Corvallis and Environs - 1972 and 1973

The First Northsider has just cleared the E. switch of Ashahr, Oregon and is heading for Corvallis Jct.

The SD40 period on the Toledo train 706 E. The train is back on the Toledo Branch and is heading due west, and will soon be threading its way through the Oregon State University campus.

Same spot, different edition of the 706. There was a small pool of low numbered 8400s which were assigned to this train.

Ripping up the asphalt on 6th Street in Corvallis in the summer of 1972.

This was the beginning of the project which would un-embed the Westside Branch out of the asphalt, and onto its own curb separated right of way. Note the A&W Burger Family on the roof of the A&W on Washington St.  I spent may an hour in that place,  feeding my teenage face, and quaffing root beer while I watched S-12s switch.

The SP Corvallis Station, then a police station.

A station building with three locations in Corvallis. The original location was  on Ninth St.  Here it  is on  Sixth, and later it would be moved to a location along Hwy 20 near the Willamette and become a restaurant. The REA building remains. When this photo taken the smaller building  was being used by the Corvallis municipal engineering department.