A southbound FedEx repositioning train leaving the Columbia River Gorge.

A Pasco to Fresno manifest crests Lava Hill south of Bend, Oregon. Just ahead is the north switch of aptly named Lava siding.

Priority BNSF train Z-LACPTL9 is seen coming off the Oregon Trunk line at Ceililo, about to cross the bridge into Washington onto the Fallbridge Subdivision.

NB morning manifest.

NB manifest is on the move after holding at Oakbrook for a south bound train.

Southbound BNSF Pasco to Fresno freight crosses the Deschutes River bridge North of Maupin, on their way South towards Bend

CN manifest heading south!

Union Pacific 8444 heads south on the Oregon Trunk in 1989. The locomotive was used on an excursion that carried the Oregon Symphony from Portland to a concert in Bend.

Union Pacific 8444 crosses the Willow Creek Trestle near Madras on the Oregon Trunk. The train originated in Portland. It was carrying the Oregon Symphony to a concert in Bend that evening.

The" Swifties" with a rather nice set of power heading north on the Oregon Trunk. Thanks to GB for the heads up.

The" Swifties" with a rather nice set of power heading north on the Oregon Trunk. Thanks to GB for the heads up.

SB manifest. The Trunk has been busy running at least 5 trains or more most days in the later part of this year.

Climbing the 1.1% grade of Lava Butte Summit a southbound loaded grainer gets a track warrant from CTC South Siding Switch Lava to Beal ( La Pine ) to meet one northbound.

BNSF 3800 leading a southbound oil train over Lava Butte Summit on the Oregon Trunk Subdivision.

An excursion on the Oregon Trunk performs a photo runby at Madras on a fall morning in 1995. Central Oregon's iconic Three Sisters mountains can be seen in the distance.