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Viewing Album:  Portland Rails
 
By:Robert Powers
Dates:8/1/2016 - 12/31/2018
Album Info:Moved to Portland Oregon in 2016. I've been photographing stuff left and right!
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Into the North Portland cut
Title:  Into the North Portland cut
Description:  The Daylight has just crossed Burlington Northern Bridge 5.1 and is headed west and north towards Vancouver, WA.
Photo Date:  6/24/2017  Upload Date: 6/25/2017 2:50:12 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4) AMTK 93(P42DC)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Just missed that big plume of smoke
Title:  Just missed that big plume of smoke
Description:  My camera's been cranky lately. Never know when the autofocus is just gonna freak out and go totally out of focus or just lock onto the wrong thing. So the shot right before this -- a lost cause, alas.
Photo Date:  6/24/2017  Upload Date: 6/25/2017 2:49:22 AM
Location:  Maupin, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
SP 4449
Title:  SP 4449
Description:  In the Deschutes Canyon
Photo Date:  6/24/2017  Upload Date: 6/25/2017 2:49:56 AM
Location:  Maupin, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
wAsH mE
Title:  wAsH mE
Description:  This, I suppose, is the dreaded "wedgie" shot. Oh well. I like it, for the downtown background, the heat shimmer, the perspective on the train and the empty track next to it, and of course some comedians finger-written note on the engine nose. UP #8431 and company are heading southbound out of Portland on a sunny July 4th. I rushed to get ahead of the train and cross the tracks to the sunny side... then was stuck there for a good ten minutes as the train crawled along, then stopped, then rolled backwards, before finally proceeding forward again.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/5/2017 3:08:07 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8431(SD70ACe) UP 8467(SD70ACe) UP 8171(AC45CCTE) UP 2633(ET44AH)
Views:  316   Comments: 1
Half in, half out
Title:  Half in, half out
Description:  Amtrak 205 is stopped on the crossover after pushing half-way back into Union Station. It sat for 10-plus minutes, holding up traffic on Naito Parkway, before finally rolling east and south out of town.
Photo Date:  7/30/2017  Upload Date: 8/1/2017 2:16:07 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 205(P42DC) AMTK 503(B32-8WH)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
From the Fremont Bridge
Title:  From the Fremont Bridge
Description:  One Sunday morning a year, the Fremont Bridge opens up to thousands of bicyclists. The bridge passes over BNSF trackage to the west, and Union Pacifics vast Albina Yard on the east. Here an Amtrak Cascades train rolls north toward the BN 5.1 bridge in the background, and from there to Seattle.
Photo Date:  8/13/2017  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 4:20:19 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 90251(NPCU)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
From the Fremont Bridge
Title:  From the Fremont Bridge
Description:  One Sunday morning a year, the Fremont Bridge opens up to thousands of bicyclists. The bridge passes over BNSF trackage to the west, and Union Pacifics vast Albina Yard on the east.
Photo Date:  8/13/2017  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 4:20:06 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7166(ES44C4) BNSF 7113(ES44C4) BNSF 5132(C44-9W)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
From the Fremont Bridge
Title:  From the Fremont Bridge
Description:  One Sunday morning a year, the Fremont Bridge opens up to thousands of bicyclists. The bridge passes over BNSF trackage to the west, and Union Pacifics vast Albina Yard on the east.
Photo Date:  8/13/2017  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 4:19:43 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6173(AC44CW) UP 6021(AC44CWCTE) UP 523(GP38-2) UP 1891(SD40N)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
From the Fremont Bridge
Title:  From the Fremont Bridge
Description:  One Sunday morning a year, the Fremont Bridge opens up to thousands of bicyclists. The bridge passes over BNSF trackage to the west, and Union Pacifics vast Albina Yard on the east.
Photo Date:  8/13/2017  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 4:20:35 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Union Pacific on the Willamette
Title:  Union Pacific on the Willamette
Description:  Three locomotives are waiting for the signal alongside the Willamette River, across from downtown Portland.
Photo Date:  10/3/2017  Upload Date: 10/4/2017 12:27:57 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8733(SD70ACe) UP 2737(ET44AH) UP 8128(ES44AC-H)
Views:  269   Comments: 1
Union Pacific on the Willamette
Title:  Union Pacific on the Willamette
Description:  With a green signal at last, UP #8733 and company can finally start rolling south. In the foreground, the bulk carrier ship Global Effort.
Photo Date:  10/3/2017  Upload Date: 10/4/2017 12:27:48 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8733(SD70ACe) UP 2737(ET44AH) UP 8128(ES44AC-H)
Views:  263   Comments: 1
Union Pacific on the Willamette
Title:  Union Pacific on the Willamette
Description:  The Tidewater Barge Lines tugboat Maverick hauls a loaded barge under the Broadway Bridge while traffic roars over the Fremont Bridge in the background. Oh, and a train.
Photo Date:  10/3/2017  Upload Date: 10/4/2017 12:27:38 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8733(SD70ACe) UP 2737(ET44AH) UP 8733(SD70ACe) UP 2737(ET44AH)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
Union Pacific on the Willamette
Title:  Union Pacific on the Willamette
Description:  Four distributed power units near the tail end of the consist.
Photo Date:  10/3/2017  Upload Date: 10/4/2017 12:28:09 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5261(AC45CCTE) UP 5826(AC44CWCTE) UP 4048(SD70M) UP 4009(SD70M)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Red, Blue, Green
Title:  Red, Blue, Green
Description:  A BNSF Warbonnet is a guest on a northbound Amtrak out of Portland. The consist rolled out less than a minute after this photo.
Photo Date:  11/7/2017  Upload Date: 11/9/2017 3:10:32 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 798(C44-9W) AMTK 192(P42DC)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
Holiday Express 2017
Title:  Holiday Express 2017
Description:  It's December in Portland, which means SP 4449 is out on the little 4-mile short line south of downtown every Saturday and Sunday, trundling alongside the Willamette River with Santa Claus in tow. Poking along at 5 to 10mph ill-suits this mainline monster of an engine, and she'll probably be handing this job off to Oregon Rail Heritage Center's other two steamers once they are through their rebuilds.
Photo Date:  12/2/2017  Upload Date: 12/18/2017 1:49:09 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
An old workhorse at rest
Title:  An old workhorse at rest
Description:  Dont see many of these anymore! It was a thrill to see some vintage SP paint, no matter what condition its in.
Photo Date:  12/31/2017  Upload Date: 12/31/2017 10:26:39 PM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PNWR 1501(SD7)
Views:  254   Comments: 3
Lonesome siding
Title:  Lonesome siding
Description:  Portland & Willamette 2005 sits cold on a siding on the south end of town.
Photo Date:  12/31/2017  Upload Date: 12/31/2017 10:46:23 PM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PNWR 2005(GP38-3)
Views:  76   Comments: 1
PNWR 2005
Title:  PNWR 2005
Description:  Portland & Willamette 2005 sits cold on a siding on the south end of town.
Photo Date:  12/31/2017  Upload Date: 12/31/2017 10:47:21 PM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PNWR 2005(GP38-3)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
Almost symetrical
Title:  Almost symetrical
Description:  A mixed assortment of Portland and Willamette power cruises slowly through the south side of Corvalis, having just passed through the OSU campus.
Photo Date:  12/31/2017  Upload Date: 12/31/2017 10:42:55 PM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PNWR 3001(GP40-2) PNWR 101(RP-E4D) PNWR 2308(GP39-2) PNWR 2312(GP39-2) PNWR 102(RP-E4D) PNWR 3002(GP40-2)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
PNWR 3001
Title:  PNWR 3001
Description:  The locomotive Wilsonville leads a string of power and freight down the semi-street-running stretch through Corvallis.
Photo Date:  12/31/2017  Upload Date: 12/31/2017 10:42:38 PM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PNWR 3001(GP40-2) PNWR 101(RP-E4D)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
General Electric and Queen Anne
Title:  General Electric and Queen Anne
Description:  An ex-CSX unit sits on an isolated siding, with one of the town's best houses in the background.
Photo Date:  12/31/2017  Upload Date: 12/31/2017 10:44:36 PM
Location:  Lebanon, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AERC 5957(B40-8)
Views:  321   Comments: 1
Grain train
Title:  Grain train
Description:  Nothing changes on New Year's Day, as a long line of hoppers backed up to a grain port sits shut down.
Photo Date:  1/1/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:54:37 AM
Location:  Kalama, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7763(ES44DC)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Union Pacific passing
Title:  Union Pacific passing
Description:  A southbound and a northbound pass each other beneath the Steel Bridge approach ramp.
Photo Date:  3/11/2018  Upload Date: 3/21/2018 12:58:29 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8430(SD70ACe) UP 7741(AC45CCTE) UP 4614(SD70M)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Union Pacific by the water
Title:  Union Pacific by the water
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2018  Upload Date: 3/21/2018 12:59:06 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8430(SD70ACe) UP 7741(AC45CCTE)
Views:  94   Comments: 1
Union Pacific triple wings
Title:  Union Pacific triple wings
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2018  Upload Date: 3/21/2018 12:58:56 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4823(SD70M)
Views:  52   Comments: 1
Union Pacific 4823
Title:  Union Pacific 4823
Description:  Southbound out of downtown Portland
Photo Date:  3/11/2018  Upload Date: 3/21/2018 12:59:00 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4823(SD70M) UP 3910(SD70M)
Views:  62   Comments: 1
Union Pacific parked on the mainline
Title:  Union Pacific parked on the mainline
Description:  A sextet of Union Pacific power sits parked by Union Station. The short cut of cars with such a long line of motive power seemed strange, as did the fact that they shut down all but one locomotive. Turns out the train had suffered a derailment; the front end of the train had gone on ahead to a spot where it wouldn't be blocking any grade crossings.
Photo Date:  3/18/2018  Upload Date: 3/21/2018 12:58:51 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4302(SD70M)
Views:  64   Comments: 1
Union Pacific Geeps
Title:  Union Pacific Geeps
Description:  GP39-2s! It's so rare to see an old narrow-nose unit these days that I'll photograph them anywhere, any time. These were parked by Union Station after 6 of their cars came off the rails.
Photo Date:  3/18/2018  Upload Date: 3/21/2018 12:58:45 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1204(GP39-2) UP 715(GP38-2)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Union Pacific Derailment
Title:  Union Pacific Derailment
Description:  6 cars went off the tracks Sunday afternoon. Cleanup was underway at dusk.
Photo Date:  3/18/2018  Upload Date: 3/21/2018 12:58:37 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Southbound running light
Title:  Southbound running light
Description:  Willamette & Pacific 2312 brings up the rear of a 4-engine light power move. The quartet of Geeps pulled a long string of mixed freight into northwest Portland an hour prior, and are now heading back south with no cars.
Photo Date:  4/19/2018  Upload Date: 4/20/2018 2:00:37 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PNWR 2312(GP39-2) PNWR 2314(GP39-2) PNWR 3006(GP40) PNWR 2317(GP39-2)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Deschutes Canyon
Title:  Deschutes Canyon
Description:  BNSF military train
Photo Date:  4/30/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:54:52 AM
Location:  Tygh Valley, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8046(ES44C4) BNSF 9148(SD70ACe) BNSF 5930(ES44AC)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Deschutes Canyon
Title:  Deschutes Canyon
Description:  A CSX helper brings up the rear of a military gear train.
Photo Date:  4/30/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:55:09 AM
Location:  Tygh Valley, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 819(ES44AC-H)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Deschutes Canyon
Title:  Deschutes Canyon
Description:  CSX 819 is a long way from home in the Oregon high desert.
Photo Date:  4/30/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:55:27 AM
Location:  Tygh Valley, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 819(ES44AC-H)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
1 Hood, 2 hood units
Title:  1 Hood, 2 hood units
Description:  A pair of SD70s drag a freight through Northwest Portland, with Mt. Hood and the Fremont Bridge in the distance.
Photo Date:  5/22/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:55:43 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5203(SD70M) UP 5065(SD70M)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Cold power
Title:  Cold power
Description:  BNSF often keeps a few units parked longside highway 26 in northwest Portland.
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:56:21 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6188(ES44AC)
Views:  45   Comments: 1
Switcher at rest
Title:  Switcher at rest
Description:  BNSF switcher in the Northwest Portland industrial district
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:56:40 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GN 3613(SW1000)
Views:  205   Comments: 2
Over the water
Title:  Over the water
Description:  Crossing the Steel Bridge; view from the Broadway Bridge. At left, the bulk carrier Momo Glory.
Photo Date:  7/13/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:57:00 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4601(SD70M) UP 4463(SD70M)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
UP by the river
Title:  UP by the river
Description:  A mixed freight crawls through the big Steel Bridge horseshoe.
Photo Date:  7/13/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:57:20 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4601(SD70M) UP 4463(SD70M)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
Waiting's over
Title:  Waiting's over
Description:  A mixed freight about to cross the Columbia River into Portland.
Photo Date:  9/3/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:52:23 AM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1779(SD40-2) BNSF 1973(SD40-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Bridge meetup
Title:  Bridge meetup
Description:  Both these trains were waiting for the cruise ship American Empress to clear out of the way so the Columbia River swing bridge could close.
Photo Date:  9/3/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:53:04 AM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1779(SD40-2) BNSF 2674(GP39-3)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
Trundling southwards
Title:  Trundling southwards
Description:  BNSF 7767 & 3 cohorts drag a mixed freight south into Portland.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:53:29 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7767(ES44DC)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
5.1 crossing
Title:  5.1 crossing
Description:  A very long line of tank cars rumbles across the BN 5.1 bridge over the Willamette River in north Portland.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:53:46 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5223(C44-9W)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
BNSF standby power
Title:  BNSF standby power
Description:  Road switchers shut down for the afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:56:03 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2645(GP39-3) BNSF 2628(GP39-3)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Mainline switcher
Title:  Mainline switcher
Description:  UP keeps a lot of older mainline power around its Albina yard to handle switcher chores. This could easily have been one of the many SD40-2s I saw as a kid in Lousiana.
Photo Date:  9/26/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:54:00 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1891(SD40N) UP 548(GP38-2)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
Albina yard standby
Title:  Albina yard standby
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/27/2018  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 2:54:19 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8234(ES44AC-H) UP 7763(ES44AC) UP 9987(GP40-2)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
SP 4449 Holiday Express
Title:  SP 4449 Holiday Express
Description:  We got a rare spell of sunshine on this Sunday afternoon, so I sprinted down on my bike to try and catch a little of it on the 4449. This shot was one of a handful I managed before the clouds rolled in and the sun dropped below the horizon.
Photo Date:  12/2/2018  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 2:43:00 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
SP 4449 Holiday Express
Title:  SP 4449 Holiday Express
Description:  It is DARK along the Springwater Corridor trail at night! SP 4449 has just reached the north end of her hourly Holiday Express run. Having run backwards for 4 miles, the Mars light has just been flipped on for the forward run back to Oaks Park.
Photo Date:  12/15/2018  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 2:42:28 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Night,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
SP 4449 Holiday Express
Title:  SP 4449 Holiday Express
Description:  It is Saturday evening and SP 4449 is waiting to start the final Holiday Express run of the night.
Photo Date:  12/15/2018  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 2:41:15 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Night,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  169   Comments: 0

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