 20 1981 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3234 and Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8304 have just crossed under I-405 as they haul a mixed freight into Albina Yard. EMD built the unit (b/n 72684-3... (more)

A very spooky "Grey Ghost" sits in Lake Yard on Halloween 2023.

An officer special leaves Portland's Albina Yard after spending the night.