Chitwood

There aren't many places in the country where a railroad and a covered ridge are in close proximity. Around here, we have three! The biggest and perhaps most scenic is in Westfir, where the UP Cascade Line crosses the Willamette River adjacent to the Office covered bridge. I've previously posted a video of Amtrak crossing that bridge. A second one is near Scio, where the Albany and Eastern runs alongside the Gilkey covered bridge. I haven't yet captured a train there. Finally there is the Chitwood covered bridge, along highway 20 heading for the coast, where the Portland and Western's line to Toledo passes by.

I took this shot at Chitwood, in an earlier day when the line was still called the Willamette and Pacific Railroad. The line had a bunch of old locomotives obtained from the Santa Fe, minimally repainted - the number changed and the W&P lettering had been added.

Here's a shot of the Gilkey bridge: