Portland and Western's Toledo Branch Part 2

[@sonnicman]

Aaron I've absolutely loved watching this series! I especially like the fact that you took the time to research (including pictures) and narrate the history of this line.

[@JaroslavP]

Drone footage is a great addition! Beautiful country!

[@FranciscoAntonio-rd1eu]

Cuando veo éstos vídeos pienso en cuan hermoso es EEUU y en las miles de personas que trabajaron y dieron sus vidas para ser lo que es hoy, creo que bien merecen una Oración de agradecimiento a esas miles de hermosas Almas, gracias. Hermoso vídeo .

[@drizzache6663]

Thank you 7idea. Our family has really grown fond of your videos as our 3 year old as dubbed trains his most favorite thing in the world.

[@solitude7223]

Beautiful documentary 👍🏼💯

[@Nicola636128]

Outstandig documentary in two parts! In the first part, the passage of the train through the forest is beautiful; It's amazing how those wooden bridges still resist the passage of years and the transit of trains...

[@alessandroh.vargas6236]

What an amazing video!!! It's brilliant to incorporate historical images of the railway, as well as to show the logistics of wood logs and trucks. Congratulations, keep going, it's amazing!! Alessandro from Brazil

[@Pickendi]

Those old Blood Nose SP liveries will always be my favourite!

[@jimrawls5509]

The research and the videography to make this vid is very well done and appreciated.

[@alexschmollinger6576]

Hopefully the Georgia Pacific Paper Mill Doesn't Close Down Awesome Footage of the Portland & Western Toledo Branch in Oregon Keep the Videos Coming 7idea Productions 💯💯💯💯❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💯💯❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@dupdrewww]

Always a good day when 7idea drops a video 👍

[@7ideaproductions]

Thank you!

[@shospulecolupis9718]

Fantastic two part series! Love the beginning to end thing. I think it would be cool though probably too expensive to follow and show a single car, from pick up to delivery, traveling thru the rail system, being added to various trains then broken up and added to other trains along its journey.

[@ScottKew-g8r]

IT is so good to see an active healthy ex branchline that is thriving. So interesting these days compared to the mainlines which are now are mostly GEVO s and EMD S wide cabs.

[@user-wm3hu7lo1g]

Active, yes but health? I don't know... seems like zero investment is made to rehabilitate the line. Probably the line is run until trains can no longer run on it, and then it is closed... :(

[@alexeysoldatov6789]

Thank you very much!

[@TedNewkirk]

Yes, so looking forward to watching this (probably many times) on my living room big screen. Bookmarked/saved!

[@NTX_Railfan]

Great video today 👍

[@mvernum]

As always, a great video with great history and information. You really stand out by narrating all aspects of the railroad you're filming from town history, history of the RR and any unique info on locomotives, and taking a moment to showcase an industry that works with the railroad (in this case, logging) was unique and I encourage more of that. I find films on shorelines and regionals so interesting and a nice change of pace from the typical focus on the class 1's. Will you be considering the WLE for future films?

[@JacksTracks-jw5mv]

Super cool!

[@michaelkiesling8148]

The NWP pulled out of western Marin and Sonoma County (north of SF) in the 1930's. Having hiked some of the more obscure portions of the former ROW, I imagine this is how the trains would run if the lines were still active.

[@LouT1501]

Nice look back, Aaron! 1:17:15 - Pleased to see some guy I know in the engineer's seat, which I know is one of his favorite spots.

[@sabliath9148]

Colonel Hogg wanted the line to go over Santiam Pass? As in the same route US 20 now uses? Having been over that section of highway, that would have been quite the rail line, probably with big winding curves, lots of tunnels, possibly even switchbacks. Plus before you even get there, you stll need to cross the rugged, craggy Western Cascades.

[@MaryYoungblood-xy8vg]

You can tell this is a Genessee and Wyoming owned railroad. Their engines are identical to the G&W owned railroad that goes through where I live--Arizona Eastern

[@7ideaproductions]

That's a cool operation. I visited the Clifton Branch and the FMI up to the Morenci Mine in April.

[@MaryYoungblood-xy8vg]

@7ideaproductions I live on the Globe branch in Safford but the Clifford branch isn't far away. When SP owned it back in the day we used to put pennies on the track for the train to flatten it. Those tracks went right through my Grandma and Grandpa's property near Duncan

[@pwrheault]

FYI, The ie in Clatskanie is pronounced eye, not ee. I live next to P&W's Portland to Wauna line which would be cool if you did a documentary on it.

[@davidpoor8638]

Interesting!!!! That GP40 #3004 sure has traveled some miles!! We had it and a brother, the 3001 on the St. Lawrence & Atlantic RR that runs between Norton VT and Portland Maine. Always wondered where it ended up. Think they both were ex B&O units originally. Small world!!

[@drizzache6663]

Wow that's cool. I used to live on the st Lawrence in clayton NY

[@chipset2900]

Aaron, between North Plains and Cornelius Pass Road, there's an enormous wood trestle you gotta get a shot of. Its around 3+ stories high, and a quarter mile long. Holcolmb Creek Trestle, 45.596930, -122.897457. There's also on the same line, a cool tunnel underneath Cornelius Pass road that goes to US30.

[@jeffward853]

I wonder what the locomotive slugs are for extra HP?

[@BobSmith-mj7ik]

A slug is the traction motors without an engine. The locomotive has more than enough power to run it's own motors plus the ones on the slug.

[@pauldavis1943]

The Orange Express is rolling!

[@adeeponionbrah]

Adding maps of the routes would be appreciated. Railroad maps seem to be hard for me to find on the web.

[@Hat9757]

There are probably other poorly maintained tracks in this country, but I’m glad hazardous materials aren’t being transported on the Toledo branch. It’s probably a challenge for this outfit to turn a decent profit.

[@Stephhhhyyy]

Anyone know the horn on the 3001? I can’t seem to place it by sound..

[@herbchilds1512]

I think the place called "Ashahr" west of Albany should be "Asbahr." It looks like a mapping error. While in school in Corvallis, I knew members of the Asbahr family who lived in that area.

[@railyardfilms6491]

Good 👍

[@macwolf3007]

Can you do more of Big Boy 4014 please I love when you talk about it

[@LukeRobinson]

Go Banana Slug go!!

[@vhalmrast]

I don't think those wood chips cars will be scrapped anytime soon. They are owned by the new owner of Scenica Saw Mills.

[@donbob449]

Five engines to pull 20 cars, I don't get it?

[@AnontheGOAT]

Man some of those geeps look rough, hopefully they’ve been repainted since.

[@ericcolbert479]

Wow you are right they didn't waste no time getting up to track speed their high telling it out of there like they stole something

[@seanbast6707]

For living in that area for most of my life it's embarrassing how so much of p and w track is so bad. I see a derailment someday soon. Put some money into that train system of track. Ugh

[@craigpalmer9196]

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