Wintery Columbia River GorgeLooking back from the sleeper on Amtrak’s westbound Pioneer reveals that we just passed a westbound Union Pacific freight train in Goff siding in a wintery... (more)
Westbound Pasco to Tacoma freight pops out of one of the 4 consecutive tunnels at Lyle, paralleling the Columbia River westbound on their way towards Vancouver.
Westbound Roosevelt to Everett trash empties pass between Rowland Lake and the Colombia River on their way west along the Fallbridge Sub
Eastbound UP ZBRG2 rounds the curve at Celilo on their way towards Hinkle, passing through the Columbia River Gorge.
A westbound BNSF double stack train departs Lyle, Washington, on a beautiful September 24, 2016, afternoon in the Columbia River Gorge. It looks like an intermodal train, but in actuality is an em... (more)
A loaded BNSF 2x2 coal train heads West along the senic Columbia River.
Having just met a freight train at Quinton, Amtrak's Pioneer blazes eastward along the Columbia River. Train 26's next station stop will be at Hinkle, site of Union Pacific's massive yard.
An eastbound Seattle-Chicago stack train crosses the Klickitat River via an SP&S 1908 vintage open-spandrel concrete arch bridge. The highway bridge above the railroad is Washington SR 14.
A clean T4 ACe rolls its Ogden-Portland train down the Columbia River at the Deschutes River crossing. While the sky was cloudless, daytime temperatures were in the low thirties and two days afte... (more)
Two GEEPS pull a long heavy manifest along the Columbia river near Bingen, WA. The crew lost PTC and had to run without it. The train was struggling to make track speed.
A Union Pacific manifest rolls eastward along the Columbia River.
A westbound Union Pacific manifest rolls into the setting sun along the Columbia River.
A UP Seattle, WA to Gilliam, OR trash train is running through a snow storm as it glides along the Columbia river. The snow would continue to pile up leading to the closure of I84 and Washington S... (more)
A Union Pacific excursion train rolls through the Columbia River Gorge. The train was returning from an overnight trip to Bend.