Welcome to the Trainscapes segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Trainscapes will feature train content including videos of trains and behind the scenes action of trains and locomotives. Some people have an interest in seeing trains, and we here at Geek Alabama aim to please the train lovers!
Santa Maria Valley #205 pulls a revenue freight for the Albany and Eastern Railroad on the Mill City Branch. On July 3rd, 2023, a steam whistle drifted through the Willamette Valley near Lebanon, Oregon, but this was not an excursion train full of passengers, or a photo special for rail enthusiasts. This was the Albany and Eastern’s regular run up the Mill City Branch consisting of three box cars–only this time it was powered by a 1924 Baldwin steam locomotive nicknamed “Porky.” A freight train pulled by steam in 2023? Yes!
