Western Railroad Discussion > NS 1017 through the Willamette Valley

Here in the mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon if you want to watch Class I railroad operations about all you can expect is Yellow locomotives.  This morning one of my Facebook pages had talk about a BNSF grain train with a NS locomotive leading getting ready to depart Eugene and head north (east for the SP people) towards Portland, OR.  I headed out to Albany and wait for the train at the Amtrak station. Then I went to Salem for anther photo op at the Salem station. The UP dispatcher held the grain train south of Salem to wait for Amtrak train #11, Coast Starlight, to arrive. I didn't plan to leave the house due to the wet weather, however sometimes the wait is worth a few raindrops on the shoulder.

Picture 1: NS 1017 approaching the Albany, OR Amtrak station.
Picture 2: AMTK 4 arrives Salem, OR with Train #11, Coast Starlight.
Picture 3: NS 1017 passes the Salem, OR Amtrak station.

 

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Excellent....I waited for it at Perkins Rd in the rain
upbuddyboy

Always nice to snap some non-yellow power for sure.  Grainers and Z trains are the best candidates - got an all-CN grainer a while back going south and then back north a week later.

Tom