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  1. SP&S #700

    SP&S #700

    Spokane Portland & Seattle #700 heading back to Brooklyn Yard from an afternoon at BNSF's Vancouver Yard delivering Santa Claus to the families from the Vancouver Terminal pool of employees. #700 is just south of the Vancouver Center crossovers and about to enter the BNSF Columbia...
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    • #700 amtrak bnsf brooklyn burlington depot engine fe northern oregon portland railroad santa seattle sp&s steam subdivis vancouver washington yard
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  2. PC Lives On

    PC Lives On

    A Penn Central coach, now being used as a diner, looks on as a PP&L coal train sits in downtown Phillipsburg on the Portland Secondary.
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    • ns portland pp&l secondary
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    • Category: Eastern United States
  3. Portland 2ft. gage

    Portland 2ft. gage

    Trainset operating this Memorial Day weekend 2006. The city of Portland has installed a few miles of 2ft. gage track along the waterfront, and they operate steam locomotives from the old Maine 2ft. gage logging railroads some days.
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    • 2 foot portland
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  4. NS Coal Train

    NS Coal Train

    A Loaded NS coal train bound for Portland, PA heads north through Phillipsburg on the Portland Secondary.
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    • coal ns portland
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  5. Holiday Express

    Holiday Express

    SP 4449 steams on the Oregon Pacific Railroad.
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    • holiday_express oregon_pacific portland sp4449
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  6. Last to Leave

    Last to Leave

    UP 3203 is moving on the East Portland Traction Company in February 1996. The 4-6-2 once sat at Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon with SP 4449 and SP&S 700. It was the last steamer to leave the park.
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    • 4-6-2 eptc pacific portland steam up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  7. Down the street on the EPTC

    Down the street on the EPTC

    Former Portland Traction Company SW1 No. 100 departs the Southern Pacific interchange for Milwaukie, Oregon in 1995.
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    • eptc oregon_pacific portland ptc sw1
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  8. Portland Terminal #40

    Portland Terminal #40

    Portland Terminal ALCO S-2 #40 hard at work in the yard at Portland OR in 1980.
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    • portland rr terminal
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  9. MRL F45 Great Adventure

    MRL F45 Great Adventure

    I did catch Amtrak, but this is the going away shot of Amtrak # 506 (Talgo-Portland, Ore. to Seattle, Wash.) The lead part of his train is crossing over from main #1 to main #2.
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    • #506 110.9 amtrak mp ore. portland seattle subdivision talgo train wash.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  10. Recent shot from Portland, Ore.

    Recent shot from Portland, Ore.

    My friend and I went out to take some night shots around the Portland, Ore. area. Here is what I came up with. Here is the UP #4581 at the lead waiting to enter the diesel shops @ Albina in Portland, Ore.
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    • #4581 albina oregon pacific portland sd70m union
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Recent shot from Portland, Ore.

    Recent shot from Portland, Ore.

    I went out to take some night shots around the Portland, Ore. area. Here is what I came up with. This is again Amtrak #14 going north by us @ Lake Yard.
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    • #14 amtrak bnsf burlington coast fe lake northern portland railroad santa starlight terminal train yard
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  12. Tri-Met #240 heading eastbound..

    Tri-Met #240 heading eastbound..

    #240 is ready to depart from the 1st & SW Yamhill just after sunset ready to call it a day at the final stop in Gresham, Ore.
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    • #240 max oregon portland tri-met
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  13. IMG_0170

    IMG_0170

    New UP ES44AC 5529 leads a new SD70ACe on an inbound double stack into Albina Yard, Portland, OR, as an SD70M and another SD70ACe wait to enter the yard.
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    • albina es44ac portland sd70ace up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  14. PNWR Eugene Hauler on Sixth Avenue in Corvallis, OR. - 02/12/2005

    PNWR Eugene Hauler on Sixth Avenue in Corvallis, OR. - 02/12/2005

    P&W's Eugene Hauler is returning from a trip to the small yard in Corvallis to pick up a couple of loaded centerbeam flatcars. The train is headed to Ashahr, where it'll pick up the rest of its train for the trip to Eugene via the UP mainline, where it'll swap crews for a UP crew to...
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    • & corvallis eugene hauler oregon p&w pacific pnwr portland street toledo trackage w&p western westside willamette wprr
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  15. Junction City

    Junction City

    Portland & Westerns American Turn returns South to Eugene after running up to... American! check out the kid on the bike to the left of the train holding onto a boxcar for a quick ride down the street
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    • & american portland turn western
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Western United States
  16. Move Over!

    Move Over!

    Portland & Western's Albany Turn bullies trucks and vehicles out of the way on Front Street in Salem, OR.
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    • & albany oregon portland running shortline street turn western
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Western United States
  17. The Donor

    The Donor

    This former BC Rail M420B was wrecked, then sold to Daylight Locomotive & Machine for use of its guts in Doyle McCormmack's Nickel Plate PA. Photographed at the Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland, OR.
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    • bc m420b oregon portland rail
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  18. Preserved for History

    Preserved for History

    Amtrak F40PH #231 rests next to a former CNW intermodal trailer outside the Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland, OR
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    • amtrak cnw f40ph oregon portland
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  19. A carbarn no more

    A carbarn no more

    One wall is all thats left of the old Portland Traction Carbarn in Sellwood, OR.
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    • carbarn portland traction
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  20. 100

    100

    Numberboard on Portland Traction SW1 #100.
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    • 100 portland ptc sw1 traction
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Creative Photos


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