Since the first of the year the Portland & Western has been operating what was formerly BN’s and later BNSF’s “664″ train into Vancouver. The train uses the BNSF’s trackage rights over the UP from Labish (north of Salem, OR) to Portland and then uses trackage rights over the BNSF from Portland to Vancouver. The BNSF builds and receives the train in Vancouver’s “B” Yard. To date the schedule of this train has been quite variable with movements happening pretty much whenever.
What makes this train interesting is of course the power. The P&W has named most of their repainted locomotives which makes them somewhat more personable than just another -9. Two Sunday’s ago the variable schedule worked out just right as I caught McMinnville (PNWR 2314) pulling the train south out of Vancouver for Salem.
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