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Wholly Toledo - 8

            About a week ago, I got a text from fellow Flickrite Matt Batryn-Rodriguez, asking if I would like to accompany him on a photo safari. Matt was looking to go after the Portland & Western's Toledo Patch, which runs from Toledo, Oregon to Albany on Saturday mornings. It is the only weekend operation on PNWR's line to Toledo west of Corvallis. I thought it sounded like a great way to spend a Saturday.

When Genesee & Wyoming started operating on the former Southern Pacific Toledo Branch in 1993, service over the 75-mile-long line ran daily. Aside from some 35 mph running in the Willamette Valley between Albany and Corvallis, the vast majority of trackage over the Coast Range and down the Yaquina River watershed had a 20 mph speed limit. Crews regularly made the roundtrip in 9-10 hours on duty. 

Today, outside of 25 mph limits in the valley (down from 35), most of the trackage on PNWR's Toledo District is carded at 10-12 mph. The train to Toledo now only runs five days a week. It is called at Albany around 8 pm on Monday through Friday evenings. Since the crew can't make the roundtrip on their hours of service, a patch crew is called around 4 am to bring the train back to Albany. The Saturday morning Toledo Patch is a railfan staple, as it usually gets out of Toledo between 6/7 am and makes a daylight trip to Albany. 

Matt and I met in downtown Vancouver, Washington at 5 am on Saturday morning for the drive to Toledo. We intercepted the train near Elk City at 7:30, and chased it all the way to PNWR's ex-SP yard in Albany. These are the photos from the trip. 

In this image, PNWR 3003 east curves along the Yaquina River about a mile from Eddyville. At 12 mph, this chase was quite a turkey shoot.

Taken in: United States / Oregon / Little Elk (historical) (show map)

Taken on: April 9, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 95mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	95mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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