An Astoria and Columbia River work crew laying track east of Astoria, Oregon, circa 1898.

Fireman William Woody alongside Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company (OWR&N) steam locomotive 2151 circa 1945 at The Dalles, Oregon. Locomotive 2151 was a 2-8-2 Mikado class built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Photographer, Jack Woody

Engineer William Woody on Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company (OWR&N) steam locomotive 2151 circa 1950 at The Dalles, Oregon. Locomotive 2151 was a 2-8-2 Mikado class built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Photographer, Jack Woody

Engineer William Woody on Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company (OWR&N) steam locomotive 2151 circa 1950 at The Dalles, Oregon. Locomotive 2151 was a 2-8-2 Mikado class built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Photographer, Jack Woody

Engineer William Woody on Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company (OWR&N) steam locomotive 2151 circa 1955 at The Dalles, Oregon. Locomotive 2151 was a 2-8-2 Mikado class built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Photographer, Jack Woody

Engineer William Woody on Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company (OWR&N) steam locomotive 2154 circa 1955 at The Dalles, Oregon. Locomotive 2154 was a 2-8-2 Mikado class built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Photographer, Jack Woody

Fireman William Woody on Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company (OWR&N) steam locomotive 2151 circa 1945 at The Dalles, Oregon. Locomotive 2151 was a 2-8-2 Mikado class built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. OWR&N locomotive tenders were labeled for the parent company Union Pacific Railroad beginning in the 1940's. Photographer, Jack Woody

Great Northern Locomotive Engineer Carl Molander at Portland, Oregon, undated. Clipping courtesy of Ramona Sawyer Hill.

Jack Woody, son of Engineer William Woody, on the tender of Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company (OWR&N) steam locomotive 2151 circa 1950 at The Dalles, Oregon. Locomotive 2151 was a 2-8-2 Mikado class built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Photographer, William Woody

Bridge crew at work on rebuilding Oregon Trunk Railway bridge T-149-6 at Bend, Oregon in circa 1956. Lumber storage buildings of the Shevlin-Hixon Company in the background.

Bridge crew at work on rebuilding Oregon Trunk Railway bridge T-149-6 at Bend, Oregon in circa 1956. Lumber storage buildings of the Shevlin-Hixon Company in the background.

Portland Terminal Railroad tie tamper and track crew at Portland near Union Station in 1984. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Track-Maintenance.

Portland Terminal Railroad tie tamper and track crew at Portland near Union Station in 1984. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Track-Maintenance.

New Mid-Century Empire Builder inaugural eastbound run from Portland, Oregon, June 3, 1951, locomotive engineer Rudolph Wachter next to SP&S EMD diesel locomotive Number 750. Photo by Ackroyd Photo.

SP&S conductor, engineer and fireman comparing time of their watches by Class F3A Number 801, August 8, 1950.

SP&S shop crew at the rear of a tender in Astoria, Oregon, undated.

SP&S 4-6-2 steam locomotive Number 621, Class H-1, with the Portland roundhouse workforce after locomotive was rebuilt from SP&S 4-6-0 Number 107, December 2, 1927.