Album: W & P/P & W
The Portland & Western is a subsidiary of the Genesee & Wyoming railroad, an outfit that owns railroads literally worldwide. All of them tend to sport the same Orange and Black paint job - that must have made them popular in Corvallis! Originally the Willamette & Pacific, when it extended north into Portland the name was changed. They now have most of the former SP branchline trackage north of Eugene (south of Eugene is CORP) as well as a good chunk of the former BNSF trackage, including the Oregon Electric and SP&S trackage to Astoria.

Album: Union Pacific
In Salem, this used to be the Southern Pacific before a buyout in the mid-90s added that name to the list of fallen flags. Even so, the UP almost died of constipation from taking such a large bite and swallowing it with minimal chewing. Now they are shoving a lot of trains up and down the Willamette Valley corridor on their mainline tracks - right through Salem.

Album: Willamette Railway
The Willamette Railway Company is owned by a member of the Root family, a rather famous name in local shortline railroad circles. This particular line connects to the UP in Woodburn and travels through the eastern Willamette Valley through Mt. Angel and Silverton before ending in Stayton. The Roots are also involved in the Albany & Eastern, which has tracks from Albany to Mill City, up the other side of the Santiam River from Stayton, the Willamette Railroad in Independence (probably defunct after their last shipper closed), and the Willamina & Grande Rhonde. They also ran the Port of Tillamook Bay railroad for some time.

Album: Overhead
My father-in-law, who is getting into model railroading and is a pilot, and I went flying to see what the track layouts really looked like at selected locations in the Willamette Valley. I got more than a little camera happy.

Album: BNSF
For what little BNSF activity still occurs in the Salem area.

Album: Other People's Photos
Photographs of train related items taken by other people, but provided to me for webhosting.