Portland and Western Railroad Incorporat (PNWR) 2307 - EMD GP39-2

Leaving Toledo via Patch crew

Rare sighting. On Thursday night, the Toledo Hauler derailed between MP 699 and 701.1. A few cars towards the head end were derailed and the train was unable to proceed. The crews took the power and brought it into Corvallis for storage. All the diesels in the yard idled overnight because of freezing temperatures.

PNWR 2307

PNWR 2152

PNWR 2301 arrives from Toledo in the afternoon

PNWR 2307

PNWR 2301 heads east in the late morning

PNWR 2301 heads east in the late morning

PNWR 2301 heads east in the morning

PNWR 2301 has crossed the Willamette River and is waiting permission to proceed eastbound to the UP yard

CORP 2301 crosses the Willamette River in the afternoon

PNWR 2301 heads east in the early afternoon

tied down on the main

second unit on an eastbound freight...

Did you know there's a P&W on the West Coast? Well... Now you do! The Portland & Western, now like its east coast "cousin," is a G&W short-line based out of the Portland/Vancouver area. On a really crappy Afternoon in Vancouver the seasonal weather doesn't disappoint as P&W 633 (running as F PWVAAB1 19T on BNSF) round the curve at Vancouver's Amtrak Station about to cross the Columbia River Bridge into Portland with a trio of orange geeps. Thanks to the orange EMDs and some colorful #SCE I managed to capture a color other than grey while foaming that day.

I've bden seeing this beautifully symetrical set, with its interestingly faded SF heritage schemes, running back and forth through Portland for a couple of weeks now. This is the first time I've managed to catch it wkth my camera though.

A quartest of PNWR GP39s heads into Portland while railfans of all stripes wait for SP 4449 to return from its wye turnaround at the north end of the city.

BNSF train operated by Portland & Western leaves the yard heading for Albany, OR.

BNSF train operated by Portland & Western leaves the yard heading for Albany, OR.

gp-39 sits in in the yard in front of a sd-40m while a U.P. wb passes by

BNSF 7031 leading a coMered hopper group past PWRR 2307 trio awaiting to shuffle through to take their consist and go home.

The WES car to the right is waiting for the light engine to clear to make the first afternoon run.

PWRR 2307 - BNSF 5507 "A study in orange" at the Vancouver yard.

PWRR 2307 - PWRR 2314 - PWRR 2316 headed into the middle of the northern end of BNSF sort yard - given a short period of time, 2307 will likely be the new southbound head-end going back home. (So the sign at their shop is wrong? It's actually PNWR?)

Northbound at the Little League baseball fields.

Northbound at the Little League baseball fields.

Northbound at the Little League baseball fields.

Northbound at the Little League baseball fields.

P&W Train#664 running on the BNSF...

P&W Train#664 running on the BNSF...

P&W train running on the BNSF...

PNWR2307 "Independence" GP39-2 ex-ATSF3606

PNWR2307 "Independence" ex-ATSF3606

Southbound just south of the Santiam River.

At the depot.

After being wyed, 2311 backs over to the OE yard to snag a couple other geeps to bring back.

PNWR's train 664 arrives light in Vancouver in front of the station as it waits to enter the yard.

Portland & Western doesn't own any rails into Wathington, but has trackage rights on BNSF into Vancouver for interchange traffic.