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MARCH 2016 VOLUME 35, NO. 3


28 OREGON EMPIRE: Portland & Western’s northbound Westsider crosses a wood trestle in Amity, Ore., on its way back to McMinnville from Albany on December 2, 2009. This line was part of Southern Pacific’s network of branches through the Willamette Valley. SCOTT LOTHES


28 Portland & Western/Scott Lothes Exploring Genesee & Wyoming’s colorful Oregon empire of former Southern Pacific branch lines in the Willamette Valley


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38 SPECIAL: Along the Line 2015 Our readers take us on a spectacular coast-to-coast tour of what they saw trackside in 2015.


46 A Grande Day on the Wheeling/Frank Keller Long from their homes conquering the Colorado Rockies, former Rio Grande “Tunnel Motors” continue to earn their keep in Ohio


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52 The Ironton Run Revisited/Jim Boyd In the 1970s, the south end of the old Detroit, Toledo & Ironton was an easy-going back country Ohio branch line


66 DIGTIAL EXTRA: Super Saturday/Steve Barry


Pounding up a two percent grade to the crest of Oregon’s Coast Range, Portland & Western’s eastbound Toledo Hauler crosses a wood trestle near Nashville, Ore., on a misty March 31, 2011. Five EMD units in the orange-and-black of parent Genesee & Wyoming are dragging 40 cars of kraft paper, lumber, and empty wood chips back from the


Pacific Coast mill town of Toledo. PHOTO BY SCOTT LOTHES


4 Departures/commentary: Alexander B. Craghead 6 Railnews/top news stories and photos from our readers


18 Transit Currents/transit news: George M. Smerk 21 Capitol Lines/news from Washington: Wes Vernon 23 Railroadiana/new product, book, and video reviews 25 Timetable/railroad event listings submitted by our readers 26 LocoNotes/diesel spotters: Kenneth M. Ardinger 54 Camera Bag/photography technique: Steve Barry 57 On the Menu/dining, travel, and art: James D. Porterfield 60 The Scan Man/the world of railroad radio: Vincent Reh 62 Markers/editorial commentary and musings 65 Classifieds/the railfan marketplace 70 Parting Shot/Oren B. Helbok


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