The 2307 wears the orange and black colors of corporate owner Genesee & Wyoming; the 2303 remains in the blue and yellow of original owner Santa Fe; and both GP40s wear the yellow and black of St. Lawrence & Atlantic, another regional railroad now in the G&W fold.

The P&W inherited this Vancouver, Wash.-Albany manifest as part of its lease of the former BN (Oregon Electric) line south of Salem. It is using UP trackage rights from Portland to Salem, where it will enter its own line.

The regional continues a long-standing BN practice of using only four-axle power on this run due to lighter rail on the old OE. This day's train had 105 cars of mixed freight.

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Along the right-of-way, you'll enjoy colorful views of the Rose City's regular trains, from TriMet to TALGOs, as well as notable visitors such as Union Pacific's DDA40X "Centennial" diesel and Friends of 261's former MILW "Skytop" parlor observation Cedar Rapids.

The Seattle Sub also hosts Union Pacific freights between Vancouver and Tacoma, Wash; five daily Amtrak round trips; and six weekday Sound Transit Sounder commuter round trips between Tacoma and Seattle.

The diverse motive power seen along the route includes most types of BNSF and UP power, as well as visiting locomotives from other Class 1 and regional railroads around the U.S. and Canada.

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Cabooses from two Pennsylvania "fallen flags" share track space Feb. 5, 2006 on the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern tourist line at Kempton, Pa. The WK&S uses a surviving portion of the former Reading Schuylkill & Lehigh Branch northwest of Allentown.

The Reading caboose on the left wears the company's pre-1960s red colors, while the unique four-wheel "bobber" on the right is a former Lehigh & New England car.

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The Big Shot features two brand-new Westside Express Service (WES) DMUs at Wilsonville, Ore.

The Round House includes a new page featuring train .gifs provided by other railfan artists.

The Railfan Guide now includes a list of webcams around the Portland metro area that show passing rail and transit operations, as well as several Washington railcam locations.

RC&NW On The Road takes you to rail museums in Baltimore, Md., Strasburg, Pa. and Sacramento, Calif., as well as other places where you can find preserved railroad equipment.

The Trivia Track has a new set of posers to challenge your knowledge of all things railroad.

Three Sound Transit Sounder trainsets are laying over at the yard in Tacoma, Wash. Aug. 25, 2007. This location is just east of Freighthouse Square, the current terminus for the agency's Seattle-Tacoma service. The track to the right is Tacoma Rail's Mountain Division, the former MILW line to Centralia.

Sound Transit's Puget Sound regional commuter rail currently includes two routes. Eight Seattle-Tacoma round trips cover the BNSF Seattle Sub, including two "reverse commute" trains that run south in the morning and north in the afternoon. There are four round trips on the BNSF Scenic Sub between Seattle and Everett.

Sound Transit plans to extend its Tacoma service south to Lakewood in 2010. The largest part of the extension is a new connection between the Tacoma Rail Mountain Division and the former BNSF (NP) Nisqually line.