Cresting Sherman Hill - a photo on Flickriver

            Smurfit Newsprint's ex-Rock Island SW9 departs the Southern Pacific interchange in Newberg, Oregon.  It has empty cars for paper loading at Smurfit's pulp mill.  There has been a typical Willamette Valley snowfall.  Overnight, it snowed just enough to be sloppy and annoying in the morning.

From this point to the plant on the shore of the Willamette River, it is all downhill.  For fun, we called this grade on Blaine Street "Sherman Hill."  Since I was usually chasing an SP job when I encountered this operation, I never did see the loads coming up the grade.  It must have been quite a show.

The mill closed for good in early 2016, and these rails are now silent.

Taken in: United States / Oregon / Newberg (show map)

Taken on: February 17, 1990

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