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  1. Retro Starlight

    Retro Starlight

    Amtrak 11 passes the Eastmoreland Golf Course in Southeast Portland, Oregon. The train will terminate at Klamath Falls.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  2. UP 1943

    UP 1943

    Leading an officers' special in Portland, OR.
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    • heritage locomotives heritage unit oregon passenger special portland union pacific
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  3. Heading for the barn

    Heading for the barn

    A train on the East Portland Traction Company rolls past the former Union Pacific 4-6-2 on display at Oaks Park in Portland. The steamer is now at the ORHF Enginehouse.
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    • 4-6-2 eptc portland shortline up
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    • Category: Western United States
  4. Amtrak Coast Starlight At Portland Union Station

    Amtrak Coast Starlight At Portland Union Station

    Amtrak Coast Starlight making passenger stop at the Portland Union Station.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  5. East Meets West

    East Meets West

    Eastbound and Westbound double-stacks meet at MP-99 of UP's Portland Sub. A stiff breeze has produced whitecaps and rollers on the Columbia river.
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    • Category: Western United States
  6. Travelling In Luxury

    Travelling In Luxury

    No doubt heading outbound from Augusta, GA and The Masters Golf Tournament (speculation), the NYC 3 Portland private car was seen on the tail end of Amtrak 19 in Birmingham, AL.
    • stagmie
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    • 3 al alabama amtrak birmingham central new nyc portland york
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  7. Travelling In Luxury

    Travelling In Luxury

    No doubt heading outbound from Augusta, GA and The Masters Golf Tournament (speculation), the NYC 3 Portland private car was seen on the tail end of Amtrak 19 in Birmingham, AL.
    • stagmie
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    • 3 al alabama amtrak birmingham central new nyc portland york
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  8. Travelling In Luxury

    Travelling In Luxury

    Check out those stares I'm getting as I shoot multiple photos! The woman on the car looks absolutly scarry!!! No doubt heading outbound from Augusta, GA and The Masters Golf Tournament (speculation), the NYC 3 Portland private car was seen on the tail end of Amtrak 19 in Birmingham, AL.
    • stagmie
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    • 3 al alabama amtrak birmingham central new nyc portland york
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  9. Travelling In Luxury

    Travelling In Luxury

    No doubt heading outbound from Augusta, GA and The Masters Golf Tournament (speculation), the NYC 3 Portland private car was seen on the tail end of Amtrak 19 in Birmingham, AL.
    • stagmie
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    • 3 al alabama amtrak birmingham central new nyc portland york
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  10. Street running in Salem

    Street running in Salem

    The OE Express eases through traffic on Front Street in Salem, Ore. on July 13, 2011
    • Graham Line
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    • Category: Western United States
  11. Number 26 Departs Portland

    Number 26 Departs Portland

    On a very warm day in May 1992, Amtrak #26 departs Portland Union Station. This photo was taken from the window in VC Tower. The operator had all of the windows open and was kind enough to allow me to come up and take this shot. Even with a 24mm lens, it was impossible to not to have that...
    • KristopherL
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    • pioneer portland tower vc
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  12. Miss Katy visits Portland

    Miss Katy visits Portland

    Probably one of the best views in town is the Broadway Bridge. You look west you see downtown Portland and if you look east you can see the Steel Bridge, Convention Center, Mt Hood, and UP1988? Yes, looking a little out of place Miss Katy can be seen Shoving her train along the Willamette River...
    • Drewster
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  13. Union Station At Night

    Union Station At Night

    Portland Union Station is over 100 years old and is a landmark in Portland.
    • RRShutterbug
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Night Photos
  14. Train and Baggage Cart

    Train and Baggage Cart

    Nighttime at Portland Union Station. One of the Amtrak Cascades trains lays over as a baggage cart crosses to meet another train as it arrives. Portland Union Station is over 100 years old and is a landmark in Portland.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Editor's Favorite Photos
  15. Power of the Mountain 2

    Power of the Mountain 2

    A Union Pacific westbound frieght rolls to a stop at the west end of Champ Siding. Mount Hood looms in the background.
    • RRShutterbug
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    • "mount "railroad "union hood" mountain oregon pacific" portland power railroad track" tracks train transportation
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  16. White Satin

    White Satin

    A westbound Union Pacific freight train rolls past White Satin Sugar at Champ in Northeast Portland, Oregon. White Satin is a regular user of rail service.
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    • Category: Western United States
  17. Steaming along the Frozen Pond

    Steaming along the Frozen Pond

    The SP&S 700 leads the ORHF Holiday Express in Portland, OR on Saturday, Dec 5, 2009. The extreme cold weather produced beautiful vapor plumes while running along the partially frozen Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge pond.
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    • 700 holiday portland sps steam
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  18. BN running down NW 15th

    BN running down NW 15th

    On the same day as the other photo, the BN 214 picks up a car along NW 15th Ave in Portland. I can't remember who the customer was, it may have been the Meier & Frank wearhouse. After 12 years some of the details have slipped my mind.
    • KristopherL
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    • bn portland running stret
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  19. Hoyt St. switcher

    Hoyt St. switcher

    On a very dark and damp Feburary 1998 day, the BN Hoyt Street switcher picks up some cars at the Port of Portland in front of the Dockside bar/grill.
    • KristopherL
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    • bn portland switcher
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  20. BNSF #8905 West Highballing Cooks siding at MP 64...

    BNSF #8905 West Highballing Cooks siding at MP 64...

    BNSF #8905 West is leading a Centralia Coal train just meeting the eastbound Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder at Cooks siding.. Pasco West told the BNSF #8905 west to highball due to them leading a fleet of trains west behind him that were low on HOS (Hours of Service.) This was...
    • SP&SFan
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    • #8905 64 amtrak at bnsf builder cooks eastbound empire fleet highballing hours mp of portland section service siding trains west westbound
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States



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