Astoria District in service to Wauna
PORTLAND EUGENE
St. Helens Scappoose WASHINGTON Tillamook
AMTK - Amtrak AERC - Albany Eastern BNSF - BNSF Railway CRBL - Coos Bay Rail Link LPN - Lumber Co. PNWR - Portland & Western OE - Oregon Electric OPR - Oregon Pacifi c POTB - Port of Tillamook Bay SP - Southern Pacifi c SPS - Spokane, Portland & Seattle UP - Union Pacifi c UR - United Railways WVR - Williamette Valley Railroad
United Jct. Banks
Trackage Rights
Out of Service
Forest Grove Seghers Stimson Bowers Hillsboro PORTLAND Beaverton Willsburg Jct. Cook Oregon City
Out of Service
St. Joseph McMinnville Whiteson Hampton Ry. Grande Ronde
Toldeo District: Albany-Toldeo West Side District: Cook-Corvallis Willamina District: Whiteson-Willamina Seghers District: Hillsboro-Stimson Willsburg District: Willsburg-Tigard Tillamook District: Beaverton-Banks OE District: Beaverton-Eugene United Railways District: United Jct.-Banks Astoria District: Willbridge-Astoria
McCoy
Out of Service
Dallas Derry Gerlinger Independence Parker Toldeo ALBANY Corvallis Philomath Greenberry Potter Dawson Monroe Harrisburg
Trackage Rights
Junction City
Portland & Western
Illustration by Otto M. Vondrak. Not all lines and stations shown. Not an offi cial map. ©2016 White River Productions
EUGENE Goshen Natron UP (SP) Halsey Sweet Home Foster Tangent Lebanon
W.Stayton Shelburn Mill City Hopmere
Trackage Rights
Amity Woodburn Molalla Wilsonville Canby Troutdale VANCOUVER SALEM Geer 0 5 MILES 10 15
and back, crossing the Willamette River in Lake Oswego, then running on the Union Pacific main line from Brooklyn to East Portland, where it crosses the Willamette again via the one-of-a-kind dual-level Steel Bridge. After threading Portland Union Station and Lake Yard, the 663 runs over BNSF tracks, crossing the Willamette for a third time in North Portland and then crossing the Columbia River into Vancouver. In years past, the 663 and 664 have utilized trackage rights to run via the Union Pacific mainline all the way between East Portland and Salem, bypassing Tigard altogether. The current pattern of two turn jobs based out of Tigard has held pretty steadily since 2011, but change is the only constant in the railroad business. The 663’s daylight run through Portland, including four major river crossings and historic Union Station, makes it one of the most photogenic operations of the P&W, and not to be taken for granted. The “Albina Flyer” (the name is tongue-in-cheek; this is very much a local freight) is also based out of Tigard and makes a night run to Union Pacific’s Albina Yard and back. This job also handles local switching in the area, including Hillsboro and Forest Grove. Besides the Tigard-based trains, a
few other jobs provide service over the northern end of the P&W system. On the Astoria Line, the Linnton Switcher works between BNSF’s Willbridge Yard and the many industries along the Columbia River around Linnton. It also swaps cars with the Harbor Turn at United Junction and runs as far as St. Helens. The Wauna Turn provides service on the Astoria Line beyond St. Helens as far as Wauna. Back on the OE District, the sporadic Rock Train hauls stone north out of a quarry at Reed Pit, just north of Salem. Salem itself is home to the Salem Switcher, which serves several industries around Oregon’s capital.
Albany Albany’s nickname is the “Hub City,”
and that comes directly from the many rail lines radiating out of it. The Portland & Western operates out of two different yards in Albany. Most visible is the former Southern Pacific yard, located next to the Amtrak station on the Union Pacific main line. This is also the location of the P&W’s shop, where a small team
LEFT: The diesel doctors of Albany work on GP40P-2 no. 3002 (ex-Norfolk & Western 1382) and GP39-2 no. 2307 (ex-Santa Fe 3606) inside the railroad’s two-bay shop on May 8, 2009.
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POTB/PNWR
Tualatin
Sherwood Rex
Newberg
Donald Curtis
W. Woodburn
Sheridan Willamina
Ballston
Ashahr OSU
Chitwood
Eddyville
Danebo
PNWR (SP)
Tigard
Nashville Summit
Blodgett Wrens
Alpine Jct.
UP
PNWR (UR)
PNWR (SP)
Milwaukie Lake Oswego
UP/AMTK (SP)
POTB (SP)
(SP)
SP
P
AERC (SP)
UP
PNWR (SP)
CRBL (SP)
R
PNWR (SP)
O
C
E
A
N
PNWR (OE)
UP/PNWR/AMTK (SP)
PNWR (OE)
UP/AMTK (SP)
PNWR (SP)
UP
G
PNWR (SP)
UP/BNSF/AMTK (SP)
BNSF/AMTK (SPS)
O
AERC (SP)
WVR (SP)
WVR (SP)
E
AERC (SP/OE)
AERC (OE)
SP
A
C I F I C
PNWR (OE)
OPR (SP)
O
N
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