motive power

Last week I was on a 5-day vacation with some family, and as we were driving through Wheeler, Oregon I noticed some centerbeams parked on the Port of Tillamook Bay’s tracks through town.  In a brief discussion, I mentioned the unique cow-inspired paint scheme and my mother-in-law didn’t seem to believe me.

As we came through Garibaldi, I saw a moving train across the inslet, and we eventually caught up and overtook the train.  I was quite happy to see POTB 101 on the point featuring the bovine paint.  After a brief wait, I was able to grab this shot as the train moved along some tide flats south of Garibaldi:

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A quick trip to the center today led to a stack train departing from a crew change just as I arrived. First, it comes around the curve onto the yard lead as a group of safety-vest-laden recruits walks near an adjacent track:

As the train came around the corner, I did a double-take trying to identify the second unit. And here I present the foamy picture of the day of MRL 680, an ex-NW high-hood SD45.

And that’s the train of the day…

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I went down to the depot area today during lunch… things were fairly slow but I got a few shots.

BNSF Track Inspection car “Skagit River” has been parked on the president’s track for a few days now:

A pair of geeps was being used to switch a long cut of cars that had come up from the hill… shown here at 8th Street:

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