Portland & Western train derails on Wood Trestle over Olalla Slough in Toledo, OR

P&W/SP: (Satellite)

1936 Original US-20 Bridge: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Logging Railroads of the Pacific Northwest posted
Thought some of you would find this interesting. Near Toledo Oregon a day ago [Jan 21, 2026]. Portland & Western services the Georgia-Pacific mill there.

Leaf Jess Norick: Traves A Allen probably was inspected by the same inspector who passed the burned out trestle next to Avery Park in Corvallis.... the one that later collapsed under the weight of a train hauling chemical fertilizer, dumping craptons of it into Mary's River.

Bob Davidson: Leaf Jess Norick It was a broken rail just before the bridge, not a bridge failure.

Engines were dragged onto the bridge before it could come to a stop.

Nick Miller: From what I understand it was a failure in the ties. The underlying structure will be okay and they’ll be able to put the rail back.

Jeremy Taylor: They derailed beforehand and dragged it on the bridge. Most of what you see "collapsed" or hanging off is the walkway. The slug is dangling though.

J.B. Rail Photo posted

Wow that's crazy!!!

Jan 21-28: This screenshot was from Jan 28.

3:41 video @ 3:21
Timelapse: Crews work to free 3 locomotives stranded on Oregon trestle

Jan 30, 2026:

Oregon Coast Explored posted

A week after a Portland & Western Railroad train ran off its rails while crossing a wooden bridge over a small river in Toledo is now cleared. 

The train was headed from Toledo to Albany in the early morning hours of Jan. 21, when it derailed on the trestle over Olalla Slough.

The cause of the derailment was a broken rail. 

📷 Steve's Drone Videos

Another article based on the 3:41 video above.

OregonLive

This ends on Jan 28 because that is when Steve's 3:41 video ends. Casey estimates that it will take another week to remove the locomotives, but it took just another day.

7:30 video @ 0:07
Casey Jones - Professional Engineer

Jan 30: 

1 of 5 photos and 7 videos posted by Steve's Drone Videos with the comment: "The day after the removal of the engines from the trestle!"

52 photos and videos

Unfortunately, Steve got every day except Jan 29, the day the locomotives were removed. Fortunately, 7idea Productions caught that action. At the end he provides links to his two other videos about this incident. The first one is mostly a railfan video. The second one shows the pile driving done to create the temporary bridge.

11:47 video @ 4:05
Back on the Rail [Toledo Derailment Update]

1936 US-20 Wood Bridge over West Olalla Slough in Toledo, OR

While looking for the P&W bridge, I noticed that US-20 used to go through this town. In fact, according to BridgeHunter_1936, the original route still has a wood bridge over the West Olalla Slough.