Western Railroad Discussion > How about some Oregon Eastern?

On a beautiful Friday, September19th, Oregon Eastern 2182 is the locomotive of the day with OE 3600 down for a part. This particular Friday was a full day for the Vale based crew with them having to both switch out the Silica plant at Celatom and then take those cars and a handful of Lineage Refers to Ontario. The attached pictures show W/B 2182, under the capable hands of frequent TO poster “Funnelfan”,  as it reaches and departs the halfway point between Vale and Celatom. 

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Very Nice!
I wasn't successful catching it on my few times through that area.

Warm day? I see they had the "AC" on...

~ Mr. MRL

That Ted dude, right there, is not only a great railroad photographer, but also a great dude in general. I met him via this website back in the early 2000's when he lived on the "Funnel", and I got to see a part of the world, at a time that was obsolutely spectacular. Semaphores on the 4th Sub of the now former MRL. Trains on the SI with mostly still solid CP/Soo EMD Power, the funnel during the "Rent a Wreck" years of the newly formed BNSF, The Kootenai River Sub, The High Line and Altamont, The BNSF on the Forysth Sub, west and east, a slice of the west end of the Ex-Milwaukee Road, now BNSF Hettinger Sub, and many other things that were just mind blowing. He gave me an inspiration to get better as becoming a photographer, and also after a certain point, marvelled by the new techology I had at my Disposle. He witnessed My DJI AIr 3 travel, within line of sight, a mile and a half away from us while perched above the famed Joso Bridge, as I shot a GNWR Train parked just short of the Hwy xing on the other side, from both sides. Thats nothing vs "Railfan Dan" on YouTube sucessfully drone videoing a train inside the Palouse River Canyon/Falls are, covering many miles. But I was able to get some shots last year, with the drone, not normally able to be done on the UP Huntington Sub, just west of Ontario,OR. I have many other spots in mind out there, but time, money, job situation(now driving for Hallcon) has kept me close to home. But If I get called out to be a relief driver somewhere across the country, I'm bringing the drone with,of course, and use when off duty, if possible. 

Drew Mitchem
Centralia, WA

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MrMRL Wrote:
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> Warm day? I see they had the "AC" on...
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> ~ Mr. MRL

Yep. 2182 is our "backup" locomotive that was used for several weeks while our "good" motor (3600) was having some issues resolved (like replacing a bad part with a rebuilt part that turned out to be bad as well). We were still having highs in the 80's and 90's, then a few weeks ago the switch flipped and we went right to having highs in the 40's and 50's. Moderate temps is unknown around these parts.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Thanks for the great comments guys. Put in a 12 hour night last night. Started by handing out candy at the office in downtown Vale. Worked as a engineer for the first half of the night, then as a conductor in the last half. While working the interchange in Ontario we had a westbound UP mixed freight and eastbound I-stack train pass by.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Remember the Salem days!

Mike Root
Madras, OR

Enclosed is my annotated historical rail route map of the Oregon Eastern and its predecessors. This was published in the April 2024 Issue of The Trainmaster, published by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.

T. Trent Stetz
Beaverton, OR



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/01/25 14:01 by TTStetz3.

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