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OF ROBERT D. WEST

 
 

 

 

   

Prototype Train Pictures

These galleries consist of train pictures I have taken over the years. Click on the title or graphic to proceed to a gallery.

The preserved locomotives of Portland, Oregon.  Focusing on the three steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland, SP #4449, SP&S #700 & OWR&N #197, and also the historic diesels that have joined them.

 

Equipment of the National passenger railroad, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and on the Empire Builder.

 

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and its predecessors, including Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Great Northern and Spokane, Portland & Seattle.

 

The Union Pacific Railroad and its predecessors, including Southern Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Sacramento Northern and the Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company.

 

California Short Lines & Museums

Short Lines of Northern California, including the California Western and the Eureka Southern, plus the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.

 

Northwest Short Lines

Short Lines of Oregon and Washington including the Albany & Eastern, Columbia & Cowlitz, Oregon Pacific, Port of Tillamook Bay, Portland & Western, Willamette & Pacific, Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad and more.

 

Northwest Railroad Museums

Railroad Museums, Tourist Railways & Static Displays of Oregon and Washington, including the Battle Ground, Yacolt & Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association, the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Association, the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, the Northwest Railroad Museum, the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society, the narrow-gauge Sumpter Valley #19 in Portland and more!

 

Mass Transit Pictures

Trolleys, Streetcars, Interurbans, Light Rail Vehicles & Trolleybuses, including the active modern equipment of Portland's MAX, Vintage Trolley & Portland Streetcar, and preserved equipment from cities all over the world.

 

Miscellaneous Railroad Pictures

Everything that doesn't fit in the above categories, including leased locomotives, private passenger cars, other railroads and assorted preserved equipment.

 

 

All website content, including graphics and pictures are © Robert D. West unless otherwise noted.  Content is not to be used out of the context of this webpage without expressed permission.  Any opinions expressed herein are mine and are not necessarily shared by the Milwaukee School of Engineering, or anyone else.

 

Questions? Comments? Critiques? Corrections? Concerns? Email me at westr@msoe.edu.