On the Toledo District of the Portland and Western (PNWR), 2307 is at Ashahr, OR, near Corvallis, with GP40 PNWR 3004. The train set out all of its cars before proceeding light to Albany, OR on Friday, March 14, 2019.
PNWR 2307 "Independence" is an EMD GP39-2. Reportedly built as ATSF 3606 serial number 74602-7 in 1974. It became ATSF 3106 then PNWR 2307.
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A lovely mini biography to some of the Willamette Valley's classic diesel locomotives. 1501 especially is going to be a hard one to see go.

https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/locomotives/final-days-for-portland-westerns-classic-sp-power/

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Final days for Portland & Western’s classic SP power - Trains

Portland & Western’s classic SP power: A Genesee & Wyoming-owned short line, operates in the bucolic splendor of Oregon’s Willamette and Columbia River valleys.

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