Sunday, April 5, 2026

Portland & Western GP39-2 #2309 at Rainier, Oregon

Portland & Western GP39-2 #2309 Philomath at Rainier, Oregon, in April or May 2007
Photo by Cliff West

Portland & Western #2309 “Philomath,” is a 2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1974 as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #3608. 

Portland & Western GP39-2 #2309 Philomath at Rainier, Oregon, in April or May 2007
Photo by Cliff West

It was retired in December 1992 and was sold to the Willamette & Pacific Railroad in June 1993 and later transferred to the Portland & Western. My dad, Cliff West, photographed it in Rainier, Oregon, in April or May of 2007.

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