Great footage! I worked for POTB in ‘96. I was on the work train that went on duty at Salmonberry (there was a work camp there). We would jump in the speeder car every morning and head to Enright, then spend the day dumping rip rap between Salmonberry and Cochran to repair all the slides. I recognize the conductor that kicked the knuckle - ha ha. Thanks for the memories!
Wow, those guys work faster than any other short line I have seen at switching cars. Safety was definitely not a priority with POTB. Still, it's such a shame they are gone
Amazing that 6139 and 4406 are the only SD9 survivors on the Tillamook branch. All the others that were stranded in Tillamook after 2007 have been scrapped.
@@READ_DESCRIPTION-r6n it’s a shame the high hood couldn’t be saved. Would have been a great addition to OCSR, especially if repainted in the SP ‘bloody nose’ scheme. Is it being sourced for parts for 6139?
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc Nah It would be nice to repaint 6139 to Bloody Nose and add High Hood But Absolute Shame That POTB 4406 never made to Preservation Because OCSR Cares only steam and does not Care to SP Tillamook Line And instead restoring the line They turned into trail
@@READ_DESCRIPTION-r6n I don’t think it’s so much they don’t care as they’re all steam experts, not diesel, and their focus is on steam preservation. They do maintain a small operational diesel fleet with the F7 and Geep that they use for the spring and fall splendor excursions and dinner train, or when the steamers aren’t running, as well as now 6139 they’ve used for work trains (as is sometimes the Geep) and I believe they also own a currently non-operational 44-tonner. As for the trail, the Salmonberry Trail Coalition/Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency is working with both POTB and OCSR to keep the operational tracks along the coast and along the Nehalem River as rail-with-trail, while the significantly damaged and virtually abandoned tracks in the Salmonberry Canyon and down into the Tualatin Valley would be converted to trail. OCSR’s lease agreement with POTB covers the Tillamook Air Station to a little past Enright, just west of the major washouts. OCSR has plans to reopen the line to Salmonberry again, but not anything past there for the foreseeable future as other goals take priority. Personally I see Salmonberry being a nice terminus for OCSR and rail/trail station for the Salmonberry Trail, as it’s where the tracks and Foss Road meet as do the Salmonberry and Nehalem Rivers. I’d run a twice daily excursion between Wheeler and Salmonberry during the summer months, providing trail users the ability to ride the train up to the trail and continue east, or those coming west can rest their legs on the train down to the coast. There’s a runaround siding across the rail bridge from Foss Road, so trains can be engine first both directions with the other siding just south of Wheeler. OCSR’s baggage car could be converted to carry bikes, similar to other tourist trains that offer that service like Cuyahoga Valley and Western Maryland Scenic.
Great footage along one of the most historic lines in Oregon. Wish they would repair it and operating again; this line and the 26 mile stretch of the P&W line from Wauna to Astoria. Anybody know what became of the Timber Rd wig-wag? I know the Banks one is preserved at the trailhead in Banks.
Great footage! I worked for POTB in ‘96. I was on the work train that went on duty at Salmonberry (there was a work camp there). We would jump in the speeder car every morning and head to Enright, then spend the day dumping rip rap between Salmonberry and Cochran to repair all the slides. I recognize the conductor that kicked the knuckle - ha ha. Thanks for the memories!
Thank for your service
RIP POTB. Too bad that it can't be rebuilt like the Coos Bay Line
It sad that tilmook can't use maritime grants....220 million in freight is sad that the Port throws this away by not rebuilding this line. ....
Wow, those guys work faster than any other short line I have seen at switching cars. Safety was definitely not a priority with POTB. Still, it's such a shame they are gone
Amazing that 6139 and 4406 are the only SD9 survivors on the Tillamook branch. All the others that were stranded in Tillamook after 2007 have been scrapped.
Now We have POTB 6139 POTB 4406 is sadly scrapped:(
@@READ_DESCRIPTION-r6n it’s a shame the high hood couldn’t be saved. Would have been a great addition to OCSR, especially if repainted in the SP ‘bloody nose’ scheme. Is it being sourced for parts for 6139?
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc Nah It would be nice to repaint 6139 to Bloody Nose and add High Hood But Absolute Shame That POTB 4406 never made to Preservation Because OCSR Cares only steam and does not Care to SP Tillamook Line And instead restoring the line They turned into trail
@@READ_DESCRIPTION-r6n I don’t think it’s so much they don’t care as they’re all steam experts, not diesel, and their focus is on steam preservation. They do maintain a small operational diesel fleet with the F7 and Geep that they use for the spring and fall splendor excursions and dinner train, or when the steamers aren’t running, as well as now 6139 they’ve used for work trains (as is sometimes the Geep) and I believe they also own a currently non-operational 44-tonner.
As for the trail, the Salmonberry Trail Coalition/Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency is working with both POTB and OCSR to keep the operational tracks along the coast and along the Nehalem River as rail-with-trail, while the significantly damaged and virtually abandoned tracks in the Salmonberry Canyon and down into the Tualatin Valley would be converted to trail. OCSR’s lease agreement with POTB covers the Tillamook Air Station to a little past Enright, just west of the major washouts. OCSR has plans to reopen the line to Salmonberry again, but not anything past there for the foreseeable future as other goals take priority.
Personally I see Salmonberry being a nice terminus for OCSR and rail/trail station for the Salmonberry Trail, as it’s where the tracks and Foss Road meet as do the Salmonberry and Nehalem Rivers. I’d run a twice daily excursion between Wheeler and Salmonberry during the summer months, providing trail users the ability to ride the train up to the trail and continue east, or those coming west can rest their legs on the train down to the coast. There’s a runaround siding across the rail bridge from Foss Road, so trains can be engine first both directions with the other siding just south of Wheeler. OCSR’s baggage car could be converted to carry bikes, similar to other tourist trains that offer that service like Cuyahoga Valley and Western Maryland Scenic.
@@ChrisJones-gx7fcAnd I Just Did the POTB GP9 and SD9 I'm Working with Freight Cars in TS12
This is fantastic! I really love this line, and miss it very much. I am hoping you have more! Thank you so much for posting this!
Nice
Nice video, Jamie! It's great to find more POTB footage out there.
Amazing catches and shots! I wish POTB was still owned by SP/UP, then it would still be in service, that or someone uses the line for freight again.
this is the saddest video i have ever watched
Hi, would you mind if I used some of this footage in a documentary I plan on making about the history of POTB? I would give credit.
Por old potb great gandpa worked on that line and it's my favorite railroad ever since I went on a cab ride with him
How many locomotives did they have at one time
I wish they still ran...
Great footage along one of the most historic lines in Oregon. Wish they would repair it and operating again; this line and the 26 mile stretch of the P&W line from Wauna to Astoria. Anybody know what became of the Timber Rd wig-wag? I know the Banks one is preserved at the trailhead in Banks.
The Timber wig wag has been removed. I have pics of the aftermath
I wished the washout never happened.
6:19 "5... 4... 1"(crash!) "That'll do.
IT LOOKED LIKE SP-BN!
Because it is
RAILROAD!
Is this right that the Port made 220 million a year off freight .Why can't Port rebuild a little each year etc.
Nice job catching a legend in it's last years, should've been repaired and carried on hauling freight over the Coast Range.
RIP
Love the horn on the SD-9 #4414; Is it still operable or has it been scrapped?
Razor blades my friend.
Scrapped
Wow! At 17:20 - those rails'll make a bounce house!
Could they use recycled materials concrete etc for most fill then ba
POTB was a great speeder run!